Francia Baez, OD
Optometrist · Merrillville, IN
Francia Baez, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Merrillville, Indiana, and NPI 1750121430, issued on May 29, 2024. Check the license (Indiana 18004523A, as entered in NPPES) with the Indiana board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Francia Baez
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 18004523A IN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 70 E 68TH PL, Merrillville, IN 46410
- Phone
- (219) 736-2020
- Enumerated
- May 29, 2024
- Record last updated
- Jul 3, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240726000526); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Illinois College Of Optometry At Chicago, 2024
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 70 E 68TH PL
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Alyssa Grkinich, ODOptometrist1396227575
- Jennifer Kohn, O.D.Optometrist1457512782
Verify Francia Baez in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Indiana board licenses this profession
Search for license 18004523ACheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
82% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
50 Medicare Part D claims for 33 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 32% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost22 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: $1,611.43
16 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Bausch & Lomb Americas 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
- Robert W Moses OD Professional Corp.Merrillville, IN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Francia Baez among 1,578 optometrist records in Indiana
Francia Baez, OD is one of 1,578 optometrist records with a practice address in Indiana. 73% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2024, is newer than 92% of them.
- NPI issued2024 · 92% of these records are older, 4% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2024 · median 2008 among the 1,014 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 66% 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 Indiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
30 optometrist records list a practice address in Merrillville
They are 30 of the 1,972 NPPES records with a practice address in Merrillville, and 1,578 optometrist records in Indiana.
All 1,578 in Indiana → Every provider in Merrillville → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Mark Allmaras, O.D.Merrillville, IN 464101609842558
- Miklos Balogh, O.D.Merrillville, IN 464101245300060
- Alison Byrne, O.D.Merrillville, IN 464101275650608
- Sara Cubenas, O.D.Merrillville, IN 464101902004989
- Dennis Jahovic, O.D.Merrillville, IN 464101184731812
- Michael Kelley, O.D.Merrillville, IN 464101558324368
- Timothy McGillen, O.D.Merrillville, IN 464101285769133
- Robert Moses, O.D.Merrillville, IN 464101417938010
Common questions
What is Francia Baez, OD's NPI number?
Francia Baez, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1750121430, issued on May 29, 2024. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Francia Baez, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 70 E 68TH PL, Merrillville, IN, 46410. Phone: (219) 736-2020. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Francia Baez, OD's license?
NPPES lists Indiana license number 18004523A, as entered by the provider. Search the Indiana board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Francia Baez, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Francia Baez, OD had 50 Medicare Part D claims for 33 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.