Natalya Malakova, O.D.
Optometrist · Forest Hills, NY
Natalya Malakova, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Forest Hills, New York, and NPI 1497795983, issued on Jun 7, 2006. Check the license (New York VUT006389, as entered in NPPES) with the New York board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Natalya Malakova
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- VUT006389 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6405 Yellowstone Blvd, Forest Hills, NY 11375
- Phone
- (718) 830-0201
- Enumerated
- Jun 7, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 24, 2024
- Fax
- (718) 830-0206
- Medicaid ID
- 02162229 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040621001381); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- State University Of New York - State College Optometry, 2001
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 6405 Yellowstone Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Michelle Baruch, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1700751476
- Nadya DavidovFamily Nurse Practitioner1144142514
- Zina Goldvekht, PAPhysician Assistant1164480844
- Michael Paltiel, MDDermatology Physician1760525935
Verify Natalya Malakova 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 VUT006389Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
7.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average optometrist in 2024
2,047 Medicare Part D claims for 298 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 79% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Restasis680 claims
- Cyclosporine243 claims
- Lumigan127 claims
- Xiidra117 claims
- Azelastine Hcl96 claims
- Zerviate86 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $250.00
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Bausch & Lomb Americas 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.
Natalya Malakova among 3,535 optometrist records in New York
Natalya Malakova, 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 2006, is newer than 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 63% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 65% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 47% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2008 among the 1,667 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 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).
35 optometrist records list a practice address in Forest Hills
They are 35 of the 3,712 NPPES records with a practice address in Forest Hills, and 3,535 optometrist records in New York.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Elzie Chan-Englender, O.D.Forest Hills, NY 113751508860065
- Michael Kakzanov, O.D.Forest Hills, NY 113751841378510
- Boris Kapelnik, O.D.Forest Hills, NY 113751013963057
- Svetlana Katanov, ODForest Hills, NY 113751003963992
- Charles Klein, O.D.Forest Hills, NY 113751861577801
- Sander Levine, ODForest Hills, NY 113751952489429
- Lisa Modesto, O.D.Forest Hills, NY 113751598879637
- Kevin Murtha, ODForest Hills, NY 113751225104425
Common questions
What is Natalya Malakova, O.D.'s NPI number?
Natalya Malakova, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497795983, issued on Jun 7, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Natalya Malakova, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6405 Yellowstone Blvd, Forest Hills, NY, 11375. Phone: (718) 830-0201. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Natalya Malakova, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists New York license number VUT006389, as entered by the provider. Search the New York board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Natalya Malakova, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Natalya Malakova, O.D. had 2,047 Medicare Part D claims for 298 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Natalya Malakova, O.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.