Cheryl Evelyn Alderson, O.D.
Optometrist · Lake Forest, CA
Cheryl Evelyn Alderson, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Lake Forest, California, and NPI 1366521809, issued on Nov 3, 2006. Check the license (California 12946, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cheryl Evelyn Alderson
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 12946 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 21098 Bake Pkwy, Lake Forest, CA 92630
- Phone
- (949) 597-0104
- Enumerated
- Nov 3, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 15, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060209000418); may accept Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California - School Of Optometry, 2003
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 21098 Bake Pkwy
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Charles Dominguez, O.D.Optometrist1063437507
- Colleen Hannegan, RDOOptician1619024601
Verify Cheryl Evelyn Alderson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 12946Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $701.64
12 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Sun Pharmaceutical Industries 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
- Dominguez Alderson Optometric IncLake Forest, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cheryl Evelyn Alderson among 8,308 optometrist records in California
Cheryl Evelyn Alderson, O.D. is one of 8,308 optometrist records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 66% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 2008 among the 3,573 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 67% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
15 optometrist records list a practice address in Lake Forest
They are 15 of the 1,008 NPPES records with a practice address in Lake Forest, and 8,308 optometrist records in California.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Stephen Christensen, ODLake Forest, CA 926301730216680
- Jacqueline Cullinane, ODLake Forest, CA 926301689645046
- John Deguzman Celis, O.D.Lake Forest, CA 926301861542714
- Charles Dominguez, O.D.Lake Forest, CA 926301063437507
- Omid Khodai, O.D.Lake Forest, CA 926301134197742
- Richard Kidder, OPTOMETRISTLake Forest, CA 926301629155924
- Justin Michaels, O.DLake Forest, CA 926301174576904
- Jon Morrison, ODLake Forest, CA 926301306817846
Common questions
What is Cheryl Evelyn Alderson, O.D.'s NPI number?
Cheryl Evelyn Alderson, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1366521809, issued on Nov 3, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cheryl Evelyn Alderson, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 21098 Bake Pkwy, Lake Forest, CA, 92630. Phone: (949) 597-0104. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cheryl Evelyn Alderson, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number 12946, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
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.