Howard Russell Day, OD
Optometrist · Gardendale, AL
Howard Russell Day, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Gardendale, Alabama, and NPI 1104856681, issued on Jul 3, 2006. Check the license (Alabama S658, as entered in NPPES) with the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Howard Russell Day
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- S658 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 137 West Shugart Ridge Road, Gardendale, AL 35071
- Phone
- (205) 631-5681
- Enumerated
- Jul 3, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 1, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (205) 631-2479
- Medicaid ID
- 000058106 AL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110831000065); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Alabama Birmingham - School Of Optometry, 1987
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 137 West Shugart Ridge Road
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Sharon Day, ODOptometrist1457382343
Verify Howard Russell Day in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Alabama board licenses this profession
Search for license S658Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average optometrist in 2024
848 Medicare Part D claims for 185 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 37% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost365 claims
- Levobunolol Hcl151 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate53 claims
- Timolol Maleate32 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol29 claims
- Erythromycin24 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: $604.21
20 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Sun Pharmaceutical Industries 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
- Day Optometry Clinic PCGardendale, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Howard Russell Day among 874 optometrist records in Alabama
Howard Russell Day, OD 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 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1987 · median 2006 among the 561 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 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).
9 optometrist records list a practice address in Gardendale
They are 9 of the 363 NPPES records with a practice address in Gardendale, and 874 optometrist records in Alabama.
All 874 in Alabama → Every provider in Gardendale → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Kelsey Bullington, ODGardendale, AL 350711306420674
- Sharon Day, ODGardendale, AL 350711457382343
- Madonna Ghobrial, ODGardendale, AL 350711083599021
- Dorrine Goldschmidt, O.D.Gardendale, AL 350711770652380
- Melanie Lawrence, O.D.Gardendale, AL 350711437553336
- David Morrisse, O.D.Gardendale, AL 350711033223664
- Michael Sayonh, ODGardendale, AL 350711497320105
- Christopher Yarbrough, O.D.Gardendale, AL 350711396153524
Common questions
What is Howard Russell Day, OD's NPI number?
Howard Russell Day, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1104856681, issued on Jul 3, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Howard Russell Day, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 137 West Shugart Ridge Road, Gardendale, AL, 35071. Phone: (205) 631-5681. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Howard Russell Day, OD's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number S658, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Howard Russell Day, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Howard Russell Day, OD had 848 Medicare Part D claims for 185 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.