Kristin Michelle Kern, OD
Optometrist · Tunkhannock, PA
Kristin Michelle Kern, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1609531953, issued on Nov 2, 2021. Check the license (Pennsylvania OEG003864, as entered in NPPES) with the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kristin Michelle Kern
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- OEG003864 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 230 W Tioga St Ste 4, Tunkhannock, PA 18657
- Phone
- (570) 665-5076
- Enumerated
- Nov 2, 2021
- Record last updated
- Mar 8, 2024
- Fax
- (570) 836-4052
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20211122000138); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Pennsylvania College Of Optometry, 2021
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kristin Michelle Kern in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Pennsylvania board licenses this profession
Search for license OEG003864Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
75% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
69 Medicare Part D claims for 26 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 43% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost23 claims
- Timolol Maleate11 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: $18.43
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, 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
- Onsight Health Care, LLCHarrisburg, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kristin Michelle Kern among 2,640 optometrist records in Pennsylvania
Kristin Michelle Kern, OD is one of 2,640 optometrist records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 89% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 89% of these records are older, 9% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2021 · median 2004 among the 1,588 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 69% 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 Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
6 optometrist records list a practice address in Tunkhannock
They are 6 of the 151 NPPES records with a practice address in Tunkhannock, and 2,640 optometrist records in Pennsylvania.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Susan Barber-Rosengrant, O.D.Tunkhannock, PA 186571629118443
- Davis Haire, O.D.Tunkhannock, PA 186571184788267
- Gerard Hildebrand, ODTunkhannock, PA 186571528071651
- Kirsten Jervis, O.D.Tunkhannock, PA 186571265474530
- Charles Whitling, O.D.Tunkhannock, PA 186571285784579
- Leonard Boyek, ODPlymouth, PA 186511245218007
- Robert Blase, ODWyoming, PA 186441477513612
- Lewis Lisses, O.D.Wyoming, PA 186441053382994
Common questions
What is Kristin Michelle Kern, OD's NPI number?
Kristin Michelle Kern, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1609531953, issued on Nov 2, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kristin Michelle Kern, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 230 W Tioga St Ste 4, Tunkhannock, PA, 18657. Phone: (570) 665-5076. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kristin Michelle Kern, OD's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number OEG003864, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kristin Michelle Kern, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kristin Michelle Kern, OD had 69 Medicare Part D claims for 26 beneficiaries; 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.