Heather Rebecca Walker, O.D.
Optometrist · Lenoir City, TN
Heather Rebecca Walker, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Lenoir City, Tennessee, and NPI 1669428454, issued on May 25, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 2236, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Heather Rebecca Walker
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 2236 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 603 Highway 321 N, Lenoir City, TN 37771
- Phone
- (865) 986-3518
- Enumerated
- May 25, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 11, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 3945023 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040310001564); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Southern College Of Optometry, 1998
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Heather Rebecca Walker in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license 2236Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
69% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
86 Medicare Part D claims for 43 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 30% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost46 claims
- Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth11 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): 73.2 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: $96.75
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, 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 Center OF Oak Ridge,pcOak Ridge, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Heather Rebecca Walker among 1,300 optometrist records in Tennessee
Heather Rebecca Walker, O.D. 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
- Graduated1998 · median 2008 among the 839 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 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).
Optometrist providers in Tennessee
There are 1,300 optometrist records in Tennessee.
All 1,300 in Tennessee → Every provider in Lenoir City → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Nicole Lamb, ODLenoir City, TN 377711770079287
- David Montgomery, ODLenoir City, TN 377721467447425
- Julia Reimold, ODLenoir City, TN 377721245840214
- Melissa Thomas, O.D.Lenoir City, TN 377721982982187
- Dennis Benedict, O.D.Loudon, TN 377741891833265
- Robert Parker, O.D.Kingston, TN 377631740482355
- Frederick Martin, O.D.Jellico, TN 377621245236496
- Cherie Archambeault, O.D.Jefferson City, TN 377601972582070
Common questions
What is Heather Rebecca Walker, O.D.'s NPI number?
Heather Rebecca Walker, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1669428454, issued on May 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Heather Rebecca Walker, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 603 Highway 321 N, Lenoir City, TN, 37771. Phone: (865) 986-3518. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Heather Rebecca Walker, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 2236, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Heather Rebecca Walker, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Heather Rebecca Walker, O.D. had 86 Medicare Part D claims for 43 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Heather Rebecca Walker, O.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 73.2 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.