Vanessa Kashak, O.D.
Optometrist · Riverside, CA
Vanessa Kashak, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Riverside, California, and NPI 1639404189, issued on Oct 15, 2009. Check the license (California 13879, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vanessa Kashak
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 13879 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 17675 Van Buren Blvd, Riverside, CA 92504
- Phone
- (951) 780-0270
- Enumerated
- Oct 15, 2009
- Record last updated
- Jun 20, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (951) 780-4807
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20131113000230); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Southern California College Of Optometry, 2009
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 17675 Van Buren Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Vanessa Kashak in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 13879Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
92% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
23 Medicare Part D claims for 11 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 70% of 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: $19.93
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
- Total Vision PCCarlsbad, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Vanessa Kashak among 8,308 optometrist records in California
Vanessa Kashak, O.D. 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 2009, is newer than 57% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 57% of these records are older, 41% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated2009 · median 2008 among the 3,573 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 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).
Optometrist providers in California
There are 8,308 optometrist records in California.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Ahmad Ahmadzada, ODRiverside, CA 925041285478834
- Franchesca ChanRiverside, CA 925041487328407
- Cheryl Everitt, O.D.Riverside, CA 925041164579918
- Mallory Kennedy, O.D.Riverside, CA 925041538511837
- Scott Nguyen, ODRiverside, CA 925041427721661
- Lubna OzaRiverside, CA 925041780286468
- Pritesh Patel, O.D.Riverside, CA 925041679020283
- Thao Pham-Diaz, O.D.Riverside, CA 925041346378114
Common questions
What is Vanessa Kashak, O.D.'s NPI number?
Vanessa Kashak, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1639404189, issued on Oct 15, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vanessa Kashak, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 17675 Van Buren Blvd, Riverside, CA, 92504. Phone: (951) 780-0270. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vanessa Kashak, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number 13879, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Vanessa Kashak, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Vanessa Kashak, O.D. had 23 Medicare Part D claims for 11 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.