Samantha Polster, O.D.

Primary specialty

OptometristTaxonomy code 152W00000X

License

18003900A Issued in IN

Practice address

1160 W. Michigan Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5209

Phone

(317) 944-2020

NPI assigned

Apr 27, 2015

Sex

Female

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 IN

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

Illinois College of Optometry at Chicago, 2015

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Indiana UniversityGroup PAC ID 6002806957, 64 clinicians

Iu Health Medical Group LLCGroup PAC ID 9638617913, 4,382 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: direct@indianaunivschoolofoptombloomingtonin.compulinkdirect.com
• Direct secure messaging: spolster@direct.iuhealth.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.

• Indiana University

  dba Indianapolis Eye Care Center

  • Optometrist
  • Indianapolis, IN
  • NPI 1497799787
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Iu Health Medical Group, LLC

  • General Practice Physician
  • Indianapolis, IN
  • NPI 1326893777
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Precision Eye Group P.C.

  • Optometrist
  • Bedford, IN
  • NPI 1558523886
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• University Family Physicians, Inc.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Indianapolis, IN
  • NPI 1043275787
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• University Family Physicians, Inc.

  • Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
  • Indianapolis, IN
  • NPI 1669828042
  NPD

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

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• James Polly, LCSW
• Kathleen D Polonka, DO
• Angelina Jantina Polsinelli, PHD
• Amy Claire Polsinello
• Nicholas Polster, MD
• Marvin Louis Polstra, LCSW
• Megan Margaret Polte, LCSW
• Gerry Polyhronopoulos, MD
• Christopher Lloyd Pomeroy, MD
• Olivia Pomponio

• Optometrist in Indianapolis, IN
• Providers in Indianapolis, IN by specialty
• Optometrist in Indiana

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jan 12, 2026; 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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