Hillary Carney Smith, O.D.
Optometrist · Gadsden, AL
Hillary Carney Smith, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Gadsden, Alabama, and NPI 1457787772, issued on Sep 18, 2013. Check the license (Alabama SC97TA960, as entered in NPPES) with the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Hillary Carney Smith
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- SC97TA960 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2015 Rainbow Dr, Gadsden, AL 35901
- Phone
- (256) 547-2025
- Enumerated
- Sep 18, 2013
- Record last updated
- Jan 30, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (256) 547-2019
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20131218000503); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Alabama Birmingham - School Of Optometry, 2013
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2015 Rainbow Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Hillary Carney Smith in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Alabama board licenses this profession
Search for license SC97TA960Check 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 26 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 65% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost23 claims
- Lumigan12 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: $40.03
2 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
- Vestavia Eye Care, P.C.Vestavia, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Hillary Carney Smith among 874 optometrist records in Alabama
Hillary Carney Smith, O.D. is one of 874 optometrist records with a practice address in Alabama. 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 2013, is newer than 70% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 70% of these records are older, 28% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2006 among the 561 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 65% 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 Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
11 optometrist records list a practice address in Gadsden
They are 11 of the 903 NPPES records with a practice address in Gadsden, and 874 optometrist records in Alabama.
All 874 in Alabama → Every provider in Gadsden → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Kelly Blount, O.D.Gadsden, AL 359011740211697
- Meredith Bobbitt, ODGadsden, AL 359011659244093
- Charles Burton, ODGadsden, AL 359011407951320
- John Cooper, O.D.Gadsden, AL 359011467487819
- Kenneth Hartzog, ODGadsden, AL 359011710063953
- Jay Johnson, O.D.Gadsden, AL 359011225108103
- Robert Klingenbeck, O.D.Gadsden, AL 359011952570988
- Johnnie Nobles, O.D.Gadsden, AL 359011326498718
Common questions
What is Hillary Carney Smith, O.D.'s NPI number?
Hillary Carney Smith, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457787772, issued on Sep 18, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Hillary Carney Smith, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2015 Rainbow Dr, Gadsden, AL, 35901. Phone: (256) 547-2025. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Hillary Carney Smith, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number SC97TA960, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Hillary Carney Smith, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Hillary Carney Smith, O.D. had 86 Medicare Part D claims for 26 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.