Melissa Anne Tada, OPTOMETRIST
Optometrist · Colorado Springs, CO
Melissa Anne Tada, OPTOMETRIST is an optometrist with a practice address in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and NPI 1154385169, issued on Apr 14, 2006. Check the license (Colorado 2048, as entered in NPPES) with the Colorado board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa Anne Tada
- Credential
- OPTOMETRIST
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 2048 CO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6071 E Woodmen RD, Colorado Springs, CO 80923
- Phone
- (719) 380-6808
- Enumerated
- Apr 14, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 11, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (719) 380-5656
- Medicaid ID
- 01330357 CO
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070906000543); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Southern California College Of Optometry, 1999
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melissa Anne Tada in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Colorado board licenses this profession
Search for license 2048Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
68% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
89 Medicare Part D claims for 41 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 56% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Xiidra19 claims
- Latanoprost14 claims
- Lumigan13 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: $988.21
23 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
- Mountain View Vision PCColorado Springs, CO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melissa Anne Tada among 1,273 optometrist records in Colorado
Melissa Anne Tada, OPTOMETRIST is one of 1,273 optometrist records with a practice address in Colorado. 72% 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 11% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 11% of these records are older, 62% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2009 among the 750 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 63% 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 Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in Colorado
There are 1,273 optometrist records in Colorado.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Staci McMullen, ODColorado Springs, CO 809231386639615
- Lindsay Sallecchia, O.D.Colorado Springs, CO 809231760867402
- Priscilla Brooks, O.D.Colorado Springs, CO 809221609826957
- Keith Brooks, O.D.Colorado Springs, CO 809221447200795
- Richard Eddington, ODColorado Springs, CO 809221538131792
Common questions
What is Melissa Anne Tada, OPTOMETRIST's NPI number?
Melissa Anne Tada, OPTOMETRIST's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1154385169, issued on Apr 14, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa Anne Tada, OPTOMETRIST located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6071 E Woodmen RD, Colorado Springs, CO, 80923. Phone: (719) 380-6808. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa Anne Tada, OPTOMETRIST's license?
NPPES lists Colorado license number 2048, as entered by the provider. Search the Colorado board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melissa Anne Tada, OPTOMETRIST prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa Anne Tada, OPTOMETRIST had 89 Medicare Part D claims for 41 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.