Kelly D Lao, OD
Optometry · San Jose
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- Clear
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- Plans that list them
- 6
- 3 carriers
- Office
- 1
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6 plans · 3 carriers
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6 of 6 plans
| Anthem Medicare Advantage (HMO-POS) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Central Health Classic Care Plan III (HMO) | Central Health Medicare Plan | Listed | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Central Health Dual Access Plan (HMO D-SNP) | Central Health Medicare Plan | Listed | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Central Health Embrace Choice Plan (HMO C-SNP) | Central Health Medicare Plan | Listed | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Central Health Valor Care Plan (HMO) | Central Health Medicare Plan | Listed | Aug 15, 2026 |
| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$39,466
Medicare paid this office $39,466 for 166 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 124 | $18,996 | $108 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 74 | $4,194 | $51 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 36 | $4,015 | $112 |
| Imaging of retina | 114 | $3,672 | $31 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 39 | $3,616 | $72 |
See all 8 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 124 | $18,996 | $108 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 74 | $4,194 | $51 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 36 | $4,015 | $112 |
| Imaging of retina | 114 | $3,672 | $31 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 39 | $3,616 | $72 |
| Photography of the retina | 68 | $2,186 | $32 |
| Exam of visual field with intermediate testing | 40 | $1,667 | $42 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 45 | $1,103 | $24 |
Who their Medicare patients are
166 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Under 65 8% · 85 and older 16% · Women 65% · Also on Medicaid 63% · Health risk score 1.10. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical optometry clinician is at 0.97.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 74% · Diabetes 31% · Coronary heart disease 26% · Chronic kidney disease 19% · Atrial fibrillation 16% · Depression 16% · Heart failure 14% · Cancer 13% · Dementia 10% · COPD 7%.
The office billed $71,135, Medicare allowed $57,321 and paid $39,466; for 623 services of 11 kinds.
Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.
Year by year
| 2024 | 166 | 623 | 75 | 1.10 | $71,135 | $39,466 |
| 2023 | 139 | 528 | 75 | 1.30 | $57,690 | $33,100 |
| 2022 | 143 | 524 | 76 | 1.17 | $57,520 | $31,935 |
| 2021 | 113 | 417 | 75 | 1.07 | $45,115 | $25,861 |
| 2020 | 81 | 318 | 73 | 1.22 | $33,210 | $19,644 |
| 2019 | 98 | 396 | 75 | 1.16 | $42,320 | $24,789 |
| 2018 | 95 | 303 | 73 | 1.07 | $33,155 | $18,496 |
| 2017 | 91 | 325 | 74 | 1.05 | $36,022 | $18,734 |
| 2016 | 90 | 299 | 74 | 0.93 | $33,932 | $18,337 |
| 2015 | 77 | 291 | 74 | 0.86 | $30,544 | $17,711 |
| 2014 | 73 | 274 | 73 | 0.78 | $29,105 | $16,365 |
| 2013 | 86 | 332 | 74 | 0.98 | $34,855 | $19,745 |
Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.
See the services billed each year
2023: 8 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 91 | $11,157 | $98 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 53 | $5,307 | $72 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 34 | $4,483 | $132 |
| Imaging of retina | 111 | $3,691 | $33 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 50 | $3,097 | $54 |
| Photography of the retina | 58 | $1,681 | $29 |
| Exam of visual field with intermediate testing | 32 | $1,322 | $40 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 27 | $849 | $30 |
2022: 8 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 89 | $10,983 | $96 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 46 | $5,566 | $121 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 42 | $4,082 | $70 |
| Imaging of retina | 112 | $3,759 | $33 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 46 | $2,724 | $53 |
| Photography of the retina | 55 | $1,716 | $31 |
| Exam of visual field with intermediate testing | 37 | $1,544 | $41 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 28 | $845 | $30 |
2021: 8 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 67 | $8,287 | $102 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 42 | $4,718 | $68 |
| Imaging of retina | 92 | $3,581 | $37 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 33 | $3,434 | $104 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 37 | $2,852 | $58 |
| Photography of the retina | 45 | $1,616 | $35 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 19 | $595 | $31 |
| Exam of visual field with intermediate testing | 12 | $541 | $39 |
2020: 9 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 46 | $4,835 | $66 |
| Imaging of retina | 65 | $2,576 | $36 |
| Established patient complete exam of visual system | 25 | $2,371 | $95 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 27 | $2,330 | $61 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 22 | $2,322 | $101 |
| Photography of the retina | 43 | $1,899 | $44 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 12 | $1,409 | $117 |
| New patient complete exam of visual system | 11 | $1,143 | $104 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 14 | $493 | $35 |
2019: 8 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 58 | $5,902 | $64 |
| Established patient complete exam of visual system | 56 | $5,558 | $96 |
| Imaging of retina | 83 | $3,240 | $36 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 21 | $2,999 | $88 |
| Photography of the retina | 52 | $2,548 | $47 |
| New patient complete exam of visual system | 21 | $2,156 | $103 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 19 | $1,595 | $59 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 11 | $347 | $32 |
2018: 8 services
| Established patient complete exam of visual system | 54 | $4,919 | $91 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 40 | $3,507 | $57 |
