NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Kush Patel, O.D.

Optometrist · Burlington, MA

Kush Patel, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Burlington, Massachusetts, and NPI 1710696554, issued on Nov 21, 2022. Check the license (Massachusetts 5589, as entered in NPPES) with the Massachusetts board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1710696554
Name
Kush Patel
Credential
O.D.
Primary taxonomy
Optometrist 152W00000X
License number
5589 MA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
101 Middlesex Tpke Ste 8, Burlington, MA 01803
Phone
(925) 785-9863
Enumerated
Nov 21, 2022
Record last updated
Oct 3, 2023
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20221219001788); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Verify Kush Patel in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Massachusetts board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $315.05

4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Glaukos Corporation. 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.

  1. Kush Patel$315.05
  2. Specialty average$769.99

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

  1. Kpatel OD, LLCNewton, MA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Kush Patel among 1,501 optometrist records in Massachusetts

Kush Patel, O.D. is one of 1,501 optometrist records with a practice address in Massachusetts. 66% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 86% of them.

  • NPI issued2022 · 86% of these records are older, 11% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 66% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
  • Graduated2022 · median 2008 among the 933 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 64% 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 Massachusetts practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

34 optometrist records list a practice address in Burlington

They are 34 of the 2,620 NPPES records with a practice address in Burlington, and 1,501 optometrist records in Massachusetts.

The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Caroline Blackie, O.D., PH.D.Burlington, MA 018031326267352
  2. Katie Capecci, O.D.Burlington, MA 018031801100870
  3. Thomas Corwin, OD,PHD,FAAOBurlington, MA 018031013057082
  4. George Dyer, O.LD.Burlington, MA 018031205041712
  5. Derek Feifke, O.D.Burlington, MA 018031386733194
  6. Philip Friedman, O.D.Burlington, MA 018031508852534
  7. Robert Johnson, ODBurlington, MA 018031104822428
  8. Dana Kludjian, O.D.Burlington, MA 018031710018536

Common questions

What is Kush Patel, O.D.'s NPI number?

Kush Patel, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1710696554, issued on Nov 21, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Kush Patel, O.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 101 Middlesex Tpke Ste 8, Burlington, MA, 01803. Phone: (925) 785-9863. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Kush Patel, O.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Massachusetts license number 5589, as entered by the provider. Search the Massachusetts board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

What is Kush Patel, O.D.'s MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

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.