Paul Christopher Jacobs, O.D.
Corneal and Contact Management Optometrist · Carbondale, IL
Paul Christopher Jacobs, O.D. is a corneal and contact management optometrist with a practice address in Carbondale, Illinois, and NPI 1255326500, issued on Sep 13, 2005. Check the license (Illinois 046007399, as entered in NPPES) with the Illinois board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Paul Christopher Jacobs
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Corneal and Contact Management Optometrist 152WC0802X
- License number
- 046007399 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1001 N Beadle Dr, Carbondale, IL 62901
- Phone
- (618) 529-4817
- Enumerated
- Sep 13, 2005
- Record last updated
- Aug 9, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (618) 351-9024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110214000926); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Southern College Of Optometry, 1979
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Paul Christopher Jacobs in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Illinois board licenses this profession
Search for license 046007399Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
79% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average corneal and contact management optometrist in 2024
47 Medicare Part D claims for 20 beneficiaries, against an average of 225 among the 585 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 64% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost34 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: $124.99
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Dompe US, Inc. The 610 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,035.17 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
- Merriman Optometry, LtdAnna, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Paul Christopher Jacobs among 39 corneal and contact management optometrist records in Illinois
Paul Christopher Jacobs, O.D. is one of 39 corneal and contact management optometrist records with a practice address in Illinois. 74% 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, 87% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 54% of these records are
- Graduated1979 · median 1993 among the 21 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 77% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 152WC0802X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Corneal and Contact Management Optometrist providers in Illinois
There are 39 corneal and contact management optometrist records in Illinois.
All 39 in Illinois → Every provider in Carbondale → Corneal and Contact Management Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 corneal and contact management optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Gary Gray, O.D.Decatur, IL 625261275603672
- Jessica Weis, ODO Fallon, IL 622691205406766
- Michael Gewe, O.D.Nashville, IL 622631417935347
- Julie Quivey, O.D.Champaign, IL 618201619077831
- Robert QuilleashPeoria, IL 616131174717003
- Paul Velting, O.D.Morton, IL 615501093128886
- Douglas Shumaker, O.D.Rockford, IL 611071497870778
- Flavel Heyman, O.D.Paxton, IL 609571144281411
Common questions
What is Paul Christopher Jacobs, O.D.'s NPI number?
Paul Christopher Jacobs, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1255326500, issued on Sep 13, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Paul Christopher Jacobs, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1001 N Beadle Dr, Carbondale, IL, 62901. Phone: (618) 529-4817. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Paul Christopher Jacobs, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 046007399, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Paul Christopher Jacobs, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Paul Christopher Jacobs, O.D. had 47 Medicare Part D claims for 20 beneficiaries; the average among corneal and contact management optometrist prescribers was 225. 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.