Joseph William Sowka, O.D.

Primary specialty

OptometristTaxonomy code 152W00000X

License

OPC2394 Issued in FL

Practice address

1360 E Venice Ave
Venice, FL 34285-9066

Phone

(941) 480-2135

NPI assigned

Nov 21, 2006

Last updated

Feb 24, 2022By 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 1

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in FL

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

Pennsylvania College of Optometry, 1989

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Center for Sight PLGroup PAC ID 1658340294, 35 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

96.29 of 100Reported as individual

Quality

93.25

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Networks

• Freedom Health HMO Network

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: jsowka@useye.intellechartdirect.net

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.

• Center for Sight, PL

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Venice, FL
  • NPI 1386718468

  Optometrist

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD

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

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• Optometrist in Venice, FL
• Providers in Venice, FL by specialty
• Optometrist in Florida

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Feb 24, 2022; 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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