Christopher A Dowd, OD

Primary specialty

OptometristTaxonomy code 152W00000X

License

3852 Issued in MA

Practice address

1 Lyons St
Dedham, MA 02026-5599

Phone

(781) 493-3685

Fax

(781) 461-9325

NPI assigned

Dec 2, 2005

Last updated

Feb 10, 2021By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

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 18

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in MA

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

New England College of Optometry, 1994

Medicare assignment

May accept Medicare assignment

Group practices

Community Health Connections, IncGroup PAC ID 8729074992, 91 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

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.

• Community Health Connections, Inc.

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Fitchburg, MA
  • NPI 1477580827
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Atrius Health, Inc.

  dba Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Beverly, MA
  • NPI 1114265634
  NPD
• Atrius Health, Inc.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Boston, MA
  • NPI 1871639914

  Optometrist

  NPD
• Atrius Health, Inc.

  dba Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
  • NPI 1952518391
  NPD
• Community Health Connections, Inc.

  dba South Gardner Community Health Center and Urgent Care

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Gardner, MA
  • NPI 1225742174
  NPD

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

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• Optometrist in Dedham, MA
• Providers in Dedham, MA by specialty
• Optometrist in Massachusetts

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Feb 10, 2021; 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.