Giezel Rivera, OD
Optometrist · Hilo, HI
Giezel Rivera, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Hilo, Hawaii, and NPI 1710328976, issued on Jul 16, 2013. Check the license (Hawaii OD795, as entered in NPPES) with the Hawaii board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Giezel Rivera
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License numbers
- OD795 HI
OEG002834 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 101 Aupuni St, Hilo, HI 96720
- Phone
- (808) 935-6319
- Enumerated
- Jul 16, 2013
- Record last updated
- Oct 9, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (808) 961-0198
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150518002154); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Pacific University - College Of Optometry, 2013
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 101 Aupuni St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Maryruth Eaves-Herrera, PHDPsychologist1841591112
- Teni Garrett-Johnson, PH.D.Clinical Psychologist1518084557
- Bruce Hansen, PH.D.Psychologist1649449661
Verify Giezel Rivera in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Hawaii board licenses this profession
Search for license OD795Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
84% more Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
510 Medicare Part D claims for 171 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 64% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost161 claims
- Tobramycin-Dexamethasone35 claims
- Lumigan28 claims
- Timolol Maleate27 claims
- Vyzulta25 claims
- Xiidra25 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $826.14
17 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
- Lehua Optometry IncHilo, HI
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Giezel Rivera among 353 optometrist records in Hawaii
Giezel Rivera, OD is one of 353 optometrist records with a practice address in Hawaii. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 72% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 72% of these records are older, 25% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2003 among the 218 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 72% 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 Hawaii practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
19 optometrist records list a practice address in Hilo
They are 19 of the 1,758 NPPES records with a practice address in Hilo, and 353 optometrist records in Hawaii.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Angel Camblor, O.D.Hilo, HI 967201922185503
- Daniel Debaca, O.D.Hilo, HI 967201568554640
- Mealiinani Duarte-Hernandez, O.D.Hilo, HI 967201679721856
- Caron Fernandez, ODHilo, HI 967201962595116
- Ian Kawamoto, O.D.Hilo, HI 967201972589273
- Glenn Kunimura, O.D.Hilo, HI 967201497841050
- Jennifer Maeda, O.D.Hilo, HI 967201699853150
- Andrew Maeda, O.D.Hilo, HI 967201992851349
Common questions
What is Giezel Rivera, OD's NPI number?
Giezel Rivera, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1710328976, issued on Jul 16, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Giezel Rivera, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 101 Aupuni St, Hilo, HI, 96720. Phone: (808) 935-6319. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Giezel Rivera, OD's license?
NPPES lists Hawaii license number OD795, as entered by the provider. Search the Hawaii board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Giezel Rivera, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Giezel Rivera, OD had 510 Medicare Part D claims for 171 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Giezel Rivera, OD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.