Richard Lee Talkington, OD
Optometrist · Franklin, NH
Richard Lee Talkington, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Franklin, New Hampshire, and NPI 1407886963, issued on Jul 3, 2006. Check the license (New Hampshire NH366, as entered in NPPES) with the New Hampshire board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Lee Talkington
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- NH366 NH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 77 Franklin St, Franklin, NH 03235
- Phone
- (603) 934-4155
- Enumerated
- Jul 3, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 22, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (603) 934-6626
- Medicaid ID
- 80582935 NH
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060510000201); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Illinois College Of Optometry At Chicago, 1978
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Lee Talkington in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New Hampshire board licenses this profession
Search for license NH366Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
94% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
16 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 91.2 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: $38.46
2 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
- Laconia Eye Associates, P.A.Gilford, NH
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Lee Talkington among 293 optometrist records in New Hampshire
Richard Lee Talkington, OD is one of 293 optometrist records with a practice address in New Hampshire. 74% 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 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated1978 · median 2007 among the 202 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 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 New Hampshire practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in New Hampshire
There are 293 optometrist records in New Hampshire.
All 293 in New Hampshire → Every provider in Franklin → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Paul McManus, O.D.Laconia, NH 032461649393208
- Andrew Savard, O.DGilford, NH 032491528671088
- Anthony Zieja, ODGilford, NH 032491942432323
- Angela Claffy, ODBemont, NH 032201316321979
- Deidre Cullen, ODBelmont, NH 032201639662372
- Scott Krauchunas, ODBelmont, NH 032201770681710
- Heather Melanson-Levy, ODBelmont, NH 032201851674857
- Grace Olczak, ODBelmont, NH 032201386562817
Common questions
What is Richard Lee Talkington, OD's NPI number?
Richard Lee Talkington, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1407886963, issued on Jul 3, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Lee Talkington, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 77 Franklin St, Franklin, NH, 03235. Phone: (603) 934-4155. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Lee Talkington, OD's license?
NPPES lists New Hampshire license number NH366, as entered by the provider. Search the New Hampshire board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Richard Lee Talkington, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Lee Talkington, OD had 16 Medicare Part D claims; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Richard Lee Talkington, OD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.2 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.