Howard Oifer, O.D.
Optometrist · Atlanta, GA
Howard Oifer, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Atlanta, Georgia, and NPI 1982737193, issued on Mar 14, 2007. Check the license (Georgia 000913, as entered in NPPES) with the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Howard Oifer
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 000913 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 800 Mount Vernon Hwy NE, Atlanta, GA 30328
- Phone
- (770) 804-1684
- Enumerated
- Mar 14, 2007
- Record last updated
- Aug 1, 2023
- Fax
- (770) 804-1679
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080328000043); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Illinois College Of Optometry At Chicago, 1980
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 800 Mount Vernon Hwy NE
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Howard Oifer in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Georgia board licenses this profession
Search for license 000913Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
61% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
108 Medicare Part D claims for 72 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
- Tobramycin-Dexamethasone46 claims
- Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth19 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: $68.65
3 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
- Lanier Family Eyecare LLCCumming, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Howard Oifer among 1,430 optometrist records in Georgia
Howard Oifer, O.D. is one of 1,430 optometrist records with a practice address in Georgia. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 39% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 39% of these records are older, 47% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated1980 · median 2007 among the 830 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 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 Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in Georgia
There are 1,430 optometrist records in Georgia.
All 1,430 in Georgia → Every provider in Atlanta → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Nhung Brandenburg, O.D.Atlanta, GA 303281396706263
- Jose Goncalves, O.D.Atlanta, GA 303281578681441
- Sari Gruber, O.D.Sandy Springs, GA 303281649452459
- Benjamin Hampton, ODAtlanta, GA 303281649471723
- Wesley Hansen, O.D.Atlanta, GA 303281619003571
- Maurice Joseph, ODAtlanta, GA 303281104022870
- Anar Maurya, O.D.Atlanta, GA 303281932167467
- Jeffrey Mellom, ODAtlanta, GA 303281588792816
Common questions
What is Howard Oifer, O.D.'s NPI number?
Howard Oifer, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982737193, issued on Mar 14, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Howard Oifer, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 800 Mount Vernon Hwy NE, Atlanta, GA, 30328. Phone: (770) 804-1684. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Howard Oifer, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 000913, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Howard Oifer, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Howard Oifer, O.D. had 108 Medicare Part D claims for 72 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.