Yhair Desantiago
Optometrist · Lancaster, CA
Yhair Desantiago is an optometrist with a practice address in Lancaster, California, and NPI 1417735986, issued on Sep 18, 2023. Check the license (California 35616, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Yhair Desantiago
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 35616 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 44815 Fig Ave, Lancaster, CA 93534
- Phone
- (661) 206-8469
- Enumerated
- Sep 18, 2023
- Record last updated
- Mar 10, 2026
- Fax
- (661) 206-8924
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240104003015); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Yhair Desantiago in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 35616Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
9% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
251 Medicare Part D claims for 144 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 48% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Erythromycin43 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate36 claims
- Ketorolac Tromethamine29 claims
- Lumigan27 claims
- Cyclosporine19 claims
- Latanoprost17 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: $395.36
12 payments; by number, the most common kind was 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 2 group practices
- First Choice Physician PartnersLong Beach, CA
- Retina Institute OF California Medical Group, A California Medical ParLancaster, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Yhair Desantiago among 8,308 optometrist records in California
Yhair Desantiago 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 2023, is newer than 92% of them.
- NPI issued2023 · 92% of these records are older, 6% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated2023 · median 2008 among the 3,573 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 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).
37 optometrist records list a practice address in Lancaster
They are 37 of the 4,273 NPPES records with a practice address in Lancaster, and 8,308 optometrist records in California.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jeffrey Clark, ODLancaster, CA 935341053574657
- Michael Holub, ODLancaster, CA 935341568432730
- Steven Israel, OPTOMETRISTLancaster, CA 935341689724585
- Melanie Jedrusiak, O.D.Lancaster, CA 935341700071834
- Josephine Lai, O.D.Lancaster, CA 935341225068836
- Jenny Le, O.D.Lancaster, CA 935341588998512
- Jerry Martin, O.D.Lancaster, CA 935341679543821
- Mark Mewborne, ODLancaster, CA 935341396880787
Common questions
What is Yhair Desantiago's NPI number?
Yhair Desantiago's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1417735986, issued on Sep 18, 2023. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Yhair Desantiago located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 44815 Fig Ave, Lancaster, CA, 93534. Phone: (661) 206-8469. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Yhair Desantiago's license?
NPPES lists California license number 35616, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Yhair Desantiago prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Yhair Desantiago had 251 Medicare Part D claims for 144 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.