Christopher Tate Miller, O.D.
Optometrist · Des Moines, IA
Christopher Tate Miller, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Des Moines, Iowa, and NPI 1023066925, issued on May 4, 2006. Check the license (Iowa 02282, as entered in NPPES) with the Iowa board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Tate Miller
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 02282 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1212 Pleasant St, Des Moines, IA 50309
- Phone
- (515) 244-3937
- Enumerated
- May 4, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 9, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (515) 243-1442
- Medicaid IDs
- 0496752 IA
0496182 IA - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060607000269); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Illinois College Of Optometry At Chicago, 2003
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher Tate Miller in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Iowa board licenses this profession
Search for license 02282Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average optometrist in 2024
1,298 Medicare Part D claims for 386 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 48% of claims. 13 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost191 claims
- Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth118 claims
- Lumigan104 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol93 claims
- Fluorometholone83 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate80 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,044.95
26 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Glaukos Corporation. 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
- Associated Ophthalmologists, PCDes Moines, IA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher Tate Miller among 676 optometrist records in Iowa
Christopher Tate Miller, O.D. is one of 676 optometrist records with a practice address in Iowa. 76% 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 18% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 18% of these records are older, 44% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 2006 among the 462 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 74% 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 Iowa practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in Iowa
There are 676 optometrist records in Iowa.
All 676 in Iowa → Every provider in Des Moines → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Christopher Borgman, O.D.Des Moines, IA 503091861704454
- Jeffrey Koenen, O.D.Des Moines, IA 503091295769644
- Jeffrey Newland, ODDes Moines, IA 503091326619982
- Samantha Thompson, ODDes Moines, IA 503091053164525
- Jesse Westrum, O.D.Des Moines, IA 503091093001091
- Blaine Brunsen, ODDes Moines, IA 503101861423519
- Lincoln Geren, O.D.Des Moines, IA 503101306860077
- Elizabeth Goerke, ODDes Moines, IA 503101528162922
Common questions
What is Christopher Tate Miller, O.D.'s NPI number?
Christopher Tate Miller, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1023066925, issued on May 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Tate Miller, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1212 Pleasant St, Des Moines, IA, 50309. Phone: (515) 244-3937. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Tate Miller, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Iowa license number 02282, as entered by the provider. Search the Iowa board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Christopher Tate Miller, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Tate Miller, O.D. had 1,298 Medicare Part D claims for 386 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christopher Tate Miller, O.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.