Richard P. Christoph
Optometrist · Gilbertsville, PA
Richard P. Christoph is an optometrist with a practice address in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1528021284, issued on Apr 11, 2006. Check the license (Pennsylvania OEG001619, as entered in NPPES) with the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard P. Christoph
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- OEG001619 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1806 Swamp Pike Ste 400, Gilbertsville, PA 19525
- Phone
- (610) 323-4445
- Enumerated
- Apr 11, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 24, 2022
- Fax
- (610) 323-4377
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20031201000426); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Pennsylvania College Of Optometry, 1992
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard P. Christoph in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Pennsylvania board licenses this profession
Search for license OEG001619Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
51% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
136 Medicare Part D claims for 54 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 24% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost57 claims
- Tobramycin-Dexamethasone17 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate14 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: $982.48
17 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lkc Technologies, 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
- Complete Family Eyecare, LtdGilbertsville, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard P. Christoph among 2,640 optometrist records in Pennsylvania
Richard P. Christoph is one of 2,640 optometrist records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 72% 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 14% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 14% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1992 · median 2004 among the 1,588 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 69% 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 Pennsylvania 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 Gilbertsville
They are 5 of the 106 NPPES records with a practice address in Gilbertsville, and 2,640 optometrist records in Pennsylvania.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Lori Gray, ODGilbertsville, PA 195251790973964
- Cara Reitnauer, O.D.Gilbertsville, PA 195251750693131
- Justin Sleigh, ODGilbertsville, PA 195251154042943
- Jennifer Zerfass, O.D.Gilbertsville, PA 195251801157722
- Barbra Meehan, O.D.Hamburg, PA 195261376861724
- Andrew Larson, O.D.Kutztown, PA 195301538508031
- Kelly Rizzo, O.D.Elverson, PA 195201982828851
- Margaret Shirk, O.D.Elverson, PA 195201730133414
Common questions
What is Richard P. Christoph's NPI number?
Richard P. Christoph's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1528021284, issued on Apr 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard P. Christoph located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1806 Swamp Pike Ste 400, Gilbertsville, PA, 19525. Phone: (610) 323-4445. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard P. Christoph's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number OEG001619, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Richard P. Christoph prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard P. Christoph had 136 Medicare Part D claims for 54 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. 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.