Joshua Kent Johnston, OD
Optometrist · Atlanta, GA
Joshua Kent Johnston, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Atlanta, Georgia, and NPI 1013929520, issued on Aug 13, 2006. Check the license (Georgia OPT002197, as entered in NPPES) with the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joshua Kent Johnston
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License numbers
- OPT002197 GA
OPT13677T CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 550 Peachtree St NE Ste 1500, Atlanta, GA 30308
- Phone
- (404) 897-6810
- Enumerated
- Aug 13, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 25, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (404) 829-1319
- Medicaid ID
- 159565798A GA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041220001055); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Illinois College Of Optometry At Chicago, 2004
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 550 Peachtree St NE Ste 1500
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Priscilla Chang, ODOptometrist1932754967
- Niketu Patel, O.D.Optometrist1417883174
Verify Joshua Kent Johnston in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Georgia board licenses this profession
Search for license OPT002197Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average optometrist in 2024
1,234 Medicare Part D claims for 509 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 64% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Restasis168 claims
- Latanoprost138 claims
- Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth108 claims
- Tobramycin-Dexamethasone101 claims
- Cequa99 claims
- Cyclosporine56 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 96.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $148,590.46
257 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
- Eugene B Gabianelli MD And Assoc LLCAtlanta, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joshua Kent Johnston among 1,430 optometrist records in Georgia
Joshua Kent Johnston, OD 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 2006, is newer than 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2007 among the 830 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 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
- Sarah Bassett, O.D.Atlanta, GA 303081124468806
- Divya Bhakta, O.D.Atlanta, GA 303081164770541
- Priscilla Chang, ODAtlanta, GA 303081932754967
- Rebecca Emiah, O.D.Atlanta, GA 303081104278563
- Marisa Feliciano, O.D.Atlanta, GA 303081437178340
- Sima Gupta, O.D., M.P.H.Atlanta, GA 303081285772020
- Camda Hughey, ODAtlanta, GA 303081043282171
- Liana Lynskey, ODAtlanta, GA 303081831380609
Common questions
What is Joshua Kent Johnston, OD's NPI number?
Joshua Kent Johnston, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1013929520, issued on Aug 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joshua Kent Johnston, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 550 Peachtree St NE Ste 1500, Atlanta, GA, 30308. Phone: (404) 897-6810. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joshua Kent Johnston, OD's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number OPT002197, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Joshua Kent Johnston, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joshua Kent Johnston, OD had 1,234 Medicare Part D claims for 509 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Joshua Kent Johnston, OD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 96.6 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.