Melissa Billings, OD
Optometrist · Urbandale, IA
Melissa Billings, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Urbandale, Iowa, and NPI 1578511549, issued on May 4, 2006. Check the license (Iowa 02196, as entered in NPPES) with the Iowa board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa Billings
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 02196 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2699 86TH St, Urbandale, IA 50322
- Phone
- (515) 270-2490
- Enumerated
- May 4, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 11, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (515) 270-2494
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100726000826); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Ohio State University - College Of Optometry, 2001
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2699 86TH St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Todd Schulz, O.D.Optometrist1497834014
- Teri Shepherd, O.DOptometrist1538457072
- Beth Triebel, ODOptometrist1699733329
- Ashlyn Ward, ODOptometrist1922587591
Verify Melissa Billings in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Iowa board licenses this profession
Search for license 02196Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
263 Medicare Part D claims for 36 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 21% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost152 claims
- Timolol Maleate42 claims
- Dorzolamide Hcl15 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate-Timolol14 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 91.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $2,117.91
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lumenis BE 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
- Vision Park Family Eye Care, LLPUrbandale, IA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melissa Billings among 676 optometrist records in Iowa
Melissa Billings, OD is one of 676 optometrist records with a practice address in Iowa. 76% 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 18% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 18% of these records are older, 44% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2006 among the 462 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 74% 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 Iowa practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
15 optometrist records list a practice address in Urbandale
They are 15 of the 648 NPPES records with a practice address in Urbandale, and 676 optometrist records in Iowa.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Curtis Broek, O.D.Urbandale, IA 503221437220282
- Jenny Ferguson, O.D.Urbandale, IA 503221184852303
- Dennis Haugland, O.D.Urbandale, IA 503221083749659
- Melissa Kyler, O.D.Urbandale, IA 503221588827935
- Wendy Muller, ODUrbandale, IA 503221801851373
- Todd Schulz, O.D.Urbandale, IA 503221497834014
- Teri Shepherd, O.DUrbandale, IA 503221538457072
- Neil Silbermann, M.D.Des Moines, IA 503221457349912
Common questions
What is Melissa Billings, OD's NPI number?
Melissa Billings, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578511549, issued on May 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa Billings, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2699 86TH St, Urbandale, IA, 50322. Phone: (515) 270-2490. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa Billings, OD's license?
NPPES lists Iowa license number 02196, as entered by the provider. Search the Iowa board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melissa Billings, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa Billings, OD had 263 Medicare Part D claims for 36 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Melissa Billings, OD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.4 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.