NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optometrist in Puerto Rico

506 NPPES records list optometrist with a practice address in Puerto Rico. San Juan and Bayamon have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI. Page 11 of 11.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 152W00000X · method

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

San Juan has the most, 78

  1. San Juan78
  2. Bayamon59
  3. Guaynabo28
  4. Caguas27
  5. Carolina26

Optometrist records in Puerto Rico

  1. Angel Whatts, ODManati, PR 006741952399164
  2. Grace Wiley, O.D.Caguas, PR 007251497805451
  3. Harrington Wilkes Peralta, O.D.Yauco, PR 006981952517351
  4. Mary Wolfe, O.D.Hato Rey, PR 009181013138056
  5. Niviana Yambo-Mercado, O.D.Coto Laurel, PR 007801477616258
  6. Hojat Zarkani, O.D.Caguas, PR 007271699716944

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 152W00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

16.8% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 71.9% 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. Puerto Rico16.8%
  2. United States71.9%

Optometrist records in Puerto Rico, measured

  • In a Medicare file85 of 506 · 16.8% here, 71.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file90 · 17.8% here, 57.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more347 · 68.6% here, 65.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year1996 · the 90 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 152W00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

506 NPPES records list optometrist (152W00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Puerto Rico. San Juan has 78 of them (15%).

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. Arkansas531
  2. Louisiana540
  3. Utah470
  4. Nevada550

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. New Mexico15.7
  2. Delaware15.9
  3. Florida15.9
  4. West Virginia15.3

The largest states

  1. California8,308
  2. Texas5,006
  3. Florida3,594
  4. New York3,535
  5. Illinois2,697

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.