Kate Ho, O.D.
Optometrist · Huntington Beach, CA
Kate Ho, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Huntington Beach, California, and NPI 1124351440, issued on Sep 18, 2009. Check the license (California 13860, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kate Ho
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 13860 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 20932 Brookhurst St Ste 208, Huntington Beach, CA 92646
- Phone
- (714) 962-3371
- Enumerated
- Sep 18, 2009
- Record last updated
- Sep 5, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100817001551); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Southern California College Of Optometry, 2009
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kate Ho in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 13860Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
90% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
29 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 72% of 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: $207.43
2 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.
Kate Ho among 8,308 optometrist records in California
Kate Ho, O.D. is one of 8,308 optometrist records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 57% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 57% of these records are older, 41% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated2009 · median 2008 among the 3,573 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 67% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
51 optometrist records list a practice address in Huntington Beach
They are 51 of the 4,031 NPPES records with a practice address in Huntington Beach, and 8,308 optometrist records in California.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Leslie Bender, ODHuntington Beach, CA 926461245223163
- Bonnie Chow, O.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926461760508766
- Kevin Germundsen, O.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926461780702258
- Kristi Germundsen, ODHuntington Beach, CA 926461578125316
- Kenneth Hardy, O.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926461568490399
- Joy Kataoka, O.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926461790711000
- Michelle Kirk, O.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926461477818235
- Long Ngo, ODHuntington Beach, CA 926461568920296
Common questions
What is Kate Ho, O.D.'s NPI number?
Kate Ho, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1124351440, issued on Sep 18, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kate Ho, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 20932 Brookhurst St Ste 208, Huntington Beach, CA, 92646. Phone: (714) 962-3371. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kate Ho, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number 13860, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kate Ho, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kate Ho, O.D. had 29 Medicare Part D claims; 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.