Luther Owen Ness, OD

Primary specialty

OptometristTaxonomy code 152W00000X

License

1666X Issued in WA

Practice address

22 W Main St
Walla Walla, WA 99362

Phone

(509) 529-2020

Fax

(509) 529-2115

NPI assigned

Mar 10, 2006

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 13

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in WA

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

Pacific University - College of Optometry, 1985

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Valley Vision Clinic PSGroup PAC ID 7416845508, 6 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

83.38 of 100Reported as group

Quality

66.76

Improvement activities

40

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: drness@direct.revolutionehr.com

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.

• Valley Vision Clinic PS

  • Optometrist
  • Walla Walla, WA
  • NPI 1558320838
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD

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

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• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Dec 21, 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.

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