Michael Gruning
Optometrist · Santa Monica, CA
Michael Gruning is an optometrist with a practice address in Santa Monica, California, and NPI 1336266865, issued on Mar 22, 2007. Check the license (California 3559TPA, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the federal record below is the public data PlainDoctor holds for this provider.
- Name
- Michael Gruning
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 3559TPA CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1312 Montana Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90403
- Phone
- (310) 576-9191
- Enumerated
- Mar 22, 2007
- Record last updated
- Oct 12, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Michael Gruning in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 3559TPACheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Michael Gruning among 8,308 optometrist records in California
Michael Gruning 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 not. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 34% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 34% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileNo · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 43% of these records are
- Record last updated2010 · 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. No Medicare prescribing, quality score, industry payment or hospital affiliation is published for this NPI.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Saloumeh Abadi, ODSanta Monica, CA 904031699258756
- Bijan Cohenmehr, OD DR OF OPTOMETRYSanta Monica, CA 904031114099512
- Donna Cooper, O.D.Santa Monica, CA 904031528321056
- Robert Dickey, O.D.Santa Monica, CA 904031659416022
- Amanda Hikin, O.D.Santa Monica, CA 904031457639213
- Steven Kastenbaum, O.D.Santa Monica, CA 904031336117910
- Roya Manavi-Makhani, OPTOMETRISTLos Angeles, CA 904031750431789
- Trang Nguyen, O.D.Santa Monica, CA 904031083685390
Common questions
What is Michael Gruning's NPI number?
Michael Gruning's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1336266865, issued on Mar 22, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael Gruning located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1312 Montana Ave, Santa Monica, CA, 90403. Phone: (310) 576-9191. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael Gruning's license?
NPPES lists California license number 3559TPA, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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. 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.