Tamara Smith Old, O.D.
Optometrist · Sparks, NV
Tamara Smith Old, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Sparks, Nevada, and NPI 1104906759, issued on Oct 17, 2006. Check the license (Nevada 415, as entered in NPPES) with the Nevada board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tamara Smith Old
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 415 NV
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4874 Sparks Blvd, Sparks, NV 89436
- Phone
- (775) 358-1317
- Enumerated
- Oct 17, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 5, 2023
- Fax
- (775) 355-7522
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040928000379); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- New England College Of Optometry, 1998
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Tamara Smith Old in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Nevada board licenses this profession
Search for license 415Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
66% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
95 Medicare Part D claims for 44 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 40% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost19 claims
- Valacyclovir16 claims
- Restasis12 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: $355.61
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Alcon Vision LLC. 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
- Demers Family Vision Group, Inc.Sparks, NV
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Tamara Smith Old among 550 optometrist records in Nevada
Tamara Smith Old, O.D. is one of 550 optometrist records with a practice address in Nevada. 76% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 68% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2010 among the 332 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 61% 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 Nevada practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
29 optometrist records list a practice address in Sparks
They are 29 of the 2,016 NPPES records with a practice address in Sparks, and 550 optometrist records in Nevada.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Janet Carter, ODSparks, NV 894361043280860
- Corom Eisley, ODSparks, NV 894361568957744
- Dennis Farnsworth, O.D.Sparks, NV 894361972984235
- Timothy Huntting, ODSparks, NV 894361598243396
- Colin KinjoSparks, NV 894361619366531
- Timothy McDonald, ODSparks, NV 894361699356386
- Jeanine Osaurus, ODSparks, NV 894361679057913
- Evan Pritchett, ODSparks, NV 894361619912508
Common questions
What is Tamara Smith Old, O.D.'s NPI number?
Tamara Smith Old, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1104906759, issued on Oct 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tamara Smith Old, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4874 Sparks Blvd, Sparks, NV, 89436. Phone: (775) 358-1317. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tamara Smith Old, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Nevada license number 415, as entered by the provider. Search the Nevada board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Tamara Smith Old, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Tamara Smith Old, O.D. had 95 Medicare Part D claims for 44 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.