Bernard C Tekiele, OD

Primary specialty

OptometristTaxonomy code 152W00000X

License

4901004224 Issued in MI

Practice address

2501 21St Ave S
Nashville, TN 37212-5626

Phone

(615) 406-1571

Fax

(615) 859-3919

NPI assigned

May 23, 2005

Last updated

Dec 4, 2023By 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 7

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in MI, TN2 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

Illinois College of Optometry at Chicago, 1998

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Loden Vision Center of Paris, PLCGroup PAC ID 0941397244, 6 clinicians

James C Loden MD PCGroup PAC ID 3870405244, 12 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://fhir.nextgen.com/nge/prod/fhir-api-r4/fhir/r4/

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.

• James C. Loden, MD PC

  dba Loden Vision Centers

  • Specialist
  • Goodlettsville, TN
  • NPI 1215077292
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Loden Vision Center of Paris, PLC

  • Specialist
  • Paris, TN
  • NPI 1457546665
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Mei Operations, PLLC

  dba Michigan Eye Institute

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Flint, MI
  • NPI 1316008774
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Alabama Eye & Cataract Center PC

  • Specialist
  • Birmingham, AL
  • NPI 1275536385
  NPD (past)
• Mid Michigan Eye Care Center, PC

  dba Specialty Eye Institute

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Jackson, MI
  • NPI 1649275041

  Optometrist

  NPD (past)
• University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, PC.

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Birmingham, AL
  • NPI 1093768723
  NPD (past)

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

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1701648000000",
    "number": "1609879741",
    "addresses": [
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "520 RIVERGATE PKWY",
            "city": "GOODLETTSVILLE",
            "state": "TN",
            "postal_code": "370722030",
            "telephone_number": "615-859-3937",
            "fax_number": "810-733-7141"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "2501 21ST AVE S",
            "city": "NASHVILLE",
            "state": "TN",
            "postal_code": "372125626",
            "telephone_number": "615-406-1571",
            "fax_number": "615-859-3919"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [
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            "address_1": "520 Rivergate Pkwy",
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            "city": "Goodlettsville",
            "state": "TN",
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            "country_code": "US",
            "telephone_number": "615-859-3937 x3325",
            "fax_number": "810-733-7141",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        }
    ],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "TEKIELE",
        "first_name": "BERNARD",
        "middle_name": "C",
        "name_prefix": "Dr.",
        "credential": "OD",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2005-05-23",
        "last_updated": "2023-12-04",
        "certification_date": "2023-12-04",
        "status": "A"
    },
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            "code": "152W00000X",
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            "desc": "Optometrist",
            "state": "MI",
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            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [
        {
            "code": "01",
            "desc": "Other (non-Medicare)",
            "issuer": "VIVA HEALTH",
            "identifier": "Z00115",
            "state": "AL"
        },
        {
            "code": "01",
            "desc": "Other (non-Medicare)",
            "issuer": "BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD",
            "identifier": "51060953TEK",
            "state": "AL"
        },
        {
            "code": "01",
            "desc": "Other (non-Medicare)",
            "issuer": "UNITED HEALTHCARE",
            "identifier": "2210338",
            "state": "AL"
        },
        {
            "code": "05",
            "desc": "MEDICAID",
            "issuer": null,
            "identifier": "000060953",
            "state": "AL"
        },
        {
            "code": "01",
            "desc": "Other (non-Medicare)",
            "issuer": "MEDICARE TRAVELERS",
            "identifier": "410041318",
            "state": "AL"
        },
        {
            "code": "05",
            "desc": "MEDICAID",
            "issuer": null,
            "identifier": "4799000",
            "state": "MI"
        },
        {
            "code": "05",
            "desc": "MEDICAID",
            "issuer": null,
            "identifier": "4809545",
            "state": "MI"
        }
    ],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

• Abby Teeters, PA-C
• Netsanet Abraha Tegegn, LCSW
• Meron Tegete, PHARMD, MM
• Alexandra Tejada, RN
• Norma Tekell
• Sherree A Telford, RD LDN
• Gulgotay Telwar, PHARM D
• Yohana Temesghen
• Alec Jacob Temlock, DMD
• Barbara Joan Tempkins, O.D.

• Optometrist in Nashville, TN
• Providers in Nashville, TN by specialty
• Optometrist in Tennessee

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Dec 4, 2023; 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.