Richard Gersh, OD
Optometrist · Louisville, KY
Richard Gersh, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Louisville, Kentucky, and NPI 1831254770, issued on Dec 22, 2006. Check the license (Kentucky 0910DT, as entered in NPPES) with the Kentucky board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Gersh
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 0910DT KY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 100 W Market St, Louisville, KY 40202
- Phone
- (502) 587-8488
- Enumerated
- Dec 22, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 9, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (502) 584-9036
- Medicaid ID
- 77009108 KY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150824001905); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Southern College Of Optometry, 1979
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 100 W Market St
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Verify Richard Gersh in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Kentucky board licenses this profession
Search for license 0910DTCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
95% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
13 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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: $453.63
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Alcon Vision LLC. 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
- KY Doctors OF Optometry, PLLCLouisville, KY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Gersh among 803 optometrist records in Kentucky
Richard Gersh, OD is one of 803 optometrist records with a practice address in Kentucky. 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 2006, is newer than 11% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 11% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 74% of these records are
- Graduated1979 · median 2009 among the 593 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 63% 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 Kentucky practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in Kentucky
There are 803 optometrist records in Kentucky.
All 803 in Kentucky → Every provider in Louisville → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Lindsey Keown, O.D.Louisville, KY 402021396973947
- Guadalupe Mejia, O.D.Louisville, KY 402021508065020
- Patrick Scott, O.D.Louisville, KY 402021639463474
- Stephen Smith, O.D.Louisville, KY 402021114929460
- Mark Stovall, ODLouisville, KY 402021609823905
- Kathy Vance, ODLouisville, KY 402021972550291
- Carl Harder, O.D.Louisville, KY 402051558635748
- Michael Martorana, O.D.Louisville, KY 402051124460837
Common questions
What is Richard Gersh, OD's NPI number?
Richard Gersh, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1831254770, issued on Dec 22, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Gersh, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 100 W Market St, Louisville, KY, 40202. Phone: (502) 587-8488. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Gersh, OD's license?
NPPES lists Kentucky license number 0910DT, as entered by the provider. Search the Kentucky board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Richard Gersh, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Gersh, OD had 13 Medicare Part D claims; 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.