Renae Elizabeth Welke, OD
Optometrist · Rapid City, SD
Renae Elizabeth Welke, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Rapid City, South Dakota, and NPI 1487935730, issued on Aug 31, 2011. Check the license (South Dakota 683, as entered in NPPES) with the South Dakota board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Renae Elizabeth Welke
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 683 SD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 240 Minnesota St, Rapid City, SD 57701
- Phone
- (605) 719-9499
- Enumerated
- Aug 31, 2011
- Record last updated
- Apr 5, 2022
- Fax
- (605) 719-9509
- Medicaid IDs
- 10026801800 NE
154811500 WY
2004371 SD - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120815000204); may accept Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 240 Minnesota St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Lauren Albers, CNPNurse Practitioner1245874239
- Ted Fromm, M.D.Ophthalmology Physician1043419914
- Christopher Huot, M.D.Ophthalmology Physician1740217991
- Cris Mathews, PA-CPhysician Assistant1164469185
- Taylor Slingsby, M.D.Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician1649624883
- Joseph Stanton, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1275564049
Verify Renae Elizabeth Welke in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich South Dakota board licenses this profession
Search for license 683Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average optometrist in 2024
940 Medicare Part D claims for 254 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
- Latanoprost204 claims
- Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth108 claims
- Fluorometholone99 claims
- Restasis72 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate63 claims
- Timolol Maleate52 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 97.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $68.07
3 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 2 group practices
- Family Optical P CSpearfish, SD
- Slingsby And Huot Eye Associates ProfRapid City, SD
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Renae Elizabeth Welke among 245 optometrist records in South Dakota
Renae Elizabeth Welke, OD is one of 245 optometrist records with a practice address in South Dakota. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 69% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 69% of these records are older, 27% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 75% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2006 among the 183 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 62% 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 South Dakota practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
39 optometrist records list a practice address in Rapid City
They are 39 of the 3,017 NPPES records with a practice address in Rapid City, and 245 optometrist records in South Dakota.
All 245 in South Dakota → Every provider in Rapid City → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Derek Allmer, O.D.Rapid City, SD 577011164482907
- Anne Britton, O.D.Rapid City, SD 577011154310019
- Randall Edwards, O.D.Rapid City, SD 577011467502518
- Michael Ellender, O.D.Rapid City, SD 577011245301787
- Elizabeth Ellender, O.D.Rapid City, SD 577011417028051
- Joseph HartfordRapid City, SD 577011265470025
- Dwayne Ice, O.D.Rapid City, SD 577011447362074
- Wayne Jones, ODRapid City, SD 577011174660252
Common questions
What is Renae Elizabeth Welke, OD's NPI number?
Renae Elizabeth Welke, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487935730, issued on Aug 31, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Renae Elizabeth Welke, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 240 Minnesota St, Rapid City, SD, 57701. Phone: (605) 719-9499. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Renae Elizabeth Welke, OD's license?
NPPES lists South Dakota license number 683, as entered by the provider. Search the South Dakota board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Renae Elizabeth Welke, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Renae Elizabeth Welke, OD had 940 Medicare Part D claims for 254 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Renae Elizabeth Welke, OD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.1 of 100. 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.