Organization Active NPI

Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington Inc

  • Optometrist
  • Rockville, MD
National Provider Identifier
1184500621
Registry record updated Aug 21, 2026
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Key facts

NPPES NPI Registry
Primary specialty
OptometristTaxonomy code 152W00000X
Legal business name
PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS SOCIETY OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON INC
Practice address
1776 E Jefferson St
Rockville, MD 20852-4028
Phone
(202) 234-1010
NPI assigned
Aug 12, 2025
Last updated
Aug 21, 2026By the provider in NPPES
Organization subpart
No

NPPES NPI Registry

Updated by the provider on Aug 21, 2026

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

Authorized official

Name
Nick Farano
Title
Vice President
Phone
(202) 234-1010

Specialties & licenses 2

Specialty (taxonomy)CodeLicenseStatePrimary
Optometrist 152W00000X Primary
Low Vision Rehabilitation Optometrist 152WL0500X

Addresses

Primary practice location

1776 E Jefferson St
Rockville, MD 20852-4028

Mailing address

415 2ND St NE Ste 200
Washington, DC 20002-4900
Phone (202) 234-1010

Medicare participation

Medicare enrollment files
Medicare fee-for-service enrollment
Enrolled in DC

Enrollment records 1

Enrollment IDStateProvider typePAC IDDetails
O20251008000927 DC Part B Supplier - Clinic/Group Practice 6406353341 Receives reassigned benefits from 2 practitioners
2 other NPIs on this enrollment
This NPI is an additional NPI on the enrollment
Practice locations: Alexandria, VA; Bethesda, MD; Washington, DC

Other NPIs on the same Medicare enrollment 2

NPIs listed together on one Medicare enrollment, typically parts of the same organization.

National Provider Directory

National Provider Directory
Tax ID family
Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington Inc3 organizations share this tax ID, including this one

Other organizations with this tax ID 2

Organizations that report the same tax identification number in the National Provider Directory.

Locations

415 2nd St NE
Ste 200
Washington, DC 20002
Phone (202) 234-1010

Practitioners & affiliated clinicians

Practitioners 1

Individual providers connected to this organization through Medicare benefit reassignment, Care Compare group membership or National Provider Directory roles, and the practitioner matching its NPPES authorized official.

NPI Registry JSON

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

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-2",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1787270400000",
    "number": "1184500621",
    "addresses": [
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "415 2ND ST NE STE 200",
            "city": "WASHINGTON",
            "state": "DC",
            "postal_code": "200024900",
            "telephone_number": "202-234-1010"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "1776 E JEFFERSON ST",
            "city": "ROCKVILLE",
            "state": "MD",
            "postal_code": "208524028",
            "telephone_number": "202-234-1010"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "organization_name": "PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS SOCIETY OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON INC",
        "organizational_subpart": "NO",
        "enumeration_date": "2025-08-12",
        "last_updated": "2026-08-21",
        "certification_date": "2026-08-21",
        "status": "A",
        "authorized_official_last_name": "FARANO",
        "authorized_official_first_name": "NICK",
        "authorized_official_title_or_position": "VICE PRESIDENT",
        "authorized_official_telephone_number": "202-234-1010"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "152W00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Optometrist",
            "state": null,
            "license": null,
            "primary": true
        },
        {
            "code": "152WL0500X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Optometrist, Low Vision Rehabilitation",
            "state": null,
            "license": null,
            "primary": false
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

Other providers in Rockville, MD

Sources for this page

  • NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Aug 21, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
  • Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments.
  • National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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