Blane L. Tarr, O.D.

Primary specialty

OptometristTaxonomy code 152W00000X

License

2654 Issued in TN

Practice address

1002 W Highway 25 70
Newport, TN 37821-8048

Phone

(423) 720-9393

Fax

(423) 523-9500

NPI assigned

Jul 15, 2006

Last updated

Mar 2, 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

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TN

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

University of Alabama School of Medicine, 2006

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Hermitage Eye Care, PLLCGroup PAC ID 0446576359, 48 clinicians

Newport Family EyecareGroup PAC ID 6709125776, 2 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

100 of 100Reported as group

Quality

100

Improvement activities

40

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

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.

• Newport Family Eyecare

  dba Tarr Family Eyecare

  • Optometrist
  • Newport, TN
  • NPI 1184199515
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD Authorized official
• Hermitage Eye Care PLLC

  • Optometrist
  • Hermitage, TN
  • NPI 1275943052
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group

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

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            "city": "NEWPORT",
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            "telephone_number": "423-623-2020",
            "fax_number": "423-623-3937"
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        "status": "A"
    },
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• Optometrist in Newport, TN
• Providers in Newport, TN by specialty
• Optometrist in Tennessee

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Mar 2, 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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