Tessa Elizabeth Lau, OD
Optometrist · Denver, CO
Tessa Elizabeth Lau, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Denver, Colorado, and NPI 1912645805, issued on May 22, 2022. Check the license (Colorado OPT.0003778, as entered in NPPES) with the Colorado board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tessa Elizabeth Lau
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- OPT.0003778 CO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2480 S Downing St Ste G30, Denver, CO 80210
- Phone
- (303) 777-3277
- Enumerated
- May 22, 2022
- Record last updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220810000833); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Southern College Of Optometry, 2022
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2480 S Downing St Ste G30
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Tessa Elizabeth Lau in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Colorado board licenses this profession
Search for license OPT.0003778Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
12% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
245 Medicare Part D claims for 108 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 32% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost68 claims
- Tobramycin-Dexamethasone39 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol19 claims
- Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth17 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate14 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate-Timolol12 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): 96.2 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: $520.36
15 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Bausch & Lomb Americas 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
- Coco Eye Surgery Consulting, PLLCAurora, CO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Tessa Elizabeth Lau among 1,273 optometrist records in Colorado
Tessa Elizabeth Lau, OD is one of 1,273 optometrist records with a practice address in Colorado. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 89% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 89% of these records are older, 8% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2022 · median 2009 among the 750 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 63% 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 Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in Colorado
There are 1,273 optometrist records in Colorado.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Richard Anderson, O.D.Denver, CO 802101821160102
- Stanley Cushing, ODDenver, CO 802101710985338
- Curt Greeley, O.D.Denver, CO 802101093067332
- Stanley Hanson, O.D.Denver, CO 802101417949181
- Lauren Kimmel, O.D.Denver, CO 802101003141045
- Rachel Knowlton, O.D.Denver, CO 802101548700354
- Jenna Manning, ODDenver, CO 802101326154766
- James Melzer, O.D.Denver, CO 802101295774248
Common questions
What is Tessa Elizabeth Lau, OD's NPI number?
Tessa Elizabeth Lau, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1912645805, issued on May 22, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tessa Elizabeth Lau, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2480 S Downing St Ste G30, Denver, CO, 80210. Phone: (303) 777-3277. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tessa Elizabeth Lau, OD's license?
NPPES lists Colorado license number OPT.0003778, as entered by the provider. Search the Colorado board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Tessa Elizabeth Lau, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Tessa Elizabeth Lau, OD had 245 Medicare Part D claims for 108 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Tessa Elizabeth Lau, OD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 96.2 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.