Richard Lee Silver, O.D.
Optometrist · Santa Monica, CA
Richard Lee Silver, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Santa Monica, California, and NPI 1609851302, issued on Dec 14, 2005. Check the license (California OPT6805TPA, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Lee Silver
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- OPT6805TPA CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2901 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90403
- Phone
- (310) 829-0055
- Enumerated
- Dec 14, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 17, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (310) 453-2971
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090223000099); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Pennsylvania College Of Optometry, 1979
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Lee Silver in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license OPT6805TPACheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
54% more Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
427 Medicare Part D claims for 183 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 48% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost50 claims
- Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth43 claims
- Restasis42 claims
- Tobramycin-Dexamethasone41 claims
- Loteprednol Etabonate38 claims
- Erythromycin30 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: $206.32
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Optos, 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
- Richard L Silver OD PC Stacey Sumnerprofessional Visioncare AssociatesSherman Oaks, CA
- Silver OD PC And Taketa OD PC A Partnership OF Opt CorpSanta Monica, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Lee Silver among 8,308 optometrist records in California
Richard Lee Silver, 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
- Graduated1979 · median 2008 among the 3,573 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 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
- Saloumeh Abadi, ODSanta Monica, CA 904031699258756
- Bijan Cohenmehr, OD DR OF OPTOMETRYSanta Monica, CA 904031114099512
- Donna Cooper, O.D.Santa Monica, CA 904031528321056
- Robert Dickey, O.D.Santa Monica, CA 904031659416022
- Michael GruningSanta Monica, CA 904031336266865
- Amanda Hikin, O.D.Santa Monica, CA 904031457639213
- Steven Kastenbaum, O.D.Santa Monica, CA 904031336117910
- Roya Manavi-Makhani, OPTOMETRISTLos Angeles, CA 904031750431789
Common questions
What is Richard Lee Silver, O.D.'s NPI number?
Richard Lee Silver, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1609851302, issued on Dec 14, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Lee Silver, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2901 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA, 90403. Phone: (310) 829-0055. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Lee Silver, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number OPT6805TPA, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Richard Lee Silver, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Lee Silver, O.D. had 427 Medicare Part D claims for 183 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.