Douglas Dean Hand, OD
Optometrist · Iowa City, IA
Douglas Dean Hand, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Iowa City, Iowa, and NPI 1689655169, issued on Nov 10, 2005. Check the license (Iowa 01875, as entered in NPPES) with the Iowa board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Douglas Dean Hand
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 01875 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 201 S. Clinton, Iowa City, IA 52240
- Phone
- (319) 338-7952
- Enumerated
- Nov 10, 2005
- Record last updated
- Oct 9, 2024
- Fax
- (319) 338-6931
- Medicaid ID
- 0270231 IA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041116001304); may accept Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Houston - College Of Optometry, 1988
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Douglas Dean Hand in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Iowa board licenses this profession
Search for license 01875Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4% more Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
287 Medicare Part D claims for 71 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 33% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost126 claims
- Fluorometholone23 claims
- Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth21 claims
- Xiidra19 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate16 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol16 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: $246.48
15 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was CooperVision 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
- Insight Vision Inc.Marion, IA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Douglas Dean Hand among 676 optometrist records in Iowa
Douglas Dean Hand, OD is one of 676 optometrist records with a practice address in Iowa. 76% 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, 82% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2006 among the 462 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 74% 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 Iowa practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in Iowa
There are 676 optometrist records in Iowa.
All 676 in Iowa → Every provider in Iowa City → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Anna Dimmer, ODIowa City, IA 522401821526864
- Julia Hibbing, ODIowa City, IA 522401316430481
- Paul Hottel, ODIowa City, IA 522401043284805
- Matthew Houck, O.D.Iowa City, IA 522401942658455
- Nickolas Huisman, O.D.Iowa City, IA 522401275972697
- Rachel Hutchins, O.D.Iowa City, IA 522401023270998
- Merle Kjonaas, ODIowa City, IA 522401245205699
- Annette Nickel, O.D.Iowa City, IA 522401053607093
Common questions
What is Douglas Dean Hand, OD's NPI number?
Douglas Dean Hand, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1689655169, issued on Nov 10, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Douglas Dean Hand, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 201 S. Clinton, Iowa City, IA, 52240. Phone: (319) 338-7952. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Douglas Dean Hand, OD's license?
NPPES lists Iowa license number 01875, as entered by the provider. Search the Iowa board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Douglas Dean Hand, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Douglas Dean Hand, OD had 287 Medicare Part D claims for 71 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.