Valenta Lashay Carter

Primary specialty

OptometristTaxonomy code 152W00000X

License

7548T Issued in TX

Practice address

7700 Fish Pond Rd
Waco, TX 76710-1031

Phone

(254) 761-4444

Fax

(254) 761-4441

NPI assigned

Aug 1, 2010

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TX

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

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

State licenses

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.

• Scott & White Clinic

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Temple, TX
  • NPI 1093779704
  Medicare reassignment

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

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1787788800000",
    "number": "1275847345",
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            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "PO BOX 844658",
            "city": "DALLAS",
            "state": "TX",
            "postal_code": "752844658",
            "telephone_number": "800-994-0371",
            "fax_number": "254-215-9722"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "7700 FISH POND RD",
            "city": "WACO",
            "state": "TX",
            "postal_code": "767101031",
            "telephone_number": "254-761-4444",
            "fax_number": "254-761-4441"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [
        {
            "address_1": "3501 Custer Pkwy Ste 105",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "city": "Richardson",
            "state": "TX",
            "postal_code": "750801079",
            "country_code": "US",
            "telephone_number": "469-929-2900",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        }
    ],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "CARTER",
        "first_name": "VALENTA",
        "middle_name": "LASHAY",
        "name_prefix": "Dr.",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2010-08-01",
        "last_updated": "2026-08-27",
        "certification_date": "2026-08-27",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "152W00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Optometrist",
            "state": "TX",
            "license": "7548T",
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [
        {
            "endpointType": "DIRECT",
            "endpointTypeDescription": "Direct Messaging Address",
            "endpoint": "vcarter1537586@direct.sw.org",
            "affiliation": "N",
            "endpointDescription": "vcarter1537586@direct.sw.org",
            "use": "DIRECT",
            "useDescription": "Direct",
            "address_1": "7700 Fish Pond Rd",
            "city": "Waco",
            "state": "TX",
            "country_code": "US",
            "postal_code": "767101031",
            "country_name": "United States",
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        }
    ],
    "other_names": []
}

• Elizabeth Ann Carson, M. S.
• Angela Nix Carter, M.S.,CCC-SLP
• Marcia Deshazo Carter, CCC,SLP
• Sara Rhianna Carter, RN
• Steven Wayne Carter, COTA
• William L Carter, DR
• Laura Parsley Caruthers, LCSW
• Stephen Paul Case, PSY.D.
• Casey D Hector MD PA
• Brianna Casias

• Optometrist in Waco, TX
• Providers in Waco, TX by specialty
• Optometrist in Texas

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Aug 27, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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