NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Lawrence Kaplan

Optometrist · Mill Valley, CA

Lawrence Kaplan is an optometrist with a practice address in Mill Valley, California, and NPI 1497765028, issued on Aug 8, 2006. Check the license (California 6475, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1497765028
Name
Lawrence Kaplan
Primary taxonomy
Optometrist 152W00000X
License number
6475 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
61 Camino Alto Ste 100, Mill Valley, CA 94941
Phone
(415) 381-2020
Enumerated
Aug 8, 2006
Record last updated
Nov 3, 2023
Fax
(415) 381-0774
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20071231000167); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
New England College Of Optometry, 1978
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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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California 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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Industry payments in 2024: $17.00

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Alcon Vision LLC. 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. Lawrence Kaplan$17.00
  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.

Lawrence Kaplan among 8,308 optometrist records in California

Lawrence Kaplan is one of 8,308 optometrist records with a practice address in California. 67% 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 6% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 66% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
  • Graduated1978 · median 2008 among the 3,573 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 67% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Optometrist providers in California

There are 8,308 optometrist records in California.

The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Robert Christensen, O.D.Mill Valley, CA 949411639246689
  2. Channie Duhn, O.D.Mill Valley, CA 949411487646931
  3. Nina Margolis, O.D.Mill Valley, CA 949411861520793
  4. Eloisa Morfin, ODMill Valley, CA 949411003657545
  5. Edward Haack, O.D.Larkspur, CA 949391174516462
  6. Susan Bynum, O.D.Novato, CA 949451861539868
  7. Christina Chun, O.D.Novato, CA 949451386037992
  8. Suzanne Huang, O.D.Novato, CA 949451215936174

Common questions

What is Lawrence Kaplan's NPI number?

Lawrence Kaplan's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497765028, issued on Aug 8, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Lawrence Kaplan located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 61 Camino Alto Ste 100, Mill Valley, CA, 94941. Phone: (415) 381-2020. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Lawrence Kaplan's license?

NPPES lists California license number 6475, as entered by the provider. Search the California 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.