Melissa Tawa, O.D.
Optometrist · San Francisco, CA
Melissa Tawa, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in San Francisco, California, and NPI 1154809358, issued on Jul 31, 2018. Check the license (California 34018TLG, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa Tawa
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 34018TLG CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4150 Clement St # 112-A, San Francisco, CA 94121
- Phone
- (415) 750-2208
- Enumerated
- Jul 31, 2018
- Record last updated
- Jul 31, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190814000538); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California - School Of Optometry, 2018
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melissa Tawa in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 34018TLGCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
93% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
19 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 68% of 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: $649.86
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Apellis 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
- Marshall B Ketchum UniversityAnaheim, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melissa Tawa among 8,308 optometrist records in California
Melissa Tawa, O.D. is one of 8,308 optometrist records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 79% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 79% of these records are older, 19% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2008 among the 3,573 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 67% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in California
There are 8,308 optometrist records in California.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Marta Banh, O.D.San Francisco, CA 941211568717213
- Geri Cheng, O.D.San Francisco, CA 941211003959750
- Thomas Chong, O.D.San Francisco, CA 941211558351908
- Bernard Dolan, O.D.San Francisco, CA 941211912017179
- Jimmy Fong, O.D.San Francisco, CA 941211982625042
- Heather Jones, O.D.San Francisco, CA 941211437461175
- Isabel Kazemi, ODSan Francisco, CA 941211972572980
- Bonnie Lau, O.D.San Francisco, CA 941211255563755
Common questions
What is Melissa Tawa, O.D.'s NPI number?
Melissa Tawa, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1154809358, issued on Jul 31, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa Tawa, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4150 Clement St # 112-A, San Francisco, CA, 94121. Phone: (415) 750-2208. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa Tawa, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number 34018TLG, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melissa Tawa, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa Tawa, O.D. had 19 Medicare Part D claims; 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.