Grant Vorster, O.D.
Optometrist · Indio, CA
Grant Vorster, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Indio, California, and NPI 1457432221, issued on Oct 18, 2006. Check the license (California 12440T, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Grant Vorster
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 12440T CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 81833 Dr Carreon Blvd, Indio, CA 92201
- Phone
- (760) 863-2241
- Enumerated
- Oct 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 29, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (760) 863-1919
- Medicaid ID
- SD0124400 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050503000279); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- New England College Of Optometry, 2002
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Grant Vorster in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 12440TCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
51% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
136 Medicare Part D claims for 48 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
- Latanoprost41 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol31 claims
- Restasis13 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: $800.00
1 payment: gift; the largest payer was Visionary Optics 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
- Gilman And Vorster Optometry, IncIndio, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Grant Vorster among 8,308 optometrist records in California
Grant Vorster, O.D. is one of 8,308 optometrist records with a practice address in California. 67% 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 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 66% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 2008 among the 3,573 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
16 optometrist records list a practice address in Indio
They are 16 of the 1,593 NPPES records with a practice address in Indio, and 8,308 optometrist records in California.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Athena Brasfield, O.D.Indio, CA 922011104026962
- Laila Brown-Aijala, ODIndio, CA 922011447873070
- Lisa Chea, O.D.Indio, CA 922011902341472
- Mark Gillispie, O.D.Indio, CA 922011043391899
- Jennifer Gilman Vorster, O.D.Indio, CA 922011760562813
- Tyler Horton, ODIndio, CA 922011669114252
- Alan Jacobs, O.D.Indio, CA 922011588071740
- Justin Kozloski, O.D.Indio, CA 922011407305097
Common questions
What is Grant Vorster, O.D.'s NPI number?
Grant Vorster, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457432221, issued on Oct 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Grant Vorster, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 81833 Dr Carreon Blvd, Indio, CA, 92201. Phone: (760) 863-2241. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Grant Vorster, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number 12440T, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Grant Vorster, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Grant Vorster, O.D. had 136 Medicare Part D claims for 48 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.