Marvin Walker, OD
Optometrist · Spruce Pine, NC
Marvin Walker, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, and NPI 1811008451, issued on Aug 31, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 1129, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Marvin Walker
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 1129 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 54 Hill St, Spruce Pine, NC 28777
- Phone
- (828) 765-2020
- Enumerated
- Aug 31, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 7, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (828) 765-2451
- Medicaid ID
- 8909946 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110427000503); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Alabama Birmingham - School Of Optometry, 1983
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest optometrist records → All 1,480 in North Carolina → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 54 Hill St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Diane Walker, ODOptometrist1114038767
Verify Marvin Walker in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 1129Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average optometrist in 2024
1,266 Medicare Part D claims for 348 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 33% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost326 claims
- Timolol Maleate109 claims
- Tobramycin-Dexamethasone85 claims
- Restasis69 claims
- Azelastine Hcl67 claims
- Ketorolac Tromethamine61 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.
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: $15.35
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
- Appalachian Eye Associates OdpaSpruce Pine, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Marvin Walker among 1,480 optometrist records in North Carolina
Marvin Walker, OD is one of 1,480 optometrist records with a practice address in North Carolina. 80% 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 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
- Graduated1983 · median 2006 among the 1,060 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 62% 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 North Carolina 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 Spruce Pine
They are 3 of the 132 NPPES records with a practice address in Spruce Pine, and 1,480 optometrist records in North Carolina.
All 1,480 in North Carolina → Every provider in Spruce Pine → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Kenneth Lentz, ODSpruce Pine, NC 287771003818972
- Diane Walker, ODSpruce Pine, NC 287771114038767
- Ronald Campbell, O.D.Sylva, NC 287791235161555
- Brandy Hicks, ODSylva, NC 287791043210933
- Olen Tatham, ODSylva, NC 287791518645183
- Thomas Turrentine, ODSylva, NC 287791558357343
- James Bond, O.D.Tryon, NC 287821841344579
- Coy Brown, OPTOMERISTSWaynesville, NC 287851164422044
Common questions
What is Marvin Walker, OD's NPI number?
Marvin Walker, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1811008451, issued on Aug 31, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Marvin Walker, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 54 Hill St, Spruce Pine, NC, 28777. Phone: (828) 765-2020. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Marvin Walker, OD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 1129, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Marvin Walker, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Marvin Walker, OD had 1,266 Medicare Part D claims for 348 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Marvin Walker, OD'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.