Valerie Kay Kounkel, D.O.

Primary specialty

Ophthalmology PhysicianTaxonomy code 207W00000X

License

3384 Issued in IA

Practice address

2101 Westown Pkwy
Suite 2
West Des Moines, IA 50265-1542

Phone

(515) 225-2566

Fax

(515) 225-2425

NPI assigned

Mar 22, 2006

Last updated

Sep 16, 2020By 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 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in IA

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Ophthalmology

Education

At Still University of Health Sciences, College of Osteo Med, Kirksville, 1995

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Unitypoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi Hospital, Des Moines, IA, CCN 160082

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

90.59 of 100Reported as individual

Quality

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

68.63

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Osteopathy, Doctor of Medicine

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: vkounkel@physicianseye.intellechartdirect.net
• Direct secure messaging: vkounkel9627@direct.unitypoint.org

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.

• Valerie Kounkel DO PLLC

  dba Valerie Kounkel DO

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • West Des Moines, IA
  • NPI 1184974099
  Medicare reassignment NPD Authorized official
• Beth M Amspaugh MD PLLC

  dba Beth M Amspaugh MD

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • West Des Moines, IA
  • NPI 1124465711
  NPD
• Mohamed Hassan MD PLLC

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • West Des Moines, IA
  • NPI 1518670470
  NPD
• Physicians Eye Clinic,PLLC

  dba Physicians Eye Clinic

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • West Des Moines, IA
  • NPI 1902196611
  NPD
• St Luke's Methodist Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Cedar Rapids, IA
  • NPI 1083708226
  NPD

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Central Iowa Hospital Corporation

  dba Iowa Lutheran Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Des Moines, IA
  • NPI 1356433049
  Care Compare affiliation
• Central Iowa Hospital Corporation

  dba Iowa Methodist Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Des Moines, IA
  • NPI 1396837951
  Care Compare affiliation
• Central Iowa Hospital Corporation

  dba Iowa Methodist Medical Center-Methodist West

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • West Des Moines, IA
  • NPI 1598905762
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Azra Kolz, BSC
• Dennis D Kommer, DDS MS
• Collette M Kono, PAC
• Katelyn A Kopet
• Kimbra Tish Korte, BS, PT
• Jacqueline Jene Kovacevic, LMSW
• Angela Lynn Kramer, ARNP
• Ryan M Kramer, DC
• Lydia Kratovil, LMHC
• Keith Vincent Krell, DDS

• Ophthalmology Physician in West Des Moines, IA
• Providers in West Des Moines, IA by specialty
• Ophthalmology Physician in Iowa

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Sep 16, 2020; 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.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.