Melissa Lai-Ying Yip, O.D.
Optometrist · Flushing, NY
Melissa Lai-Ying Yip, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Flushing, New York, and NPI 1467694372, issued on Mar 24, 2009. Check the license (New York 007382, as entered in NPPES) with the New York board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa Lai-Ying Yip
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 007382 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 14008 Sanford Ave Ste 1, Flushing, NY 11355
- Phone
- (718) 353-3211
- Enumerated
- Mar 24, 2009
- Record last updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Fax
- (718) 353-3212
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melissa Lai-Ying Yip in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New York board licenses this profession
Search for license 007382Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
95% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
14 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 93% 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.
Melissa Lai-Ying Yip among 3,535 optometrist records in New York
Melissa Lai-Ying Yip, O.D. is one of 3,535 optometrist records with a practice address in New York. 65% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 52% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 52% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 65% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 47% of these records are
- Record last updated2025 · 66% 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 New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
64 optometrist records list a practice address in Flushing
They are 64 of the 6,354 NPPES records with a practice address in Flushing, and 3,535 optometrist records in New York.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Nana Abrams, ODFlushing, NY 113551508963638
- Leon Cai, O.D.Flushing, NY 113551659474864
- Amy Chen, O.D.Flushing, NY 113551568562775
- Linda Cheng, O.D.Flushing, NY 113551457598534
- Yixing He, O.D.Flushing, NY 113551760738074
- Donald Kim, O.D.Flushing, NY 113551881698322
- Eileen Kim, ODFlushing, NY 113551285707463
- Darien Kong, ODFlushing, NY 113551851884019
Common questions
What is Melissa Lai-Ying Yip, O.D.'s NPI number?
Melissa Lai-Ying Yip, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1467694372, issued on Mar 24, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa Lai-Ying Yip, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 14008 Sanford Ave Ste 1, Flushing, NY, 11355. Phone: (718) 353-3211. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa Lai-Ying Yip, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists New York license number 007382, as entered by the provider. Search the New York board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melissa Lai-Ying Yip, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa Lai-Ying Yip, O.D. had 14 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.