Heather Kay Brown-Conner, OD
Optometrist · Cookeville, TN
Heather Kay Brown-Conner, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Cookeville, Tennessee, and NPI 1891851937, issued on Dec 30, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 2538, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Heather Kay Brown-Conner
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 2538 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 999 Guardian Way, Cookeville, TN 38501
- Phone
- (931) 650-4100
- Enumerated
- Dec 30, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 2, 2023
- Fax
- (931) 650-4101
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040929000856); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Indiana University - School Of Optometry, 2004
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 999 Guardian Way
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Heather Kay Brown-Conner in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license 2538Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
8% more Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
298 Medicare Part D claims for 106 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 52% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost68 claims
- Restasis46 claims
- Cyclosporine28 claims
- Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth23 claims
- Lumigan22 claims
- Fluorometholone16 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: $309.15
16 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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
- Eye Centers OF Tennessee, LLCCookeville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Heather Kay Brown-Conner among 1,300 optometrist records in Tennessee
Heather Kay Brown-Conner, OD is one of 1,300 optometrist records with a practice address in Tennessee. 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 2006, is newer than 13% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 13% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2008 among the 839 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 62% 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 Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
21 optometrist records list a practice address in Cookeville
They are 21 of the 1,654 NPPES records with a practice address in Cookeville, and 1,300 optometrist records in Tennessee.
All 1,300 in Tennessee → Every provider in Cookeville → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jason Clopton, O.D.Cookeville, TN 385011972507614
- Dennis Cosgrove, O.D.Cookeville, TN 385011669437901
- Ronald Hall, O.D.Cookeville, TN 385011629284435
- Amanda Kirk, O.D.Cookeville, TN 385011477860708
- Kelly Martin, O.D.Cookeville, TN 385011508893348
- James Miller, OPTMCookeville, TN 385011245237247
- Ronald Miranda, ODCookeville, TN 385011326103961
- Matthew Mosteller, O.D.Cookeville, TN 385011255320859
Common questions
What is Heather Kay Brown-Conner, OD's NPI number?
Heather Kay Brown-Conner, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1891851937, issued on Dec 30, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Heather Kay Brown-Conner, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 999 Guardian Way, Cookeville, TN, 38501. Phone: (931) 650-4100. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Heather Kay Brown-Conner, OD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 2538, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Heather Kay Brown-Conner, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Heather Kay Brown-Conner, OD had 298 Medicare Part D claims for 106 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.