Philip Taunton, O.D.
Optometrist · San Diego, CA
Philip Taunton, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1871570945, issued on Dec 29, 2005. Check the license (California 10995T, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Philip Taunton
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 10995T CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3939 3RD Ave, San Diego, CA 92103
- Phone
- (619) 243-0629
- Enumerated
- Dec 29, 2005
- Record last updated
- Aug 9, 2026
- Fax
- (619) 692-0229
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100219000695); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Philip Taunton in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 10995TCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
19% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
224 Medicare Part D claims for 63 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 43% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost94 claims
- Timolol Maleate36 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate19 claims
- Lumigan19 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol11 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 81.5 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: $145.13
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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
- Pacific Eye Institute A Medical Group IncSan Diego, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Philip Taunton among 8,308 optometrist records in California
Philip Taunton, O.D. 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 94% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2008 among the 3,573 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 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
- Andrea Barnhart, O.D.San Diego, CA 921031114957180
- Ruby Bello, O.D.San Diego, CA 921031992898944
- Sara Julazadeh, O.D.San Diego, CA 921031952592768
- Michael Kling, ODSan Diego, CA 921031235214479
- Gary Krueger, O.D.San Diego, CA 921031770627069
- John Kulischak, ODSan Diego, CA 921031740205236
- Anne Lam, O.D.San Diego, CA 921031174550768
- Steven Larsen, O.D.San Diego, CA 921031629194782
Common questions
What is Philip Taunton, O.D.'s NPI number?
Philip Taunton, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1871570945, issued on Dec 29, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Philip Taunton, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3939 3RD Ave, San Diego, CA, 92103. Phone: (619) 243-0629. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Philip Taunton, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number 10995T, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Philip Taunton, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Philip Taunton, O.D. had 224 Medicare Part D claims for 63 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Philip Taunton, O.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 81.5 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.