Donald Wayne Connell, O.D.
Optometrist · Knoxville, TN
Donald Wayne Connell, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Knoxville, Tennessee, and NPI 1790947836, issued on Jun 30, 2008. Check the license (Tennessee 2805, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Donald Wayne Connell
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 2805 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6719 Maynardville Pike, Knoxville, TN 37918
- Phone
- (865) 922-3937
- Enumerated
- Jun 30, 2008
- Record last updated
- Mar 17, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (865) 922-8412
- Medicaid ID
- 1522487 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110407000266); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Southern College Of Optometry, 2008
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 6719 Maynardville Pike
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Donald Wayne Connell in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license 2805Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
28% more Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
355 Medicare Part D claims for 125 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 43% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost74 claims
- Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth52 claims
- Restasis39 claims
- Tyrvaya20 claims
- Dorzolamide Hcl17 claims
- Miebo16 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: $1,000.62
14 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Alcon Vision 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
- Steven Elliott OD And Associates IncKnoxville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in Tennessee
There are 1,300 optometrist records in Tennessee.
Other optometrist records in Tennessee
- Catherine Abbott, O.D.Knoxville, TN1881034114
- Eddie Abernathy, ODRogersville, TN1831178508
- Khaled Abumayaleh, ODAlcoa, TN1811039266
- Thomas Adams, ODChattanooga, TN1699392464
- Brent Adamson, O.D.Paris, TN1629419957
- Sharon Adhami, O.D.Spring Hill, TN1225035983
- Emily Adkisson, ODMemphis, TN1619731247
- Mardia Ahmed, O.D.Knoxville, TN1528335999
- Sabina Ahmed, O.D.Knoxville, TN1427101716
- Ghaith Al-SowaidiChattanooga, TN1427586783
Common questions
What is Donald Wayne Connell, O.D.'s NPI number?
Donald Wayne Connell, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1790947836, issued on Jun 30, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Donald Wayne Connell, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6719 Maynardville Pike, Knoxville, TN, 37918. Phone: (865) 922-3937. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Donald Wayne Connell, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 2805, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Donald Wayne Connell, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Donald Wayne Connell, O.D. had 355 Medicare Part D claims for 125 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.