Joe Leonard Wheat, O.D.
Optometrist · Houston, TX
Joe Leonard Wheat, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1093700254, issued on Sep 14, 2005. Check the license (Texas 6268, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joe Leonard Wheat
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License numbers
- 6268 TX
6268T TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4401 Martin Luther King Blvd, Houston, TX 77204
- Phone
- (713) 743-2020
- Enumerated
- Sep 14, 2005
- Record last updated
- May 11, 2022
- Fax
- (713) 743-0963
- Medicaid IDs
- 6268 TX
1746422-01 TX - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041018000209); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Houston - College Of Optometry, 2002
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joe Leonard Wheat in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license 6268Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
21% more Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
336 Medicare Part D claims for 57 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 45% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost141 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate40 claims
- Dorzolamide Hcl29 claims
- Lumigan23 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol18 claims
- Travoprost16 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- University OF Houston SystemHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joe Leonard Wheat among 5,006 optometrist records in Texas
Joe Leonard Wheat, O.D. is one of 5,006 optometrist records with a practice address in Texas. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 91% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 2010 among the 2,894 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 59% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
770 optometrist records list a practice address in Houston
They are 770 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 5,006 optometrist records in Texas.
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- Karen Fern, O.D.Houston, TX 772041912900317
- Amber Giannoni, O.D.Houston, TX 772041689677064
- Ralph Herring, O.D.Houston, TX 772041417950841
Common questions
What is Joe Leonard Wheat, O.D.'s NPI number?
Joe Leonard Wheat, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1093700254, issued on Sep 14, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joe Leonard Wheat, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4401 Martin Luther King Blvd, Houston, TX, 77204. Phone: (713) 743-2020. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joe Leonard Wheat, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number 6268, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Joe Leonard Wheat, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joe Leonard Wheat, O.D. had 336 Medicare Part D claims for 57 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.