Christine Thiem, OD
Optometrist · San Diego, CA
Christine Thiem, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1073180659, issued on Jun 10, 2021. Check the license (California 34784-TLG, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christine Thiem
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 34784-TLG CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3750 Sports Arena Blvd Ste 9, San Diego, CA 92110
- Phone
- (619) 224-2879
- Enumerated
- Jun 10, 2021
- Record last updated
- Dec 1, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20231214001455); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Western University Of Health Sciences College Of Dental Med, 2020
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christine Thiem in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 34784-TLGCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
74% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
72 Medicare Part D claims for 24 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 65% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost33 claims
- Tobramycin-Dexamethasone11 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $545.05
11 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Alcon Vision LLC. 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
- Total Vision PCSan Diego, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christine Thiem among 8,308 optometrist records in California
Christine Thiem, OD 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 2021, is newer than 86% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 86% of these records are older, 11% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2008 among the 3,573 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 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).
Optometrist providers in California
There are 8,308 optometrist records in California.
All 8,308 in California → Every provider in San Diego → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Michael Goldsmid, O.D.San Diego, CA 921101356304067
- Matthew Langford, O.D.San Diego, CA 921101811202716
- Neal Macudzinski, O.D.San Diego, CA 921101306906789
- Michael Matthews, ODSan Diego, CA 921101306163795
- Wilson Phu, ODSan Diego, CA 921101538796578
- Efrem Prado, O.D.San Diego, CA 921101578876447
- Jeffrey Burke, O.D.San Diego, CA 921091205088663
- Christy Chu-Park, O.D.San Diego, CA 921091144203332
Common questions
What is Christine Thiem, OD's NPI number?
Christine Thiem, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1073180659, issued on Jun 10, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christine Thiem, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3750 Sports Arena Blvd Ste 9, San Diego, CA, 92110. Phone: (619) 224-2879. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christine Thiem, OD's license?
NPPES lists California license number 34784-TLG, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Christine Thiem, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christine Thiem, OD had 72 Medicare Part D claims for 24 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions 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.