Christa Nicole Cole, O.D.
Optometrist · Knoxville, TN
Christa Nicole Cole, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Knoxville, Tennessee, and NPI 1609006790, issued on Jul 23, 2009. Check the license (Tennessee 3088, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christa Nicole Cole
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 3088 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1124 E Weisgarber RD Ste 100, Knoxville, TN 37909
- Phone
- (865) 584-0905
- Enumerated
- Jul 23, 2009
- Record last updated
- Feb 21, 2025
- Fax
- (865) 584-3892
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20161005001701); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Illinois College Of Optometry At Chicago, 2009
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1124 E Weisgarber RD Ste 100
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Andrew Johnston, MDOphthalmology Physician1912404922
Verify Christa Nicole Cole in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license 3088Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
About as many Medicare Part D claims as the average optometrist in 2024
277 Medicare Part D claims for 78 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 42% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost102 claims
- Restasis48 claims
- Timolol Maleate36 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol11 claims
- Lumigan11 claims
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): 48 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: $121.40
6 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
- Campbell Cunningham Taylor PCKnoxville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christa Nicole Cole among 1,300 optometrist records in Tennessee
Christa Nicole Cole, O.D. is one of 1,300 optometrist records with a practice address in Tennessee. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 57% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 57% of these records are older, 40% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated2009 · median 2008 among the 839 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 62% 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 Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in Tennessee
There are 1,300 optometrist records in Tennessee.
All 1,300 in Tennessee → Every provider in Knoxville → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Gregory Everett, ODKnoxville, TN 379091053675637
- Benjamin Herring, O.D.Knoxville, TN 379091588974612
- Heidi Herring, O.D.Knoxville, TN 379091679869044
- Charles Hildebrand, ODKnoxville, TN 379091194729624
- Daniel Horton, ODKnoxville, TN 379091659375186
- John Hunt, ODKnoxville, TN 379091912995481
- Reed Parker, O.D.Knoxville, TN 379091992100390
- Catherine Pickering, O.D.Knoxville, TN 379091780065011
Common questions
What is Christa Nicole Cole, O.D.'s NPI number?
Christa Nicole Cole, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1609006790, issued on Jul 23, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christa Nicole Cole, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1124 E Weisgarber RD Ste 100, Knoxville, TN, 37909. Phone: (865) 584-0905. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christa Nicole Cole, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 3088, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Christa Nicole Cole, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christa Nicole Cole, O.D. had 277 Medicare Part D claims for 78 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christa Nicole Cole, O.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 48 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.