Laura Melissa Centola, OD
Optometrist · Metairie, LA
Laura Melissa Centola, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Metairie, Louisiana, and NPI 1629806369, issued on Jul 24, 2024. Check the license (Louisiana 2025-971AT, as entered in NPPES) with the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Laura Melissa Centola
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 2025-971AT LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4324 Veterans Memorial Blvd Ste 102, Metairie, LA 70006
- Phone
- (504) 455-9825
- Enumerated
- Jul 24, 2024
- Record last updated
- Jul 24, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240823002844); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Laura Melissa Centola in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Louisiana board licenses this profession
Search for license 2025-971ATCheck 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 56 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 26% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Tobramycin-Dexamethasone17 claims
- Doxycycline Monohydrate14 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: $1,883.30
21 payments; by number, the most common kind was 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
- Eyecare Providers, LLCLa Place, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Laura Melissa Centola among 540 optometrist records in Louisiana
Laura Melissa Centola, OD is one of 540 optometrist records with a practice address in Louisiana. 78% 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 92% of them.
- NPI issued2024 · 92% of these records are older, 5% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated2024 · median 2010 among the 329 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 66% 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 Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in Louisiana
There are 540 optometrist records in Louisiana.
All 540 in Louisiana → Every provider in Metairie → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Gabriel Kasovich, ODMetairie, LA 700061407959406
- Thomas McGinn, O.DMetairie, LA 700061043385776
- Broderick Moses, O.D.Metairie, LA 700061245342898
- Maura SladeMetairie, LA 700061477382075
- Nicole Songy, ODMetairie, LA 700061649152604
- George Stumpf, O.DMetairie, LA 700061326113085
- Julianna Dimitri, ODMetairie, LA 700051396674230
- George Dimitri, ODMetairie, LA 700051265491658
Common questions
What is Laura Melissa Centola, OD's NPI number?
Laura Melissa Centola, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1629806369, issued on Jul 24, 2024. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Laura Melissa Centola, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4324 Veterans Memorial Blvd Ste 102, Metairie, LA, 70006. Phone: (504) 455-9825. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Laura Melissa Centola, OD's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 2025-971AT, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Laura Melissa Centola, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Laura Melissa Centola, OD had 69 Medicare Part D claims for 56 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.