Joseph William Laya, O.D.
Low Vision Rehabilitation Optometrist · Redding, CA
Joseph William Laya, O.D. is a low vision rehabilitation optometrist with a practice address in Redding, California, and NPI 1255307724, issued on Feb 24, 2006. Check the license (California OPT 7982 TPA, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph William Laya
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Low Vision Rehabilitation Optometrist 152WL0500X
- License number
- OPT 7982 TPA CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1751 Hatrnell Ave, Redding, CA 96002
- Phone
- (530) 223-2325
- Enumerated
- Feb 24, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 2, 2022
- Fax
- (530) 223-2252
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060619000140); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Southern California College Of Optometry, 1984
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joseph William Laya in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license OPT 7982 TPACheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.9 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average low vision rehabilitation optometrist in 2024
1,300 Medicare Part D claims for 327 beneficiaries, against an average of 268 among the 86 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 64% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost500 claims
- Cyclosporine295 claims
- Restasis152 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate61 claims
- Azelastine Hcl54 claims
- Lumigan39 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: $579.32
13 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Alcon Vision LLC. The 86 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,112.70 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
- Ridge Eye Care IncAnderson, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joseph William Laya among 53 low vision rehabilitation optometrist records in California
Joseph William Laya, O.D. is one of 53 low vision rehabilitation optometrist records with a practice address in California. 62% 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 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 47% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 62% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 51% of these records are
- Graduated1984 · median 1996 among the 27 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 66% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 152WL0500X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Low Vision Rehabilitation Optometrist providers in California
There are 53 low vision rehabilitation optometrist records in California.
All 53 in California → Every provider in Redding → Low Vision Rehabilitation Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 low vision rehabilitation optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Richard Martin, O.D.Shasta Lake, CA 960191760458269
- Tiffany Chan, O.D.Grass Valley, CA 959451528374246
- Richard Vanbuskirk, O.D.Jackson, CA 956421316917479
- Janet Caddell, O.D.Santa Rosa, CA 954051700876760
- Phuong Duong, OPTOMETRIST (O.D.)San Jose, CA 951241154435048
- Linda Yee, ODSan Jose, CA 951201750419750
- Kristine Fergason, ODSanta Clara, CA 950511609940766
- Robert Greer, O.D.Berkeley, CA 947201114064664
Common questions
What is Joseph William Laya, O.D.'s NPI number?
Joseph William Laya, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1255307724, issued on Feb 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph William Laya, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1751 Hatrnell Ave, Redding, CA, 96002. Phone: (530) 223-2325. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph William Laya, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number OPT 7982 TPA, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Joseph William Laya, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph William Laya, O.D. had 1,300 Medicare Part D claims for 327 beneficiaries; the average among low vision rehabilitation optometrist prescribers was 268. 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.