Helen Edith Tower, O.D.
Optometrist · Ashland, VA
Helen Edith Tower, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Ashland, Virginia, and NPI 1356373856, issued on Jul 7, 2006. Check the license with the Virginia board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Helen Edith Tower
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 3166 MI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 301 N Washington Hwy, Ashland, VA 23005
- Phone
- (804) 798-3306
- Enumerated
- Jul 7, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 3, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (804) 798-3617
- Medicaid ID
- 9231552 VA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050428000148); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Ferris State College - College Of Optometry, 1987
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 301 N Washington Hwy
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Laurel Jordan, O.D.Optometrist1003820051
Verify Helen Edith Tower in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Virginia board licenses this professionCheck 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
300 Medicare Part D claims for 73 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 26% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost143 claims
- Timolol Maleate51 claims
- Famciclovir15 claims
- Xiidra12 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: $378.88
4 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
- Family Vision Care OF RichmondAshland, VA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Helen Edith Tower among 1,460 optometrist records in Virginia
Helen Edith Tower, O.D. is one of 1,460 optometrist records with a practice address in Virginia. 70% 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 11% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 11% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 70% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated1987 · median 2007 among the 885 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 64% 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 Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
3 optometrist records list a practice address in Ashland
They are 3 of the 337 NPPES records with a practice address in Ashland, and 1,460 optometrist records in Virginia.
All 1,460 in Virginia → Every provider in Ashland → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- David Haine, ODAshland, VA 230051285619965
- Laurel Jordan, O.D.Ashland, VA 230051003820051
- Kathleen Clark-Gelburd, OPTOMETRISTWaynesboro, VA 229801184660227
- Jennifer Davis, O.D.Waynesboro, VA 229801144287368
- John Leeth, O.D.Waynesboro, VA 229801386741973
- Mary Pemberton, O.D.Waynesboro, VA 229801003802422
- Carl Myers, ODPalmyra, VA 229631457977050
- Victoria Weiss, ODPalmyra, VA 229631568523033
Common questions
What is Helen Edith Tower, O.D.'s NPI number?
Helen Edith Tower, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356373856, issued on Jul 7, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Helen Edith Tower, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 301 N Washington Hwy, Ashland, VA, 23005. Phone: (804) 798-3306. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Helen Edith Tower, O.D.'s license?
Search the Virginia board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Helen Edith Tower, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Helen Edith Tower, O.D. had 300 Medicare Part D claims for 73 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.