Erika Houston Brown, O.D.
Optometrist · Wallace, NC
Erika Houston Brown, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Wallace, North Carolina, and NPI 1760445605, issued on Apr 11, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 1762, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Erika Houston Brown
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 1762 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5615 S NC 41 Hwy, Wallace, NC 28466
- Phone
- (910) 285-5050
- Enumerated
- Apr 11, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 15, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (910) 285-2968
- Medicaid ID
- 890925J NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050314000132); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Alabama Birmingham - School Of Optometry, 1999
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Erika Houston Brown in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 1762Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average optometrist in 2024
1,152 Medicare Part D claims for 276 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 40% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost227 claims
- Timolol Maleate167 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol113 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate78 claims
- Lumigan64 claims
- Restasis52 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: $733.48
16 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
- Myeyedr Optometry OF North Carolina PLLCWallace, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Erika Houston Brown among 1,480 optometrist records in North Carolina
Erika Houston Brown, O.D. is one of 1,480 optometrist records with a practice address in North Carolina. 80% 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 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2006 among the 1,060 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
2 optometrist records list a practice address in Wallace
They are 2 of the 82 NPPES records with a practice address in Wallace, and 1,480 optometrist records in North Carolina.
All 1,480 in North Carolina → Every provider in Wallace → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- J Robinson, ODWallace, NC 284661205815883
- Jill Greene, O.D.Carolina Shores, NC 284671235506833
- Edmund Gunther, O.D.Ocean Isle Beach, NC 284691932229218
- Jonathan Bowling, O.D.Shallotte, NC 284701568590214
- Elizabeth Cooke, O.D.Shallotte, NC 284701326092727
- Kathy Deslauriers, O.D.Shallotte, NC 284701518910454
- Stephanie Hardy, ODShallotte, NC 284701750479838
- Corey Long, ODShallotte, NC 284701447865357
Common questions
What is Erika Houston Brown, O.D.'s NPI number?
Erika Houston Brown, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1760445605, issued on Apr 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Erika Houston Brown, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5615 S NC 41 Hwy, Wallace, NC, 28466. Phone: (910) 285-5050. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Erika Houston Brown, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 1762, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Erika Houston Brown, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Erika Houston Brown, O.D. had 1,152 Medicare Part D claims for 276 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.