NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optometrist in West Virginia

271 NPPES records list optometrist with a practice address in West Virginia, 15 per 100,000 residents, the 43rd highest rate of 51. Huntington and Charleston have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the West Virginia license search. Page 3 of 6.

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).

Huntington has the most, 21

  1. Huntington21
  2. Charleston18
  3. Morgantown15
  4. Bridgeport13
  5. Princeton10

Optometrist records in West Virginia

  1. David Holliday, ODBeckley, WV 258011881647113
  2. Mark Holliday, ODBeckley, WV 258011457304701
  3. Alexandra Horne, OD FAAOSummersville, WV 266511972027894
  4. Steven Hosman, ODCharleston, WV 253011841481769
  5. Julie HuleisHurricane, WV 255261932735412
  6. Andrew Hunt, O.D.Elkins, WV 262411902213804
  7. Sheena Hunt, ODElkins, WV 262411366705360
  8. Craig Hyre, O.D.Elkins, WV 262411992795835
  9. Edward Hyre, O.D.Elkins, WV 262411447240205
  10. Matthew Ingram, O.D.Parkersburg, WV 261051801832225
  11. Lance Inman, ODParkersburg, WV 261011720114887
  12. Deanna Jackson, O.DParkersburg, WV 261011174801930
  13. John Janney, ODOak Hill, WV 259011417055260
  14. Summer Jones, O.D.Charleston, WV 253011992131627
  15. Humza Kidwai, ODMartinsburg, WV 254041265069876
  16. Donald King, O.D.Ripley, WV 252711306823299
  17. R King, ODRipley, WV 252711578598579
  18. Joy Kissel, O.D.Oceana, WV 248701952371122
  19. Kevin Kissel, O.D.Pineville, WV 248741770553943
  20. John Knight, ODBarboursville, WV 255041972666030
  21. Elizabeth Koski, ODCharles Town, WV 254141558374959
  22. Robert Kress, O.D.Buckhannon, WV 262011417202557
  23. Theodore Kress, ODBridgeport, WV 263301346240413
  24. Jacqueline Kronlage, O.D.Bridgeport, WV 263301750795365
  25. Michael Kucher, ODWeirton, WV 260621831203884
  26. Wing Lam, O.D.Morgantown, WV 265081619075587
  27. Kevin Lambert, ODElkins, WV 262411194379479
  28. Misty Lane, ODPrinceton, WV 247401790271211
  29. Jerry Lantz, O.D.Parkersburg, WV 261011407842529
  30. Vicki Lauer, O.D.Parkersburg, WV 261011245213743
  31. C Laughlin, ODFairmont, WV 265541336264654
  32. Zane Lawhorn, O.D.Princeton, WV 247401184638413
  33. Clara LeHuntington, WV 257041700236858
  34. Janet Leasher, O.D.Summersville, WV 266511982734166
  35. Adara Lee, ODRavenswood, WV 261641306764337
  36. Melissa Leoni, ODBarboursville, WV 255041184675746
  37. Savannah Long, ODLewisburg, WV 249011831597673
  38. Michael Looper, ODMorgantown, WV 265011891782629
  39. Lonnie Lucas, O.D.Logan, WV 256011548355951
  40. Erica Mancini, O.D.Morgantown, WV 265051962693317
  41. Terry Mangold, ODKeyser, WV 267261689671877
  42. Melvin Mann, O.D.Bluefield, WV 247011861572885
  43. Neill Marshall, ODNew Martinsville, WV 261551770560674
  44. Sunni Martin, ODHuntington, WV 257041437405768
  45. Hilda Maxwell, ODHurricane, WV 255261730215021
  46. Thomas Mc Laughlin, O.D.Spencer, WV 252761093786063
  47. Ashley McGuffin, O.D.Oak Hill, WV 259011114379328
  48. Heather McKneely, ODMilton, WV 255411689467276
  49. Adrienne Melgary, O.D.Wellsburg, WV 260701497745384
  50. Elicia Miller, O.D.South Charleston, WV 253091144410176

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

West Virginia ranks 43 of 51 per resident

  1. Florida16
  2. Delaware16
  3. New Mexico16
  4. West Virginia15
  5. Maryland15
  6. District of Columbia15
  7. 50 states and D.C.19

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 152W00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

77.9% 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. West Virginia77.9%
  2. United States71.9%

Optometrist records in West Virginia, measured

  • In a Medicare file211 of 271 · 77.9% here, 71.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file170 · 62.7% here, 57.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more190 · 70.1% here, 65.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2001 · the 169 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

271 NPPES records list optometrist (152W00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in West Virginia: 15 per 100,000 residents against 19 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Huntington has 21 of them (8%).

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. Rhode Island267
  2. New Hampshire293
  3. Montana245
  4. South Dakota245

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Maryland15.0
  2. New Mexico15.7
  3. Puerto Rico15.8
  4. District of Columbia14.7

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.