Walter L Choate, O.D.

Primary specialty

OptometristTaxonomy code 152W00000X

License

OD0000000716 Issued in TN

Practice address

306 Northcreek Blvd
Suite 101
Goodlettsville, TN 37072-2089

Phone

(615) 851-7575

Fax

(615) 851-8725

NPI assigned

Aug 31, 2005

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

Yes

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 6

Addresses

Other identifiers 7

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TN

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: No
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Optometry

Education

Southern College of Optometry, 1979

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

92.35 of 100Reported as individual

Quality

84.69

Improvement activities

40

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: walter.choate@uprisedirect.com

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships and National Provider Directory roles.

• Walter L. Choate, O.D.

  • Optometrist
  • Goodlettsville, TN
  • NPI 1508004441
  Medicare reassignment NPD

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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        {
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            "code": "01",
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            "issuer": "AETNA",
            "identifier": "969368",
            "state": "TN"
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        {
            "code": "01",
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        }
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    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

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• Optometrist in Goodlettsville, TN
• Providers in Goodlettsville, TN by specialty
• Optometrist in Tennessee

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• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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