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Organization Active NPI

Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington Inc

  • Optometrist
  • Washington, DC
National Provider Identifier
1487402970
Registry record updated Aug 27, 2025
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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
415 2ND St NE Ste 200
Washington, DC 20002-4900
Phone
(202) 234-1010
NPI assigned
May 9, 2024
Last updated
Aug 27, 2025By the provider in NPPES
Organization subpart
No

NPPES NPI Registry

Updated by the provider on Aug 27, 2025

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

Authorized official

Name
Caren Foresten
Title
Chief Executive Officer
Phone
(202) 234-1010

Specialties & licenses 1

Specialty (taxonomy)CodeLicenseStatePrimary
Optometrist 152W00000X NU Primary

Addresses

Primary practice location

415 2ND St NE Ste 200
Washington, DC 20002-4900

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
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.

Practitioners & affiliated clinicians

Practitioners 3

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": "1756252800000",
    "number": "1487402970",
    "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": "415 2ND ST NE STE 200",
            "city": "WASHINGTON",
            "state": "DC",
            "postal_code": "200024900",
            "telephone_number": "202-234-1010"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "organization_name": "PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS SOCIETY OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON INC",
        "organizational_subpart": "NO",
        "enumeration_date": "2024-05-09",
        "last_updated": "2025-08-27",
        "certification_date": "2025-08-27",
        "status": "A",
        "authorized_official_last_name": "FORESTEN",
        "authorized_official_first_name": "CAREN",
        "authorized_official_title_or_position": "CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER",
        "authorized_official_telephone_number": "202-234-1010"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "152W00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Optometrist",
            "state": "NU",
            "license": null,
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

Other providers in Washington, DC

Sources for this page

  • NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Aug 27, 2025; 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.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.