NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Corneal and Contact Management Optometrist in Minnesota

38 NPPES records list corneal and contact management optometrist with a practice address in Minnesota, 0.7 per 100,000 residents, the 3rd highest rate of 51. Bloomington and Minneapolis have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Minnesota license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 152WC0802X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Bloomington has the most, 10

  1. Bloomington10
  2. Minneapolis4
  3. Willmar3
  4. Fridley2
  5. Maple Grove2

Corneal and Contact Management Optometrist records in Minnesota

  1. Alicia Alvarado, ODFridley, MN 554321295185122
  2. Tara Barth, O.D.Bloomington, MN 554311548499676
  3. Alyson Blakstad, ODMinnetonka, MN 553051427043660
  4. Steven Blashill, O.D.Inver Grove Heights, MN 550761942461470
  5. Erin Bremner, O.D.Ely, MN 557311124033782
  6. Mark Buboltz, O.D.Bloomington, MN 554311205249620
  7. Noumia Cloutier-Gill, ODBloomington, MN 554311457508988
  8. Robert Dinga, O.D.Oakdale, MN 551281639292147
  9. Gina Doeden, ODBloomington, MN 554311558350207
  10. Jennifer Elijah, O.D.St Louis Park, MN 554261730224825
  11. Thomas Elton, ODEdina, MN 554351134416605
  12. Ahmad Fahmy, ODMinneapolis, MN 554041598750929
  13. Mona Fahmy, ODBloomington, MN 554311407047566
  14. Mary Femrite, ODCold Spring, MN 563201598750952
  15. Byron Fleck, O.D.Hermantown, MN 558111275626731
  16. Benjamin Fogal, ODBloomington, MN 554311730174822
  17. Scott Hauswirth, ODBloomington, MN 554311417942665
  18. Neelu Hira, ODMinneapolis, MN 554551164417325
  19. Johnna Hobbs, ODBloomington, MN 554311437224276
  20. Sonja Iverson-Hill, O.D.Bloomington, MN 554311497194112
  21. Jodine Janzen, ODCambridge, MN 550081952396111
  22. Mary Johnson, O.D.Rochester, MN 559011578634937
  23. Thomas Johnson, OPTOMETRISTSaint Cloud, MN 563011831290550
  24. Rachel Knutson, ODMaple Grove, MN 553691760830012
  25. Thomas Lenz, O.D.Willmar, MN 562011093997843
  26. Tina McCarty, O.D.Fridley, MN 554321720046170
  27. Scott Mescher, O.D.Hibbing, MN 557461649239401
  28. Katherine Montealegre, ODSt Paul, MN 551301295097277
  29. John Muellerleile, O.D.Owatonna, MN 550601851397095
  30. Michael Nagel, O.D.Willmar, MN 562011548219512
  31. Michael Novak, O.D.Willmar, MN 562011265481212
  32. Rutvij Patel, O.D.Oakdale, MN 551281659863736
  33. Sandy Pham-Vang, ODBrooklyn Center, MN 554291689607780
  34. Armand Radke, ODMinneapolis, MN 554551447287677
  35. Michael Scheidt, ODBloomington, MN 554311154851970
  36. Jason Stowe, ODDuluth, MN 558051932194024
  37. Barrett Wingard, ODMaple Grove, MN 553691932721214
  38. Cheryl Zabrowski Flogel, O.D.Minneapolis, MN 554551962802439

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 152WC0802X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Minnesota ranks 3 of 51 per resident

  1. Vermont0.9
  2. Wyoming0.9
  3. Minnesota0.7
  4. Colorado0.6
  5. North Dakota0.6
  6. 50 states and D.C.0.3

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 152WC0802X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

86.8% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 65.8% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Minnesota86.8%
  2. United States65.8%

Corneal and Contact Management Optometrist records in Minnesota, measured

  • In a Medicare file33 of 38 · 86.8% here, 65.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file30 · 78.9% here, 47.2% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more31 · 81.6% here, 74.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2005 · the 30 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 152WC0802X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

38 NPPES records list corneal and contact management optometrist (152WC0802X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Minnesota: 0.7 per 100,000 residents against 0.3 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Bloomington has 10 of them (26%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Colorado38
  2. Georgia38
  3. Illinois39
  4. Washington36

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Idaho0.6
  2. New Jersey0.5
  3. Massachusetts0.4
  4. Ohio0.4

The largest states

  1. California161
  2. Texas112
  3. New York82
  4. Florida75
  5. Pennsylvania55

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record 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.