Optometric Assistant Technician
NUCC 156FX1201X · Technician/Technologist
44 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 18 states · 588th of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Optometric Assistant Technician ranks 588th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0% of all registered NPIs), densest in Tennessee; per resident Tennessee leads.
- 44
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 588th
- of 690 specialties
- 837
- state-share HHI
- 2.3%
- Part D prescriber share
Tennessee is densest per capita (7.5× the national rate; New York 2.4×); 0.4% of the Technician/Technologist category.
Taxonomy fingerprint
Optometric Assistant Technician (NUCC 156FX1201X; 2.3% Part D prescribers (1 of 44); avg 180 Part D claims/prescriber (438th of 572); Open Payments avg $75/physician (525th of 551; 1 paid, $75 total); state-share HHI 837; next-larger headcount neighbor Educational Certified Respiratory Therapist (+3); next-smaller Geropsychiatric Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (-1)).
Next larger: Educational Certified Respiratory Therapist (47) Next smaller: Geropsychiatric Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (43)
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tennessee | 7 |
| 2 | New York | 6 |
| 3 | Minnesota | 4 |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | 4 |
| 5 | Arizona | 3 |
| 6 | California | 3 |
| 7 | Illinois | 2 |
| 8 | Kansas | 2 |
Sample Optometric Assistant Technician NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Yvonne CochranWichita, KS |
| 2 | Joseph AraujoPhiladelphia, PA |
| 3 | Robert Kozel, M.ED.San Antonio, TX |
| 4 | Wendy BallVancouver, WA |
| 5 | Karrie Bilyeu, OAPortland, OR |
| 6 | Mary Bustos, CPOABronx, NY |
| 7 | Delilah Gouge, CPOOklahoma City, OK |
| 8 | Selena Davis, CPOAChinle, AZ |
| 9 | Jacqueline Brock-CarterCapitol Heights, MD |
| 10 | Norman YellowhairTeec Nos Pos, AZ |
| 11 | Roberto SimoniCamuy, PR |
| 12 | Sandy NunezYonkers, NY |
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is Optometric Assistant Technician a thin NUCC code in NPPES?
Do the few Optometric Assistant Technician NPIs in Open Payments look unusual?
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Data sources and methodology
Provider data from CMS NPPES (download.cms.gov/nppes). Specialty classification from NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org). Part D averages from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; industry payments from CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts reflect self-designated primary taxonomy at NPI enrollment. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Methodology · About
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