Mindy Sterner Leach, OD
Optometrist · Great Falls, MT
Mindy Sterner Leach, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Great Falls, Montana, and NPI 1497756340, issued on Aug 2, 2005. Check the license (Montana 540, as entered in NPPES) with the Montana board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Mindy Sterner Leach
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 540 MT
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2012 14TH St SW, Great Falls, MT 59404
- Phone
- (406) 452-4527
- Enumerated
- Aug 2, 2005
- Record last updated
- Oct 24, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (406) 453-1900
- Medicaid ID
- 0482833 MT
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100301000720); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Pacific University - College Of Optometry, 1989
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2012 14TH St SW
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Matthew Dooper, ODOptometrist1801456686
Verify Mindy Sterner Leach in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Montana board licenses this profession
Search for license 540Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
1% more Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
281 Medicare Part D claims for 66 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 46% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost128 claims
- Timolol Maleate27 claims
- Fluorometholone18 claims
- Combigan16 claims
- Restasis16 claims
- Lumigan14 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: $92.74
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Astellas Pharma 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
- Central Montana Eyecare PCGreat Falls, MT
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Mindy Sterner Leach among 245 optometrist records in Montana
Mindy Sterner Leach, OD is one of 245 optometrist records with a practice address in Montana. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 93% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 2008 among the 160 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 61% 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 Montana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
30 optometrist records list a practice address in Great Falls
They are 30 of the 1,798 NPPES records with a practice address in Great Falls, and 245 optometrist records in Montana.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Matthew Dooper, ODGreat Falls, MT 594041801456686
- Morgan Leach, O.D.Great Falls, MT 594041215930557
- Kimberly Lust Rueb, ODGreat Falls, MT 594041508207176
- Jon Pack, ODGreat Falls, MT 594041669866018
- Tara Paul, O.D.Great Falls, MT 594041427047893
- Joy Poppell, O.D.Great Falls, MT 594041811105778
- Jimmy Robertson, O.DGreat Falls, MT 594041316049885
- Anthony Turk, O.D.Great Falls, MT 594041366493231
Common questions
What is Mindy Sterner Leach, OD's NPI number?
Mindy Sterner Leach, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497756340, issued on Aug 2, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Mindy Sterner Leach, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2012 14TH St SW, Great Falls, MT, 59404. Phone: (406) 452-4527. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Mindy Sterner Leach, OD's license?
NPPES lists Montana license number 540, as entered by the provider. Search the Montana board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Mindy Sterner Leach, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Mindy Sterner Leach, OD had 281 Medicare Part D claims for 66 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.