Alvah C Cayton IV, OD

Primary specialty

OptometristTaxonomy code 152W00000X

License

2109 Issued in NC

Practice address

2807 N Main St
Tarboro, NC 27886-1903

Phone

(252) 823-8295

Fax

(252) 823-8552

NPI assigned

Sep 3, 2008

Last updated

Jul 27, 2026By 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 3

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NC

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, 2008

Medicare assignment

May accept Medicare assignment

Group practices

Tarboro Eye Associates Optometry PLLCGroup PAC ID 7012136831, 2 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

86.03 of 100Reported as group

Quality

72.05

Improvement activities

40

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: chad.cayton@direct.tarboroeye.nextgenshare.com

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.

• Tarboro Eye Associates Optometry PLLC

  • Optometrist
  • Tarboro, NC
  • NPI 1346654134
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD Authorized official
• Aberdeen Eye Care Associates, OD PLLC

  dba Eye Care Associates

  • Optometrist
  • Aberdeen, NC
  • NPI 1891977237
  NPD (past)
• Eye Care Associates OD PA

  • Optometrist
  • Greensboro, NC
  • NPI 1528400223
  NPD (past)

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

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            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "PO BOX 1299",
            "city": "TARBORO",
            "state": "NC",
            "postal_code": "278861299",
            "telephone_number": "252-823-8295",
            "fax_number": "252-823-8552"
        },
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        }
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    "practiceLocations": [],
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        "first_name": "ALVAH",
        "middle_name": "C",
        "name_suffix": "IV",
        "credential": "OD",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2008-09-03",
        "last_updated": "2026-07-27",
        "certification_date": "2026-07-27",
        "status": "A"
    },
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        }
    ],
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            "desc": "MEDICAID",
            "issuer": null,
            "identifier": "5910531",
            "state": "NC"
        },
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            "code": "01",
            "desc": "Other (non-Medicare)",
            "issuer": "RAILROAD MEDICARE",
            "identifier": "P00778488",
            "state": "NC"
        },
        {
            "code": "01",
            "desc": "Other (non-Medicare)",
            "issuer": "BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD",
            "identifier": "093YJ",
            "state": "NC"
        }
    ],
    "endpoints": [
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            "endpointType": "DIRECT",
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            "endpoint": "chad.cayton@direct.tarboroeye.nextgenshare.com",
            "affiliation": "N",
            "address_1": "2807 N Main St",
            "city": "Tarboro",
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        }
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}

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

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 27, 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.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.