Claire Head, OD
Optometrist · Statesville, NC
Claire Head, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Statesville, North Carolina, and NPI 1922886431, issued on Sep 18, 2023. Check the license (North Carolina 2784, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Claire Head
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License numbers
- 2784 NC
2444 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1737 Wilkesboro Hwy Ste D, Statesville, NC 28625
- Phone
- (704) 878-2660
- Enumerated
- Sep 18, 2023
- Record last updated
- Jun 24, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240528000756); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Alabama Birmingham - School Of Optometry, 2023
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest optometrist records → All 1,480 in North Carolina → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 1737 Wilkesboro Hwy Ste D
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Thomas Hesson, RPHPharmacist1184914707
- Matthew Morris, PHARMDPharmacist1962708230
- Stacie Williams, ODOptometrist1932890084
Verify Claire Head 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 2784Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
78% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
61 Medicare Part D claims for 39 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost19 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: $109.79
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, 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
- Clark Optometric Center PASalisbury, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Claire Head among 1,480 optometrist records in North Carolina
Claire Head, OD is one of 1,480 optometrist records with a practice address in North Carolina. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2023, is newer than 92% of them.
- NPI issued2023 · 92% of these records are older, 6% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
- Graduated2023 · median 2006 among the 1,060 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in North Carolina
There are 1,480 optometrist records in North Carolina.
All 1,480 in North Carolina → Every provider in Statesville → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Juli Swaim, ODStatesville, NC 286251013060763
- Stacie Williams, ODStatesville, NC 286251932890084
- Kala Brewer, O.D.Elkin, NC 286211699116723
- Stephanie Cartwright, O.D.Elkin, NC 286211194823955
- Stephen Harrell, O.D.Elkin, NC 286211609853878
- Janet Perkins, O.D.Elkin, NC 286211851396782
- Lawrence Schonhofen, O.D.Elkin, NC 286211598713224
- John Griggs, ODConover, NC 286131023172152
Common questions
What is Claire Head, OD's NPI number?
Claire Head, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1922886431, issued on Sep 18, 2023. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Claire Head, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1737 Wilkesboro Hwy Ste D, Statesville, NC, 28625. Phone: (704) 878-2660. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Claire Head, OD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2784, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Claire Head, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Claire Head, OD had 61 Medicare Part D claims for 39 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.