Howard D. Budner, O.D.
Optometrist · Silver Spring, MD
Howard D. Budner, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Silver Spring, Maryland, and NPI 1730120114, issued on Jun 9, 2006. Check the license (Maryland TA947, as entered in NPPES) with the Maryland board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Howard D. Budner
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License numbers
- TA947 MD
618000559 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 13505 Connecticut Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20906
- Phone
- (301) 438-0555
- Enumerated
- Jun 9, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 13, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (301) 438-0556
- Medicaid ID
- 9205175 VA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060920000336); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Pennsylvania College Of Optometry, 1983
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 13505 Connecticut Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Howard D. Budner in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Maryland board licenses this profession
Search for license TA947Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
93% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
19 Medicare Part D claims for 11 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 58% of 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: $616.39
23 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was CooperVision 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
- Myeyedr Optometry OF Maryland LLCSilver Spring, MD
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Howard D. Budner among 924 optometrist records in Maryland
Howard D. Budner, O.D. is one of 924 optometrist records with a practice address in Maryland. 72% 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 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
- Graduated1983 · median 2005 among the 517 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 63% 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 Maryland practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in Maryland
There are 924 optometrist records in Maryland.
All 924 in Maryland → Every provider in Silver Spring → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Fernando AguilarSilver Spring, MD 209061134854540
- Jenny ChenAspen Hill, MD 209061245010727
- Jacalyn Ely, O.D.Silver Spring, MD 209061356369011
- Adel Ibrahim, O.D.Silver Spring, MD 209061023100104
- Terry Kim, ODAspen Hill, MD 209061265961627
- Thomas McInnes, O.D.Silver Spring, MD 209061447312061
- Carly PoskochilAspen Hill, MD 209061740044643
- Misbah Shafiq, ODAspen Hill, MD 209061821670183
Common questions
What is Howard D. Budner, O.D.'s NPI number?
Howard D. Budner, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1730120114, issued on Jun 9, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Howard D. Budner, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 13505 Connecticut Ave, Silver Spring, MD, 20906. Phone: (301) 438-0555. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Howard D. Budner, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Maryland license number TA947, as entered by the provider. Search the Maryland board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Howard D. Budner, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Howard D. Budner, O.D. had 19 Medicare Part D claims for 11 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.