Steven Michael Potwin, OD
Optometrist · Saint Albans, WV
Steven Michael Potwin, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Saint Albans, West Virginia, and NPI 1326335282, issued on Jun 29, 2011. Check the license (West Virginia 1096-IOD, as entered in NPPES) with the West Virginia board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Steven Michael Potwin
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 1096-IOD WV
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 215 5TH Ave, Saint Albans, WV 25177
- Phone
- (304) 727-8841
- Enumerated
- Jun 29, 2011
- Record last updated
- Nov 17, 2025
- Fax
- (304) 727-8321
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20121017000567); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Illinois College Of Optometry At Chicago, 2011
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Steven Michael Potwin in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich West Virginia board licenses this profession
Search for license 1096-IODCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average optometrist in 2024
1,615 Medicare Part D claims for 457 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 39% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Azelastine Hcl280 claims
- Restasis170 claims
- Latanoprost160 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate109 claims
- Bromfenac Sodium70 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol56 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).
Industry payments in 2024: $6,353.86
20 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Atlas Ocular, 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
- West Virginia Eye Consultants LLCSaint Albans, WV
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Steven Michael Potwin among 271 optometrist records in West Virginia
Steven Michael Potwin, OD is one of 271 optometrist records with a practice address in West Virginia. 78% 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 73% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 73% of these records are older, 25% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2001 among the 169 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 70% 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 West Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
4 optometrist records list a practice address in Saint Albans
They are 4 of the 638 NPPES records with a practice address in Saint Albans, and 271 optometrist records in West Virginia.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Thomas GriffithSaint Albans, WV 251771093785115
- Nathaniel Stevens, O.D.Saint Albans, WV 251771063724003
- John Wiles, ODSaint Albans, WV 251771942289418
- Donna Chaney, O.D.Madison, WV 251301902830458
- Terry Freeman, O.D.Madison, WV 251301538352562
- Caleb Cart, ODRipley, WV 252711447763180
- Benjamin Fisher, O.D.Ripley, WV 252711306038153
- Donald King, O.D.Ripley, WV 252711306823299
Common questions
What is Steven Michael Potwin, OD's NPI number?
Steven Michael Potwin, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1326335282, issued on Jun 29, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Steven Michael Potwin, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 215 5TH Ave, Saint Albans, WV, 25177. Phone: (304) 727-8841. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Steven Michael Potwin, OD's license?
NPPES lists West Virginia license number 1096-IOD, as entered by the provider. Search the West Virginia board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Steven Michael Potwin, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Steven Michael Potwin, OD had 1,615 Medicare Part D claims for 457 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Steven Michael Potwin, OD'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.