William Michael Younger, OD
Optometrist · Spartanburg, SC
William Michael Younger, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and NPI 1528063682, issued on Jun 16, 2005. Check the license (South Carolina 1049, as entered in NPPES) with the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- William Michael Younger
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 1049 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 180 N Dean St, Spartanburg, SC 29302
- Phone
- (864) 583-3125
- Enumerated
- Jun 16, 2005
- Record last updated
- Feb 1, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (864) 542-1367
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110128000778); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Missouri St Louis - School Of Optometry, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 180 N Dean St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Richard Sprouse, ODOptometrist1548264575
Verify William Michael Younger in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich South Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 1049Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average optometrist in 2024
632 Medicare Part D claims for 160 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 34% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost249 claims
- Timolol Maleate96 claims
- Lumigan93 claims
- Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth33 claims
- Travoprost26 claims
- Dorzolamide Hcl18 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.
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).
Industry payments in 2024: $15.42
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Lkc Technologies, 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
- Carolina Vision Associates LLCGaffney, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in South Carolina
There are 749 optometrist records in South Carolina.
Other optometrist records in South Carolina
- Harris Abbasi, OD, MHA, FAAO, LSSBBFt Jackson, SC1376796821
- Lindsey Adams, O.D.Myrtle Beach, SC1871944793
- Ethan Adkins, ODGreenville, SC1154813566
- William Ahders, ODColumbia, SC1710082482
- Alvin AlegadoGoose Creek, SC1194461699
- William Alexander, ODHartsville, SC1114931854
- Robert Allen, O.D.Hilton Head Island, SC1023041910
- Fouad Allouch, O.DMyrtle Beach, SC1972676203
- James Anderson, ODGreenville, SC1548227283
- Jeremy Anderson, O.D.Spartanburg, SC1942262621
Common questions
What is William Michael Younger, OD's NPI number?
William Michael Younger, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1528063682, issued on Jun 16, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is William Michael Younger, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 180 N Dean St, Spartanburg, SC, 29302. Phone: (864) 583-3125. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify William Michael Younger, OD's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 1049, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does William Michael Younger, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, William Michael Younger, OD had 632 Medicare Part D claims for 160 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is William Michael Younger, OD'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.