Tommy Joel Byars, OD
Optometrist · Morrow, GA
Tommy Joel Byars, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Morrow, Georgia, and NPI 1760478515, issued on Sep 26, 2005. Check the license (Georgia 0648T, as entered in NPPES) with the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tommy Joel Byars
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 0648T GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5916 Jonesboro RD, Morrow, GA 30260
- Phone
- (770) 961-4967
- Enumerated
- Sep 26, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jul 13, 2026
- Fax
- (770) 961-1086
- Medicaid ID
- 00003451B GA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101115000883); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Southern College Of Optometry, 1963
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Tommy Joel Byars in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Georgia board licenses this profession
Search for license 0648TCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
36% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
177 Medicare Part D claims for 60 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 23% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost93 claims
- Tobramycin21 claims
- Tobramycin-Dexamethasone21 claims
- Timolol Maleate19 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.
Tommy Joel Byars among 1,430 optometrist records in Georgia
Tommy Joel Byars, OD is one of 1,430 optometrist records with a practice address in Georgia. 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 92% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated1963 · median 2007 among the 830 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 62% 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 Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
27 optometrist records list a practice address in Morrow
They are 27 of the 319 NPPES records with a practice address in Morrow, and 1,430 optometrist records in Georgia.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- R Anderson, ODMorrow, GA 302601992872295
- Albert Barker, ODMorrow, GA 302601881752590
- Darrell Brautigam, O.D.Morrow, GA 302601467454272
- Peter Chen, O.D.Morrow, GA 302601740275007
- Myong Lee, O.D.Morrow, GA 302601578558862
- Carla Lindsay, O.D.Morrow, GA 302601255518387
- James New, O.D.Morrow, GA 302601518951037
- Kirk Smick, O.D.Morrow, GA 302601023002540
Common questions
What is Tommy Joel Byars, OD's NPI number?
Tommy Joel Byars, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1760478515, issued on Sep 26, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tommy Joel Byars, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5916 Jonesboro RD, Morrow, GA, 30260. Phone: (770) 961-4967. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tommy Joel Byars, OD's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 0648T, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Tommy Joel Byars, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Tommy Joel Byars, OD had 177 Medicare Part D claims for 60 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.