Derek Sears, M.D.
Ophthalmology Physician · Fort Worth, TX
Derek Sears, M.D. is an ophthalmology physician with a practice address in Fort Worth, Texas, and NPI 1427589514, issued on Mar 21, 2017. Check the license (Texas S8912, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Derek Sears
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Ophthalmology Physician 207W00000X
- License number
- S8912 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6551 Harris Pkwy Ste 200, Fort Worth, TX 76132
- Phone
- (817) 423-1800
- Enumerated
- Mar 21, 2017
- Record last updated
- Jul 9, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (817) 423-1900
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210519001910); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Paul L Foster School Of Medicine, Texas Tech Univ, 2017
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 6551 Harris Pkwy Ste 200
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Derek Sears in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license S8912Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
8% more Medicare Part D claims than the average ophthalmology physician in 2024
1,644 Medicare Part D claims for 478 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,518 among the 16,459 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 36% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost431 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol213 claims
- Erythromycin110 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate108 claims
- Travoprost76 claims
- Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth73 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,327.56
52 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. The 13,221 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,535.02 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
- David A Nethery MD PABedford, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Derek Sears among 1,514 ophthalmology physician records in Texas
Derek Sears, M.D. is one of 1,514 ophthalmology physician records with a practice address in Texas. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 85% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 85% of these records are older, 14% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2003 among the 1,052 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 60% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207W00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Ophthalmology Physician providers in Texas
There are 1,514 ophthalmology physician records in Texas.
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- David Nethery, M.D.Fort Worth, TX 761321548264443
- Harry Rosenthal, MDFort Worth, TX 761321043237647
- Scott Zhou, MDFort Worth, TX 761321770102287
- Thomas Marvelli, M. D.Fort Worth, TX 761331255317863
- Kathleen Beyrau, MDFort Worth, TX 761341568732022
Common questions
What is Derek Sears, M.D.'s NPI number?
Derek Sears, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1427589514, issued on Mar 21, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Derek Sears, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6551 Harris Pkwy Ste 200, Fort Worth, TX, 76132. Phone: (817) 423-1800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Derek Sears, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number S8912, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Derek Sears, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Derek Sears, M.D. had 1,644 Medicare Part D claims for 478 beneficiaries; the average among ophthalmology physician prescribers was 1,518. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Derek Sears, M.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.