Nathan T. Hoover, O.D.
Optometrist · Chesterton, IN
Nathan T. Hoover, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Chesterton, Indiana, and NPI 1578523304, issued on Mar 24, 2006. Check the license (Indiana 18003116A, as entered in NPPES) with the Indiana board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nathan T. Hoover
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 18003116A IN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 374 Indian Boundary RD, Chesterton, IN 46304
- Phone
- (219) 395-1575
- Enumerated
- Mar 24, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 15, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (219) 395-1676
- Medicaid ID
- 200336940 IN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050222000221); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Indiana University - School Of Optometry, 2001
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nathan T. Hoover in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Indiana board licenses this profession
Search for license 18003116ACheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
66% more Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
460 Medicare Part D claims for 160 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 34% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost282 claims
- Timolol Maleate42 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol21 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate-Timolol19 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate16 claims
- Combigan15 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $101.41
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Glaukos Corporation. 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
- Midwest Eye Consultants PCCrown Point, IN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nathan T. Hoover among 1,578 optometrist records in Indiana
Nathan T. Hoover, O.D. is one of 1,578 optometrist records with a practice address in Indiana. 73% 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 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2008 among the 1,014 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 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 Indiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
5 optometrist records list a practice address in Chesterton
They are 5 of the 570 NPPES records with a practice address in Chesterton, and 1,578 optometrist records in Indiana.
All 1,578 in Indiana → Every provider in Chesterton → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Angela Bell, O.D.Chesterton, IN 463041477651941
- Joseph Brett, ODChesterton, IN 463041457305948
- Lourdes Lorino, O.D.Chesterton, IN 463041003877796
- Alexandra McBurnie, ODChesterton, IN 463041306498787
- Brittany Disterheft, ODCedar Lake, IN 463031760906135
- Kaitlyn Gibson, ODCedar Lake, IN 463031992319719
- Jovan Alavanja, O.D.Crown Point, IN 463071285070037
- Sheila Bogart, ODCrown Point, IN 463071902859812
Common questions
What is Nathan T. Hoover, O.D.'s NPI number?
Nathan T. Hoover, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578523304, issued on Mar 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nathan T. Hoover, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 374 Indian Boundary RD, Chesterton, IN, 46304. Phone: (219) 395-1575. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nathan T. Hoover, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Indiana license number 18003116A, as entered by the provider. Search the Indiana board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Nathan T. Hoover, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nathan T. Hoover, O.D. had 460 Medicare Part D claims for 160 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Nathan T. Hoover, 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.