Gregory Nelson
Ophthalmology Physician · Arlington Heights, IL
Gregory Nelson is an ophthalmology physician with a practice address in Arlington Heights, Illinois, and NPI 1043221351, issued on Aug 11, 2006. Check the license (Illinois 036095140, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Gregory Nelson
- Primary taxonomy
- Ophthalmology Physician 207W00000X
- License number
- 036095140 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1100 W Central RD, Arlington Heights, IL 60005
- Phone
- (847) 253-4040
- Enumerated
- Aug 11, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 5, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (847) 253-3028
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20111220000290); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Colorado School Of Medicine, Denver, 1993
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1100 W Central RD
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- James Carlsen, PT, DPTPhysical Therapist1821168857
Verify Gregory Nelson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036095140Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average ophthalmology physician in 2024
5,049 Medicare Part D claims for 972 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,518 among the 16,459 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 41% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost1,835 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol762 claims
- Timolol Maleate385 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate337 claims
- Lumigan304 claims
- Dorzolamide Hcl179 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 93.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $780.58
32 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 13,221 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,535.02 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
- Suburban Associates IN Ophthalmology LLCArlington Hts, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Gregory Nelson among 898 ophthalmology physician records in Illinois
Gregory Nelson is one of 898 ophthalmology physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 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 2006, is newer than 16% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 16% of these records are older, 44% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 1999 among the 551 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 60% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207W00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
29 ophthalmology physician records list a practice address in Arlington Heights
They are 29 of the 2,697 NPPES records with a practice address in Arlington Heights, and 898 ophthalmology physician records in Illinois.
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The 8 ophthalmology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Naveed Ansari, MDArlington Heights, IL 600051922101559
- Larry Auerbach, M.D.Arlington Heights, IL 600051255441291
- David Badawi, M.D.Arlington Heights, IL 600051033133996
- Janet Bresch, MDArlington Heights, IL 600051093817702
- Kimberlee Curnyn, MDArlington Heights, IL 600051669575296
- Ostap Kashuba, MDArlington Heights, IL 600051053388157
- Jeffrey Koziol, MDArlington Heights, IL 600051891713947
- Cereesa Longest, MDArlington Heights, IL 600051467438341
Common questions
What is Gregory Nelson's NPI number?
Gregory Nelson's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043221351, issued on Aug 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Gregory Nelson located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1100 W Central RD, Arlington Heights, IL, 60005. Phone: (847) 253-4040. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Gregory Nelson's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036095140, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Gregory Nelson prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Gregory Nelson had 5,049 Medicare Part D claims for 972 beneficiaries; the average among ophthalmology physician prescribers was 1,518. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Gregory Nelson's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.1 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.