Tera Nakano, OD
Optometrist · San Jose, CA
Tera Nakano, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in San Jose, California, and NPI 1528134624, issued on Nov 28, 2006. Check the license (California 11480, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tera Nakano
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 11480 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 214 Jackson St, San Jose, CA 95112
- Phone
- (408) 293-3730
- Enumerated
- Nov 28, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060504000850); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Alabama Birmingham - School Of Optometry, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Tera Nakano in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 11480Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $24.88
1 payment: 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
- Fifth Optometric Care OF CaliforniaSan Jose, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Tera Nakano among 8,308 optometrist records in California
Tera Nakano, OD is one of 8,308 optometrist records with a practice address in California. 67% 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 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 66% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2008 among the 3,573 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 67% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
207 optometrist records list a practice address in San Jose
They are 207 of the 20,925 NPPES records with a practice address in San Jose, and 8,308 optometrist records in California.
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- Esther Kim, O.D.San Jose, CA 951121780709329
- William Lee, O.D.San Jose, CA 951121871644757
Common questions
What is Tera Nakano, OD's NPI number?
Tera Nakano, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1528134624, issued on Nov 28, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tera Nakano, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 214 Jackson St, San Jose, CA, 95112. Phone: (408) 293-3730. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tera Nakano, OD's license?
NPPES lists California license number 11480, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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.