Mathew Thomas Walker, O.D.
Optometrist · Alexandria, MN
Mathew Thomas Walker, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Alexandria, Minnesota, and NPI 1255595864, issued on Jul 12, 2008. Check the license (Minnesota 3146, as entered in NPPES) with the Minnesota board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Mathew Thomas Walker
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License numbers
- 3146 MN
OPC4394 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2600 Jefferson St Ste 200, Alexandria, MN 56308
- Phone
- (320) 762-2166
- Enumerated
- Jul 12, 2008
- Record last updated
- May 21, 2024
- Fax
- (605) 371-7199
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180904001110); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Illinois College Of Optometry At Chicago, 2008
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2600 Jefferson St Ste 200
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Mathew Thomas Walker in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Minnesota board licenses this profession
Search for license 3146Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
6.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average optometrist in 2024
1,824 Medicare Part D claims for 523 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 41% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost274 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate236 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol195 claims
- Ketorolac Tromethamine140 claims
- Restasis128 claims
- Ofloxacin99 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 99.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,730.89
26 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.
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
- Vance Thompson Vision Clinic Prof LLCAlexandria, MN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Mathew Thomas Walker among 1,142 optometrist records in Minnesota
Mathew Thomas Walker, O.D. is one of 1,142 optometrist records with a practice address in Minnesota. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 56% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 56% of these records are older, 41% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated2008 · median 2008 among the 778 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 65% 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 Minnesota practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
14 optometrist records list a practice address in Alexandria
They are 14 of the 781 NPPES records with a practice address in Alexandria, and 1,142 optometrist records in Minnesota.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jeremy Anderson, ODAlexandria, MN 563081205991692
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- Hannah Budde, ODAlexandria, MN 563081578497269
- John Gess, ODAlexandria, MN 563081679572440
- Lamar Gunnarson, ODAlexandria, MN 563081336137256
- John Hoven, ODAlexandria, MN 563081356404032
- Melissa Hoven, ODAlexandria, MN 563081346305737
- Thomas Keene, ODAlexandria, MN 563081649389743
Common questions
What is Mathew Thomas Walker, O.D.'s NPI number?
Mathew Thomas Walker, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1255595864, issued on Jul 12, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Mathew Thomas Walker, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2600 Jefferson St Ste 200, Alexandria, MN, 56308. Phone: (320) 762-2166. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Mathew Thomas Walker, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Minnesota license number 3146, as entered by the provider. Search the Minnesota board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Mathew Thomas Walker, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Mathew Thomas Walker, O.D. had 1,824 Medicare Part D claims for 523 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Mathew Thomas Walker, O.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 99.1 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.