Robert Charles Loew, OD
Optometrist · Lafayette, IN
Robert Charles Loew, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Lafayette, Indiana, and NPI 1316914856, issued on Mar 3, 2006. Check the license (Indiana 18002145, as entered in NPPES) with the Indiana board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Robert Charles Loew
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 18002145 IN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2200 Elmwood Avenue, Lafayette, IN 47904
- Phone
- (765) 446-2814
- Enumerated
- Mar 3, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 15, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (765) 447-2870
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050502000127); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Alabama School Of Medicine, 1984
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Robert Charles Loew in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Indiana board licenses this profession
Search for license 18002145Check 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 for 11 beneficiaries, 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: $23.01
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, 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
- Neo Vision PCLafayette, IN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Robert Charles Loew among 1,578 optometrist records in Indiana
Robert Charles Loew, OD is one of 1,578 optometrist records with a practice address in Indiana. 73% 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 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1984 · median 2008 among the 1,014 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 66% 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 Indiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
36 optometrist records list a practice address in Lafayette
They are 36 of the 2,755 NPPES records with a practice address in Lafayette, and 1,578 optometrist records in Indiana.
All 1,578 in Indiana → Every provider in Lafayette → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Duane Gillam, O.D.Lafayette, IN 479041447281761
- Lauren Hallum, ODLafayette, IN 479041790122489
- Meghan Held, ODLafayette, IN 479041912569864
- Jeffrey Kirchner, O.D.Lafayette, IN 479041124180799
- Yon Ku, O.D.Lafayette, IN 479041831124726
- Steven Mather, ODLafayette, IN 479041629047923
- Jeffery Pass, ODLafayette, IN 479041265414064
- Angela Alfred, O.D.Lafayette, IN 479051609811215
Common questions
What is Robert Charles Loew, OD's NPI number?
Robert Charles Loew, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1316914856, issued on Mar 3, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Robert Charles Loew, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2200 Elmwood Avenue, Lafayette, IN, 47904. Phone: (765) 446-2814. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Robert Charles Loew, OD's license?
NPPES lists Indiana license number 18002145, as entered by the provider. Search the Indiana board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Robert Charles Loew, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Robert Charles Loew, OD had 16 Medicare Part D claims for 11 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.