Shelby Alyssa Kruse, OD
Optometrist · Forest Hills, NY
Shelby Alyssa Kruse, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Forest Hills, New York, and NPI 1568021616, issued on Jun 12, 2019. Check the license (New York 008939, as entered in NPPES) with the New York board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Shelby Alyssa Kruse
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 008939 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 110-45 Queens Blvd, Forest Hills, NY 11375
- Phone
- (402) 617-0171
- Enumerated
- Jun 12, 2019
- Record last updated
- Sep 2, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20211109002617); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Southern College Of Optometry, 2019
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Shelby Alyssa Kruse in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New York board licenses this profession
Search for license 008939Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
8.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average optometrist in 2024
2,251 Medicare Part D claims for 443 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 55% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost265 claims
- Rhopressa155 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol126 claims
- Lumigan109 claims
- Restasis109 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate107 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 100 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: $1,186.23
41 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen 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
- Robert Rothstein MD PCForest Hills, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Shelby Alyssa Kruse among 3,535 optometrist records in New York
Shelby Alyssa Kruse, OD is one of 3,535 optometrist records with a practice address in New York. 65% 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 76% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 76% of these records are older, 21% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 65% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 47% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2008 among the 1,667 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 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 New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
35 optometrist records list a practice address in Forest Hills
They are 35 of the 3,712 NPPES records with a practice address in Forest Hills, and 3,535 optometrist records in New York.
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- Charles Klein, O.D.Forest Hills, NY 113751861577801
- Sander Levine, ODForest Hills, NY 113751952489429
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- Lisa Modesto, O.D.Forest Hills, NY 113751598879637
Common questions
What is Shelby Alyssa Kruse, OD's NPI number?
Shelby Alyssa Kruse, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1568021616, issued on Jun 12, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Shelby Alyssa Kruse, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 110-45 Queens Blvd, Forest Hills, NY, 11375. Phone: (402) 617-0171. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Shelby Alyssa Kruse, OD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 008939, as entered by the provider. Search the New York board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Shelby Alyssa Kruse, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Shelby Alyssa Kruse, OD had 2,251 Medicare Part D claims for 443 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Shelby Alyssa Kruse, OD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 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.