Ryan Eric Kern, OD

Primary specialty

OptometristTaxonomy code 152W00000X

License

2849 Issued in NC

Practice address

9 Medical Dr BLDG 9a
Greenville, NC 27834-2805

Phone

(252) 816-8000

NPI assigned

Jul 23, 2018

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

Yes

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

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in KY, NC2 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

Pennsylvania College of Optometry, 2018

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Vidant Medical Group LLCGroup PAC ID 0345343893, 986 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Ecu Health Medical Center Hospital, Greenville, NC, CCN 340040

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

92.67 of 100Reported as group

Quality

81.47

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

81.83

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: rkern31958@pikevilledirect.org

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.

• Vidant Medical Group LLC

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Greenville, NC
  • NPI 1477648731
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• University of Pikeville

  • Optometrist
  • Pikeville, KY
  • NPI 1841657947
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Pennsylvania College of Optometry

  • Optometrist
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • NPI 1134166572
  NPD (past)
• Pikeville Medical Center Inc

  • Sleep Disorder Diagnostic Clinic/Center
  • Whitesburg, KY
  • NPI 1871575498
  NPD (past)

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

• Pitt County Memorial Hospital Inc

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Washington, NC
  • NPI 1780359687
  Care Compare affiliation
• Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Inc

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Greenville, NC
  • NPI 1043218944
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Brian Hart Keogh Jr., MD
• Katie Marie Haldy Keogh, DDS
• Jean Keough
• Alexandra Kern, RN
• Briana Kern
• Michael Kerns, LCAS-P
• Allyson Rebecca Kerr, RPH
• Steven Kerr, DO
• Parnita Kesar
• Munirat Oluwakemi Keshinro, M.D.

• Optometrist in Greenville, NC
• Providers in Greenville, NC by specialty
• Optometrist in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on May 6, 2025; 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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