Kerry Howard Head, OD
Optometrist · Kewanee, IL
Kerry Howard Head, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Kewanee, Illinois, and NPI 1902993652, issued on Oct 6, 2006. Check the license (Illinois 047928330, as entered in NPPES) with the Illinois board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kerry Howard Head
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 047928330 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 205 Tenney St, Kewanee, IL 61443
- Phone
- (309) 854-0010
- Enumerated
- Oct 6, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 14, 2022
- Fax
- (309) 854-0010
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041118000735); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Illinois College Of Optometry At Chicago, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kerry Howard Head in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Illinois board licenses this profession
Search for license 047928330Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average optometrist in 2024
1,295 Medicare Part D claims for 250 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 31% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost635 claims
- Timolol Maleate174 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate115 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate72 claims
- Dorzolamide Hcl46 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate-Timolol32 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 0 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $270.05
8 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.
Kerry Howard Head among 2,697 optometrist records in Illinois
Kerry Howard Head, OD is one of 2,697 optometrist records with a practice address in Illinois. 71% 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, 63% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 71% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2008 among the 1,513 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 68% 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 Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
3 optometrist records list a practice address in Kewanee
They are 3 of the 127 NPPES records with a practice address in Kewanee, and 2,697 optometrist records in Illinois.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Ned Hubbard, O.D.Kewanee, IL 614431801895784
- Zahra Lalwani Lasee, ODKewanee, IL 614431174967053
- Nicholas Podpeskar, ODGalva, IL 614341679128177
- William Pool, ODGalva, IL 614341215035480
- Tim Bengtson, O.D.Macomb, IL 614551891989919
- Hannah Bengtson, O.D.Macomb, IL 614551780154013
- Eric Botts, O.D.Macomb, IL 614551457301368
- Brigette Colley, O.D.Macomb, IL 614551992147086
Common questions
What is Kerry Howard Head, OD's NPI number?
Kerry Howard Head, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1902993652, issued on Oct 6, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kerry Howard Head, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 205 Tenney St, Kewanee, IL, 61443. Phone: (309) 854-0010. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kerry Howard Head, OD's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 047928330, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kerry Howard Head, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kerry Howard Head, OD had 1,295 Medicare Part D claims for 250 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kerry Howard Head, OD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 0 of 100. 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.