Dennis E. Mathews, OD
Optometrist · Memphis, TN
Dennis E. Mathews, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Memphis, Tennessee, and NPI 1184617367, issued on Aug 24, 2005. Check the license (Tennessee 1000, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Dennis E. Mathews
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License numbers
- 1000 TN
675 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 825 Ridge Lake Blvd, Memphis, TN 38120
- Phone
- (901) 685-2200
- Enumerated
- Aug 24, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 7, 2023
- Fax
- (901) 820-2342
- Medicaid IDs
- 111234722 AR
00087009 MS
3595763 TN
316826809 MO - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120224000131); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Alabama Birmingham - School Of Optometry, 1982
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest optometrist records → All 1,300 in Tennessee → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 825 Ridge Lake Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Lucie Elfervig, D.N.S., A.P.R.N.Nurse Practitioner1801914148
- Subba Gollamudi, M.D.Ophthalmology Physician1154378735
Verify Dennis E. Mathews in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license 1000Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
14.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average optometrist in 2024
3,952 Medicare Part D claims for 1,031 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.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost1,048 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate413 claims
- Timolol Maleate279 claims
- Lumigan276 claims
- Dorzolamide Hcl244 claims
- Vyzulta160 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: $1,355.64
47 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Harrow Eye, 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
- Vrf Eye Specialty Group, PLCSouthaven, MS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Dennis E. Mathews among 1,300 optometrist records in Tennessee
Dennis E. Mathews, OD is one of 1,300 optometrist records with a practice address in Tennessee. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 87% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated1982 · median 2008 among the 839 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 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 Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
227 optometrist records list a practice address in Memphis
They are 227 of the 12,794 NPPES records with a practice address in Memphis, and 1,300 optometrist records in Tennessee.
All 1,300 in Tennessee → Every provider in Memphis → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jessica Armstrong, O.D.Memphis, TN 381201336436344
- Michael Bowlan, O.D.Memphis, TN 381201083659684
- Desirae BrinkleyMemphis, TN 381201285188490
- Cameron Dunn, O.D.Memphis, TN 381201174454912
- Carrie Irvine, O.D.Memphis, TN 381201013135128
- Jon Jenkins, O.D.Memphis, TN 381201215970702
- Abagail Kirk, ODMemphis, TN 381201982266342
- Henry McQuirter, O.D.Memphis, TN 381201215977871
Common questions
What is Dennis E. Mathews, OD's NPI number?
Dennis E. Mathews, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1184617367, issued on Aug 24, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Dennis E. Mathews, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 825 Ridge Lake Blvd, Memphis, TN, 38120. Phone: (901) 685-2200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Dennis E. Mathews, OD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 1000, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Dennis E. Mathews, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Dennis E. Mathews, OD had 3,952 Medicare Part D claims for 1,031 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Dennis E. Mathews, OD'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.