Darien Kong, OD
Optometrist · Flushing, NY
Darien Kong, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Flushing, New York, and NPI 1851884019, issued on Jun 12, 2018. Check the license (New York TUV008771, as entered in NPPES) with the New York board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Darien Kong
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- TUV008771 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 140-15 Sanford Ave, Flushing, NY 11355
- Phone
- (718) 826-4000
- Enumerated
- Jun 12, 2018
- Record last updated
- Mar 3, 2022
- Fax
- (718) 670-6479
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190702000592); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Pennsylvania College Of Optometry, 2018
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Darien Kong in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New York board licenses this profession
Search for license TUV008771Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average optometrist in 2024
774 Medicare Part D claims for 280 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 29% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost243 claims
- Azelastine Hcl200 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol83 claims
- Cyclosporine43 claims
- Restasis43 claims
- Timolol Maleate26 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: $143.73
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Bausch & Lomb Americas 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
- Advantagecare Physicians PCFlushing, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Darien Kong among 3,535 optometrist records in New York
Darien Kong, OD is one of 3,535 optometrist records with a practice address in New York. 65% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 73% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 73% of these records are older, 24% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 65% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 47% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2008 among the 1,667 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 66% 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 New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
64 optometrist records list a practice address in Flushing
They are 64 of the 6,354 NPPES records with a practice address in Flushing, and 3,535 optometrist records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Darien Kong, OD's NPI number?
Darien Kong, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1851884019, issued on Jun 12, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Darien Kong, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 140-15 Sanford Ave, Flushing, NY, 11355. Phone: (718) 826-4000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Darien Kong, OD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number TUV008771, as entered by the provider. Search the New York board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Darien Kong, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Darien Kong, OD had 774 Medicare Part D claims for 280 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.