NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

William Payne Richardson, O.D.

Optometrist · Auburn, CA

William Payne Richardson, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Auburn, California, and NPI 1588685044, issued on Jul 21, 2006. Check the license (California 5588, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1588685044
Name
William Payne Richardson
Credential
O.D.
Primary taxonomy
Optometrist 152W00000X
License number
5588 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
12185 Alta Mesa Dr, Auburn, CA 95603
Phone
(530) 401-1063
Enumerated
Jul 21, 2006
Record last updated
Oct 3, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(530) 653-2045
Medicaid ID
SD0055880 CA
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20060420000256); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Southern California College Of Optometry, 1973
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 85.1 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score89.5
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%61.0
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $59.75

3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, 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.

  1. William Richardson$59.75
  2. Specialty average$769.99

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

  1. Griffin And Reed A Medical CorporationSacramento, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

William Payne Richardson among 8,308 optometrist records in California

William Payne Richardson, 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 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
  • Graduated1973 · median 2008 among the 3,573 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2013 · 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.

The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Jeffrey Allgeier, O.D.Auburn, CA 956031821177858
  2. Jason Allgeier, ODAuburn, CA 956031366923740
  3. Thomas Brenner, ODAuburn, CA 956031649230368
  4. Thomas Cavanaugh, O.D.Auburn, CA 956031942379664
  5. Tiffany Chin, ODAuburn, CA 956031295250488
  6. Daniel Dillinger, O.D.Auburn, CA 956031982705547
  7. Helen Gardiner, O.D.Auburn, CA 956031447243340
  8. Dennis Hanson, O.D.Auburn, CA 956031467542522

Common questions

What is William Payne Richardson, O.D.'s NPI number?

William Payne Richardson, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1588685044, issued on Jul 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is William Payne Richardson, O.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 12185 Alta Mesa Dr, Auburn, CA, 95603. Phone: (530) 401-1063. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify William Payne Richardson, O.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number 5588, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

What is William Payne Richardson, O.D.'s MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 85.1 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.