John Scott Gentry, O.D.
Optometrist · Johnson City, TN
John Scott Gentry, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Johnson City, Tennessee, and NPI 1871549691, issued on May 25, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 827, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- John Scott Gentry
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 827 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2328 Knob Creek RD, Johnson City, TN 37604
- Phone
- (423) 722-1311
- Enumerated
- May 25, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 23, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (423) 926-0529
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20111212000363); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Southern College Of Optometry, 1981
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 2328 Knob Creek RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Casey Bates, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1720709744
- Donny Reeves, MDOphthalmology Physician1558390385
Verify John Scott Gentry in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license 827Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average optometrist in 2024
730 Medicare Part D claims for 191 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 40% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost232 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol56 claims
- Rhopressa55 claims
- Vyzulta30 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate29 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate27 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: $563.53
19 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Bausch & Lomb Americas 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
- The Reeves Eye InstituteJohnson City, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in Tennessee
There are 1,300 optometrist records in Tennessee.
Other optometrist records in Tennessee
- Catherine Abbott, O.D.Knoxville, TN1881034114
- Eddie Abernathy, ODRogersville, TN1831178508
- Khaled Abumayaleh, ODAlcoa, TN1811039266
- Thomas Adams, ODChattanooga, TN1699392464
- Brent Adamson, O.D.Paris, TN1629419957
- Sharon Adhami, O.D.Spring Hill, TN1225035983
- Emily Adkisson, ODMemphis, TN1619731247
- Mardia Ahmed, O.D.Knoxville, TN1528335999
- Sabina Ahmed, O.D.Knoxville, TN1427101716
- Ghaith Al-SowaidiChattanooga, TN1427586783
Common questions
What is John Scott Gentry, O.D.'s NPI number?
John Scott Gentry, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1871549691, issued on May 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is John Scott Gentry, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2328 Knob Creek RD, Johnson City, TN, 37604. Phone: (423) 722-1311. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify John Scott Gentry, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 827, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does John Scott Gentry, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, John Scott Gentry, O.D. had 730 Medicare Part D claims for 191 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.