Charles A. Faron, OD
Optometrist · Downers Grove, IL
Charles A. Faron, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Downers Grove, Illinois, and NPI 1740265933, issued on Dec 9, 2005. Check the license (Illinois 046008232, as entered in NPPES) with the Illinois board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Charles A. Faron
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 046008232 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3450 Lacey RD, Downers Grove, IL 60515
- Phone
- (630) 743-4500
- Enumerated
- Dec 9, 2005
- Record last updated
- Apr 28, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100813000993); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Illinois College Of Optometry At Chicago, 1989
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Charles A. Faron in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Illinois board licenses this profession
Search for license 046008232Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
92% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
22 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 85.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $300.00
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was consulting fee; the largest payer was Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. The 34,453 providers of this specialty with any payment received $769.99 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Midwestern UniversityDowners Grove, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Charles A. Faron among 2,697 optometrist records in Illinois
Charles A. Faron, OD is one of 2,697 optometrist records with a practice address in Illinois. 71% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 92% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 71% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 2008 among the 1,513 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 68% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 152W00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
71 optometrist records list a practice address in Downers Grove
They are 71 of the 1,899 NPPES records with a practice address in Downers Grove, and 2,697 optometrist records in Illinois.
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- Mark Jacquot, O.D.Downers Grove, IL 605151962562314
- Jeanie Lucy, ODDowners Grove, IL 605151578610465
- Michael Macek, ODDowners Grove, IL 605151376550061
- Patricia Moser, O.D.Downers Grove, IL 605151376603746
- George Nagy, ODDowners Grove, IL 605151184703142
Common questions
What is Charles A. Faron, OD's NPI number?
Charles A. Faron, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740265933, issued on Dec 9, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Charles A. Faron, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3450 Lacey RD, Downers Grove, IL, 60515. Phone: (630) 743-4500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Charles A. Faron, OD's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 046008232, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Charles A. Faron, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Charles A. Faron, OD had 22 Medicare Part D claims; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Charles A. Faron, OD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 85.3 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.