Vanessa Crystal Garcia-Balok, O.D.
Optometrist · Athens, TX
Vanessa Crystal Garcia-Balok, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Athens, Texas, and NPI 1336491679, issued on Oct 10, 2012. Check the license with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vanessa Crystal Garcia-Balok
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 825 NV
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 608 S Palestine, Athens, TX 75751
- Phone
- (903) 675-6440
- Enumerated
- Oct 10, 2012
- Record last updated
- Oct 3, 2024
- Fax
- (903) 675-6676
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220307002625); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Pacific University - College Of Optometry, 2015
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Vanessa Crystal Garcia-Balok in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this professionCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- East Texas Eye Care Associates PLLCAthens, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Vanessa Crystal Garcia-Balok among 5,006 optometrist records in Texas
Vanessa Crystal Garcia-Balok, O.D. is one of 5,006 optometrist records with a practice address in Texas. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 57% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 57% of these records are older, 41% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated2015 · median 2010 among the 2,894 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 59% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
6 optometrist records list a practice address in Athens
They are 6 of the 307 NPPES records with a practice address in Athens, and 5,006 optometrist records in Texas.
All 5,006 in Texas → Every provider in Athens → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Janine Aman, O.D.Athens, TX 757511275610289
- William Brice, ODAthens, TX 757511902406721
- Courtney Perry, ODAthens, TX 757511184065526
- Sheri Robson, ODAthens, TX 757511689718728
- Scott Williams, ODAthens, TX 757511891861803
- John Ardill, O.D.Jacksonville, TX 757661700883428
- Raymond Boone, O.D.Jacksonville, TX 757661114028289
- Jayanna Byrd, ODJacksonville, TX 757661922416825
Common questions
What is Vanessa Crystal Garcia-Balok, O.D.'s NPI number?
Vanessa Crystal Garcia-Balok, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1336491679, issued on Oct 10, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vanessa Crystal Garcia-Balok, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 608 S Palestine, Athens, TX, 75751. Phone: (903) 675-6440. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vanessa Crystal Garcia-Balok, O.D.'s license?
Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
What is Vanessa Crystal Garcia-Balok, O.D.'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.