Mary Elizabeth Hood, OPTOMETRIST
Optometrist · Metairie, LA
Mary Elizabeth Hood, OPTOMETRIST is an optometrist with a practice address in Metairie, Louisiana, and NPI 1114053196, issued on Feb 26, 2007. Check the license (Louisiana 980-302T, as entered in NPPES) with the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Mary Elizabeth Hood
- Credential
- OPTOMETRIST
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 980-302T LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1431 Veterans Memorial Blvd, Metairie, LA 70005
- Phone
- (504) 837-8323
- Enumerated
- Feb 26, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (504) 837-7344
- Medicaid ID
- 1963879 LA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070228000018); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Southern College Of Optometry, 1984
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Mary Elizabeth Hood in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Louisiana board licenses this profession
Search for license 980-302TCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
83% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
47 Medicare Part D claims for 18 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
- Latanoprost13 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: $234.69
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was CooperVision 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
- Artis Beatty A Professional Optometry CorporationBoutte, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Mary Elizabeth Hood among 540 optometrist records in Louisiana
Mary Elizabeth Hood, OPTOMETRIST 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 2007, is newer than 42% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 42% of these records are older, 49% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated1984 · median 2010 among the 329 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 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
- George Dimitri, ODMetairie, LA 700051265491658
- Julianna Dimitri, ODMetairie, LA 700051396674230
- Lauren Griffin, ODMetairie, LA 700051629621586
- Laura Centola, ODMetairie, LA 700061629806369
- Gabriel Kasovich, ODMetairie, LA 700061407959406
- Thomas McGinn, O.DMetairie, LA 700061043385776
- Broderick Moses, O.D.Metairie, LA 700061245342898
- Maura SladeMetairie, LA 700061477382075
Common questions
What is Mary Elizabeth Hood, OPTOMETRIST's NPI number?
Mary Elizabeth Hood, OPTOMETRIST's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1114053196, issued on Feb 26, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Mary Elizabeth Hood, OPTOMETRIST located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1431 Veterans Memorial Blvd, Metairie, LA, 70005. Phone: (504) 837-8323. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Mary Elizabeth Hood, OPTOMETRIST's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 980-302T, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Mary Elizabeth Hood, OPTOMETRIST prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Mary Elizabeth Hood, OPTOMETRIST had 47 Medicare Part D claims for 18 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.