Melissa Muller, O.D.
Optometrist · Tucson, AZ
Melissa Muller, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Tucson, Arizona, and NPI 1730177304, issued on Oct 7, 2005. Check the license (Arizona 941, as entered in NPPES) with the Arizona board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa Muller
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 941 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 395 N Silverbell RD Ste 255, Tucson, AZ 85745
- Phone
- (520) 327-3487
- Enumerated
- Oct 7, 2005
- Record last updated
- Sep 20, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (520) 327-3488
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070619000607); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Illinois College Of Optometry At Chicago, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melissa Muller in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Arizona board licenses this profession
Search for license 941Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
96% more Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
543 Medicare Part D claims for 227 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 48% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost150 claims
- Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth90 claims
- Restasis69 claims
- Xiidra32 claims
- Cyclosporine29 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate28 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): 88.5 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: $519.54
17 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, 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
- Sean J Mccafferty MD PCTucson, AZ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melissa Muller among 1,336 optometrist records in Arizona
Melissa Muller, O.D. is one of 1,336 optometrist records with a practice address in Arizona. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 89% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2010 among the 746 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 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 Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in Arizona
There are 1,336 optometrist records in Arizona.
All 1,336 in Arizona → Every provider in Tucson → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Richard Baim, O.D.Tucson, AZ 857451851430128
- Benjamin Fuhr, ODTucson, AZ 857451518696293
- Katelyn Hurliman, ODTucson, AZ 857451679126536
- Christian Alvarez, O.D.Tucson, AZ 857461851726905
- Nima Desai, O.D.Tucson, AZ 857461912083908
- Steven Goldwasser, O.D.Tucson, AZ 857461205916210
- Arlette Marrero-Abreu, ODTucson, AZ 857461861010787
- John Murphy, O.D.Tucson, AZ 857461760472369
Common questions
What is Melissa Muller, O.D.'s NPI number?
Melissa Muller, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1730177304, issued on Oct 7, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa Muller, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 395 N Silverbell RD Ste 255, Tucson, AZ, 85745. Phone: (520) 327-3487. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa Muller, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Arizona license number 941, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melissa Muller, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa Muller, O.D. had 543 Medicare Part D claims for 227 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Melissa Muller, O.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 88.5 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.