Rita Nieu, OD, MS
Optometrist · San Francisco, CA
Rita Nieu, OD, MS is an optometrist with a practice address in San Francisco, California, and NPI 1952965972, issued on Apr 24, 2019. Check the license (California OPT34490-TLG, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Rita Nieu
- Credential
- OD, MS
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License numbers
- OPT34490-TLG CA
3123 CT
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 490 Illinois St FL 4, San Francisco, CA 94143
- Phone
- (415) 353-2020
- Enumerated
- Apr 24, 2019
- Record last updated
- Oct 26, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210414002598); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- State University Of New York - State College Optometry, 2019
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Rita Nieu in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license OPT34490-TLGCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
10% more Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
306 Medicare Part D claims for 93 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 44% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost102 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol54 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate23 claims
- Lumigan16 claims
- Timolol Maleate15 claims
- Dorzolamide Hcl12 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Ucsf Medical Group Business ServicesBerkeley, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Rita Nieu among 8,308 optometrist records in California
Rita Nieu, OD, MS 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 2019, is newer than 81% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 81% of these records are older, 16% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2008 among the 3,573 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 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
- Olivia Bass, ODSan Francisco, CA 941431568070365
- Kristi Choy, O.D.San Francisco, CA 941431578117404
- Jennifer CurrierSan Francisco, CA 941431164777975
- Elise Harb, O.D., M.S.San Francisco, CA 941431013906551
- Roland Jung, ODSan Francisco, CA 941431497707376
- Jane KuoSan Francisco, CA 941431538468152
- Salena Lee, ODSan Francisco, CA 941431174575492
- Laura Leis, O.D.San Francisco, CA 941431649652009
Common questions
What is Rita Nieu, OD, MS's NPI number?
Rita Nieu, OD, MS's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1952965972, issued on Apr 24, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Rita Nieu, OD, MS located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 490 Illinois St FL 4, San Francisco, CA, 94143. Phone: (415) 353-2020. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Rita Nieu, OD, MS's license?
NPPES lists California license number OPT34490-TLG, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Rita Nieu, OD, MS prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Rita Nieu, OD, MS had 306 Medicare Part D claims for 93 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Rita Nieu, OD, MS's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.