Ernest Jonathan Champion, OD
Optometrist · Alexander City, AL
Ernest Jonathan Champion, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Alexander City, Alabama, and NPI 1740261601, issued on Nov 8, 2005. Check the license (Alabama S-908 TA 463, as entered in NPPES) with the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ernest Jonathan Champion
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- S-908 TA 463 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1120 Airport Dr, Alexander City, AL 35010
- Phone
- (256) 329-8400
- Enumerated
- Nov 8, 2005
- Record last updated
- Aug 29, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (256) 329-8200
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080220000585); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Alabama Birmingham - School Of Optometry, 1998
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1120 Airport Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Mark Staples, PTPhysical Therapist1669479754
Verify Ernest Jonathan Champion in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Alabama board licenses this profession
Search for license S-908 TA 463Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
85% more Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
512 Medicare Part D claims for 142 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 57% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost138 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate62 claims
- Xiidra46 claims
- Simbrinza26 claims
- Tobramycin-Dexamethasone25 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol23 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: $135.37
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Glaukos Corporation. 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
- James H. Poole And Associates, O.D., P.C.Alexander City, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ernest Jonathan Champion among 874 optometrist records in Alabama
Ernest Jonathan Champion, OD is one of 874 optometrist records with a practice address in Alabama. 75% 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, 88% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2006 among the 561 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 65% 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 Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
4 optometrist records list a practice address in Alexander City
They are 4 of the 197 NPPES records with a practice address in Alexander City, and 874 optometrist records in Alabama.
All 874 in Alabama → Every provider in Alexander City → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Wendy Cummings, O.D.Alexander City, AL 350101013000595
- James Nobles, O.D.Alex City, AL 350101942250022
- James Poole, O.D.Alexander City, AL 350101811979982
- David Welborn, O.D.Alexander City, AL 350101598747339
- Erin Heckman, O.D.Alabaster, AL 350071225343098
- James Ho, ODAlabaster, AL 350071073034898
- Toy Holland, ODAlabaster, AL 350071831192384
- Heather Webb, O.D.Alabaster, AL 350071205939485
Common questions
What is Ernest Jonathan Champion, OD's NPI number?
Ernest Jonathan Champion, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740261601, issued on Nov 8, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ernest Jonathan Champion, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1120 Airport Dr, Alexander City, AL, 35010. Phone: (256) 329-8400. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ernest Jonathan Champion, OD's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number S-908 TA 463, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Ernest Jonathan Champion, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ernest Jonathan Champion, OD had 512 Medicare Part D claims for 142 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.