Christopher Owens, OD
Optometrist · Advance, NC
Christopher Owens, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Advance, North Carolina, and NPI 1649221961, issued on May 12, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 1835, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Owens
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 1835 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5380 US Highway 158, Advance, NC 27006
- Phone
- (336) 940-2015
- Enumerated
- May 12, 2006
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 5380 US Highway 158
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Christopher Owens in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 1835Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS, AOA, NCCPA, AANPNot checked
4.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average optometrist in 2024
1,105 Medicare Part D claims for 279 beneficiaries, against an average of 279 among the 32,314 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 42% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost414 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol138 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate93 claims
- Restasis84 claims
- Timolol Maleate58 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate30 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 Medicare quality 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $257.45
6 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.. The 33,561 providers of this specialty with any payment received $749.79 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.
One hospital or facility affiliation
- Carolina Center For Eye Care OD PAAdvance, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians affiliations; Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
4 optometrist records list a Advance practice address
They are 4 of the 130 NPPES records with a Advance practice address, and 1,443 optometrist records in North Carolina.
All 4 in Advance → All 1,443 in North Carolina → Every provider in Advance →
Other optometrist records in North Carolina
- Charlotte Ablott, ODSalisbury, NC1316382773
- Eric Ablott, ODRandleman, NC1356629026
- John Adams, ODLumberton, NC1528131943
- Rick Adams, ODRocky Mount, NC1649241753
- William Adams, O.D.Benson, NC1821056052
- William Adams, ODKill Devil Hills, NC1497826986
- Joyce Adeleke, O.D.Concord, NC1700892031
- Allan Adkins, O.D.High Point, NC1285686857
- Barry Adler, O.D.Chapel Hill, NC1871548677
- Ji Young Ahn, ODBurlington, NC1215713466
Common questions
What is Christopher Owens, OD's NPI number?
Christopher Owens, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649221961, issued on May 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Owens, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5380 US Highway 158, Advance, NC, 27006. Phone: (336) 940-2015. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Owens, OD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 1835, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Christopher Owens, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Owens, OD had 1,105 Medicare Part D claims for 279 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 279. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christopher Owens, OD's Medicare quality 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), loaded Aug 27, 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.
Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 27, 2026.