NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optician in Rhode Island

26 NPPES records list optician with a practice address in Rhode Island, 2.4 per 100,000 residents, the 15th highest rate of 51. Warwick and Cranston have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Rhode Island license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 156FX1800X · method

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

Warwick has the most, 6

  1. Warwick6
  2. Cranston5
  3. East Greenwich2
  4. Middletown2
  5. North Kingstown2

Optician records in Rhode Island

  1. Christine Barton, OPTICIANCentral Falls, RI 082631689749541
  2. Joanne Bernier, LICNSED OPTICIANMiddletown, RI 028421992756480
  3. Robert Burgess, OPTICIANNewport, RI 028401972665818
  4. Linda Carpentier, ROCranston, RI 029201215061569
  5. Kim Chace, RDOEast Greenwich, RI 028181164830675
  6. Richard Crute, OPTICIANWarwick, RI 028861134299381
  7. Francesco Fezzuoglio, RDOSouth Kingstown, RI 028791871725408
  8. Barbara Folgo, RI112Cranston, RI 029201700156577
  9. Cheryl Geller, RDOEast Greenwich, RI 028181477961985
  10. Brian Greene, OPTICIANBarrington, RI 028061518665686
  11. Cesarina Hanson, ROCranston, RI 029201609199520
  12. Michael Horan, LICENSED OPTICIANMiddletown, RI 028421043260060
  13. Michael KingWarwick, RI 028861275630519
  14. Maroun KomariCranston, RI 029201235356908
  15. Mark Libassi, DOJohnston, RI 029191548540438
  16. John Lynch, RDONorth Kingstown, RI 028521013164359
  17. Terrence Maxwell, REGISTERED OPTICIANPawtucket, RI 028601578718391
  18. Curtis Ponder, RO,ABOCWarwick, RI 028861609960871
  19. James Ray, RDOCumberland, RI 028641407689060
  20. Anthony Rebello, LDONorth Kingstown, RI 028521730813940
  21. David Sardinha, ROBristol, RI 028091295179034
  22. James Schultz, R.OCranston, RI 029101609900034
  23. Eric Sears, RDOWarwick, RI 028891134308315
  24. Peter Sharkey, R.D.O.Warwick, RI 028881245578889
  25. John Spaziano, OPTICIANWarwick, RI 028881306217799
  26. William Tamboe, DISPENSING OPTICIANProvidence, RI 029081659482685

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 156FX1800X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Rhode Island ranks 15 of 51 per resident

  1. Virginia2.5
  2. Hawaii2.5
  3. Georgia2.4
  4. Rhode Island2.4
  5. South Dakota2.0
  6. Oregon1.9
  7. 50 states and D.C.2.0

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 156FX1800X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 0.7% 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. Rhode Island0.0%
  2. United States0.7%

Optician records in Rhode Island, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 26 · 0.0% here, 0.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, under 0.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more20 · 76.9% here, 54.4% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 156FX1800X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

26 NPPES records list optician (156FX1800X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Rhode Island: 2.4 per 100,000 residents against 2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Warwick has 6 of them (23%).

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. Missouri27
  2. Kansas24
  3. Louisiana28
  4. New Mexico24

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Georgia2.4
  2. Hawaii2.5
  3. Virginia2.5
  4. New Jersey2.6

The largest states

  1. New York1,141
  2. Ohio729
  3. Florida654
  4. California334
  5. Kentucky304

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.