Michelle Tuong-Vi Yamaguchi, OD
Optometrist · Salinas, CA
Michelle Tuong-Vi Yamaguchi, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Salinas, California, and NPI 1871189191, issued on Dec 21, 2020. Check the license (California 34741, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michelle Tuong-Vi Yamaguchi
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 34741 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 622 Abbott St, Salinas, CA 93901
- Phone
- (831) 771-3900
- Enumerated
- Dec 21, 2020
- Record last updated
- Feb 26, 2025
- Fax
- (831) 424-7835
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220503001790); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Michelle Tuong-Vi Yamaguchi in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 34741Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 68.3 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: $138.49
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Dompe US, 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
- Vantage Eye Center A Medical CorpMonterey, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michelle Tuong-Vi Yamaguchi among 8,308 optometrist records in California
Michelle Tuong-Vi Yamaguchi, OD 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 2020, is newer than 84% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 84% of these records are older, 14% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2008 among the 3,573 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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
- Christine Batchelor, O.D.Salinas, CA 939011427035625
- Timothy Cummings, ODSalinas, CA 939011689728792
- Michael Delapena, ODSalinas, CA 939011861431439
- Joseph Estrada, O.D.Salinas, CA 939011174619985
- Dean Fewtrell, ODSalinas, CA 939011104912682
- Melody Flanagan, O.D.Salinas, CA 939011891000741
- Christian Flickner, ODSalinas, CA 939011972581098
- James Flickner, ODSalinas, CA 939011891774311
Common questions
What is Michelle Tuong-Vi Yamaguchi, OD's NPI number?
Michelle Tuong-Vi Yamaguchi, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1871189191, issued on Dec 21, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michelle Tuong-Vi Yamaguchi, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 622 Abbott St, Salinas, CA, 93901. Phone: (831) 771-3900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michelle Tuong-Vi Yamaguchi, OD's license?
NPPES lists California license number 34741, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
What is Michelle Tuong-Vi Yamaguchi, OD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 68.3 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.