Samuel Asher Winston, OD
Optometrist · Knoxville, TN
Samuel Asher Winston, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Knoxville, Tennessee, and NPI 1346536562, issued on Jun 27, 2011. Check the license (Tennessee TN2983, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Samuel Asher Winston
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- TN2983 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8609 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37923
- Phone
- (865) 693-3441
- Enumerated
- Jun 27, 2011
- Record last updated
- Mar 14, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (865) 769-8272
- Medicaid ID
- 1525118 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110713000023); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Southern College Of Optometry, 2011
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 8609 Kingston Pike
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Terrie Cribbs, DDSDentist1417965427
- Barry Winston, ODOphthalmology Physician1609868421
- Jerry Winston, ODOphthalmology Physician1942292529
Verify Samuel Asher Winston in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license TN2983Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average optometrist in 2024
585 Medicare Part D claims for 157 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 52% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Lumigan150 claims
- Latanoprost112 claims
- Timolol Maleate55 claims
- Vyzulta43 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol41 claims
- Dorzolamide Hcl35 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: $660.42
33 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, 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
- Winston, Winston And Winston PCKnoxville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Samuel Asher Winston among 1,300 optometrist records in Tennessee
Samuel Asher Winston, OD is one of 1,300 optometrist records with a practice address in Tennessee. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 61% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 61% of these records are older, 36% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2008 among the 839 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 62% 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 Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in Tennessee
There are 1,300 optometrist records in Tennessee.
All 1,300 in Tennessee → Every provider in Knoxville → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Mardia Ahmed, O.D.Knoxville, TN 379231528335999
- Omar AwadKnoxville, TN 379231700635026
- Michael Cho, O.D.Knoxville, TN 379231003826322
- Sabina Ahmed, O.D.Knoxville, TN 379241427101716
- Susan Carter, ODKnoxville, TN 379221538577747
- Daniel Devine, ODKnoxville, TN 379241851462329
- Lynette Devine, ODKnoxville, TN 379241306900311
- Judith Eaton, O.D.Knoxville, TN 379241508917790
Common questions
What is Samuel Asher Winston, OD's NPI number?
Samuel Asher Winston, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1346536562, issued on Jun 27, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Samuel Asher Winston, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8609 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN, 37923. Phone: (865) 693-3441. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Samuel Asher Winston, OD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number TN2983, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Samuel Asher Winston, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Samuel Asher Winston, OD had 585 Medicare Part D claims for 157 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.