Edward William Laulainen, O. D.
Optometrist · Kelso, WA
Edward William Laulainen, O. D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Kelso, Washington, and NPI 1659350460, issued on Jan 10, 2006. Check the license (Washington 91-1709384, as entered in NPPES) with the Washington board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Edward William Laulainen
- Credential
- O. D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 91-1709384 WA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 209 West Main St., Kelso, WA 98626
- Phone
- (360) 414-8000
- Enumerated
- Jan 10, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2023
- Fax
- (360) 414-1100
- Medicaid ID
- 1015611 WA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110121001061); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Pacific University - College Of Optometry, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Edward William Laulainen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Washington board licenses this profession
Search for license 91-1709384Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
34% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
183 Medicare Part D claims for 53 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 50% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost83 claims
- Tobramycin-Dexamethasone27 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate-Timolol16 claims
- Travoprost15 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate11 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 0 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $388.56
10 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
- Three Rivers Eye Care PSKelso, WA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Edward William Laulainen among 1,641 optometrist records in Washington
Edward William Laulainen, O. D. is one of 1,641 optometrist records with a practice address in Washington. 71% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 62% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 71% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2010 among the 949 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 67% 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 Washington practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
3 optometrist records list a practice address in Kelso
They are 3 of the 228 NPPES records with a practice address in Kelso, and 1,641 optometrist records in Washington.
All 1,641 in Washington → Every provider in Kelso → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Luke Boran, ODKelso, WA 986261386329290
- Gregory Webster, ODKelso, WA 986261689660128
- Ronald Scaman, ODLong Beach, WA 986311821093741
- Darren Thorsen, O.D.Long Beach, WA 986311720082415
- Michael Berger, O.D.Longview, WA 986321073526554
- Barbara Berger, O.D.Longview, WA 986321780778670
- William Cheslock, ODLongview, WA 986321649368200
- John Cheslock, ODLongview, WA 986321790873370
Common questions
What is Edward William Laulainen, O. D.'s NPI number?
Edward William Laulainen, O. D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659350460, issued on Jan 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Edward William Laulainen, O. D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 209 West Main St., Kelso, WA, 98626. Phone: (360) 414-8000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Edward William Laulainen, O. D.'s license?
NPPES lists Washington license number 91-1709384, as entered by the provider. Search the Washington board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Edward William Laulainen, O. D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Edward William Laulainen, O. D. had 183 Medicare Part D claims for 53 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Edward William Laulainen, O. D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 0 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.