Kelsey Blalock, OD
Optometrist · Knoxville, TN
Kelsey Blalock, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Knoxville, Tennessee, and NPI 1972346500, issued on Jun 12, 2024. Check the license (Tennessee TN3977, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kelsey Blalock
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- TN3977 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5415 Washington Pike, Knoxville, TN 37918
- Phone
- (865) 217-1010
- Enumerated
- Jun 12, 2024
- Record last updated
- Jan 27, 2026
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20251111003855); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Indiana University - School Of Optometry, 2024
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kelsey Blalock in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license TN3977Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $410.30
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Biotissue Holdings 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
- Dr. Torrey J. Carlson And AssociatesKingsport, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kelsey Blalock among 1,300 optometrist records in Tennessee
Kelsey Blalock, OD is one of 1,300 optometrist records with a practice address in Tennessee. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2024, is newer than 94% of them.
- NPI issued2024 · 94% of these records are older, 4% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated2024 · median 2008 among the 839 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 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 Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in Tennessee
There are 1,300 optometrist records in Tennessee.
All 1,300 in Tennessee → Every provider in Knoxville → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Caroline Babb-PoveromoKnoxville, TN 379181194172866
- Haley Bolden, ODKnoxville, TN 379181225739691
- John Condry, O.D.Knoxville, TN 379181184675811
- Donald Connell, O.D.Knoxville, TN 379181790947836
- Steven Elliott, O.D.Knoxville, TN 379181306904107
- Emily Hammer, ODKnoxville, TN 379181598327413
- Michael Kolarik, O.D.Knoxville, TN 379181184617342
- Lauren Stone, ODKnoxville, TN 379181326353475
Common questions
What is Kelsey Blalock, OD's NPI number?
Kelsey Blalock, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972346500, issued on Jun 12, 2024. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kelsey Blalock, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5415 Washington Pike, Knoxville, TN, 37918. Phone: (865) 217-1010. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kelsey Blalock, OD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number TN3977, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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.