Tara M Paul, O.D.

Primary specialty

OptometristTaxonomy code 152W00000X

License

5662 Issued in MT

Practice address

425 Smelter Ave NE
Great Falls, MT 59404-1927

Phone

(406) 750-2055

Fax

(406) 403-0276

NPI assigned

Oct 19, 2005

Last updated

May 22, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TX, MT2 enrollments

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 2

Specialty

Optometry

Education

Ohio State University - College of Optometry, 2003

Medicare assignment

May accept Medicare assignment

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

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

• Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana

  dba Little Shell Tribal Health Clinic

  • Clinic/Center
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1649970526

  TX

  Medicare reassignment
• Little Shell Health Center

  • Pharmacy
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1699413369
  NPD
• US Dept of Health & Human Services-Division of Indian Health

  dba Little Shell Health Center

  • Clinic/Center
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1346900529
  NPD
• Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana

  dba Little Shell Health Clinic Pharmacy

  • Pharmacy
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1750260477
  NPD (past)

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

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    "number": "1427047893",
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            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
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            "address_1": "511 CENTRAL AVE W",
            "city": "GREAT FALLS",
            "state": "MT",
            "postal_code": "594042848",
            "telephone_number": "406-760-2055",
            "fax_number": "406-403-0276"
        },
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            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
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            "fax_number": "406-403-0276"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "PAUL",
        "first_name": "TARA",
        "middle_name": "M",
        "name_prefix": "Dr.",
        "credential": "O.D.",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2005-10-19",
        "last_updated": "2026-05-22",
        "certification_date": "2026-05-22",
        "status": "A"
    },
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        {
            "code": "152W00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
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            "primary": true
        },
        {
            "code": "152W00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Optometrist",
            "state": "OH",
            "license": "5436 T2347",
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}

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• Optometrist in Great Falls, MT
• Providers in Great Falls, MT by specialty
• Optometrist in Montana

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on May 22, 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.
• 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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