| Imaging of retina | 68 | $2,238 | $32 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 15 | $2,230 | $93 |
| New patient complete exam of visual system | 19 | $1,812 | $95 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 20 | $1,772 | $59 |
| Photography of the retina | 29 | $1,373 | $47 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 13 | $397 | $31 |
2017: 8 services
| Established patient complete exam of visual system | 65 | $4,693 | $72 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 44 | $3,929 | $60 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 22 | $2,976 | $88 |
| Photography of the retina | 37 | $2,392 | $61 |
| Imaging of retina | 67 | $2,082 | $31 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 16 | $1,196 | $54 |
| New patient complete exam of visual system | 11 | $822 | $75 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 13 | $396 | $30 |
2016: 8 services
| Established patient complete exam of visual system | 56 | $4,059 | $70 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 45 | $3,299 | $59 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 22 | $2,707 | $93 |
| Imaging of retina | 58 | $2,027 | $34 |
| Photography of the retina | 26 | $1,983 | $76 |
| New patient complete exam of visual system | 18 | $1,548 | $86 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 16 | $1,236 | $56 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 16 | $595 | $35 |
2015: 6 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 46 | $4,636 | $62 |
| Established patient complete exam of visual system | 51 | $3,740 | $73 |
| Photography of the retina | 34 | $2,554 | $75 |
| Imaging of retina | 45 | $1,723 | $37 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 19 | $1,443 | $53 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 20 | $683 | $34 |
2014: 7 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 44 | $4,422 | $61 |
| Established patient complete exam of visual system | 44 | $3,140 | $71 |
| Photography of the retina | 29 | $2,383 | $79 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 14 | $1,886 | $82 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 29 | $1,113 | $36 |
| Imaging of retina | 29 | $1,029 | $35 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 14 | $915 | $54 |
2013: 8 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 49 | $4,350 | $59 |
| Established patient complete exam of visual system | 52 | $4,184 | $79 |
| Photography of the retina | 37 | $2,823 | $71 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 15 | $2,186 | $95 |
| Exam of visual field with intermediate testing | 27 | $1,709 | $43 |
| Imaging of retina | 37 | $1,474 | $38 |
| New patient complete exam of visual system | 17 | $1,431 | $84 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 28 | $1,066 | $38 |
Medicaid work
$22,917 in 2024
Medicaid paid $22,917 for 4,108 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 123 people in a month for one service.
Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.
| OPH SVCS MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRE NEW PT 1/> VST | 590 | $5,574 |
| Frames, purchases | 913 | $4,411 |
| Fitting of monofocal spectacles | 658 | $3,335 |
| Computerized ophthalmic diagnostic imaging (eg, optical coherence tomography [OCT]), posterior segment, with interpretation and report, unilateral or bilateral; retina | 348 | $3,127 |
| OPH SVCS MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRE EST PT 1/>VST | 352 | $2,698 |
| DETERMINATION REFRACTIVE STATE | 917 | $1,704 |
| Fitting of bifocal spectacles | 184 | $1,317 |
| Visual field examination, unilateral or bilateral, with interpretation and report; extended examination (eg, Goldmann visual fields with at least 3 isopters plotted and static determination within the central 30°, or quantitative, automated threshold perimetry, Octopus program G-1, 32 or 42, Humphrey visual field analyzer full threshold programs 30-2, 24-2, or 30/60-2) | 78 | $339 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 38 | $236 |
| Computerized ophthalmic diagnostic imaging (eg, optical coherence tomography [OCT]), posterior segment, with interpretation and report, unilateral or bilateral; optic nerve | 30 | $177 |
| 2024 | 4,108 | 10 | 123 | $22,917 |
| 2023 | 3,411 | 9 | 93 | $16,242 |
| 2022 | 2,695 | 9 | 77 | $16,241 |
| 2021 | 2,129 | 8 | 55 | $11,662 |
| 2020 | 1,605 | 7 | 51 | $9,789 |
| 2019 | 533 | 7 | 35 | $2,256 |
| 2018 | 534 | 5 | 37 | $2,775 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| OPH SVCS MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRE NEW PT 1/> VST | 463 | $3,564 |
| Frames, purchases | 786 | $3,126 |
| OPH SVCS MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRE EST PT 1/>VST | 351 | $2,452 |
| Computerized ophthalmic diagnostic imaging (eg, optical coherence tomography [OCT]), posterior segment, with interpretation and report, unilateral or bilateral; retina | 308 | $2,367 |
| Fitting of monofocal spectacles | 521 | $2,269 |
| DETERMINATION REFRACTIVE STATE | 769 | $1,205 |
| Fitting of bifocal spectacles | 187 | $1,030 |
| Computerized ophthalmic diagnostic imaging (eg, optical coherence tomography [OCT]), posterior segment, with interpretation and report, unilateral or bilateral; optic nerve | 12 | $142 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 14 | $86 |
2022
| OPH SVCS MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRE NEW PT 1/> VST | 384 | $3,763 |
| Frames, purchases | 605 | $3,313 |
| Fitting of monofocal spectacles | 506 | $2,637 |
| Computerized ophthalmic diagnostic imaging (eg, optical coherence tomography [OCT]), posterior segment, with interpretation and report, unilateral or bilateral; retina | 257 | $2,385 |
| OPH SVCS MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRE EST PT 1/>VST | 225 | $2,130 |
| DETERMINATION REFRACTIVE STATE | 623 | $1,233 |
| Fitting of bifocal spectacles | 67 | $622 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 16 | $86 |
| Computerized ophthalmic diagnostic imaging (eg, optical coherence tomography [OCT]), posterior segment, with interpretation and report, unilateral or bilateral; optic nerve | 12 | $71 |
2021
| OPH SVCS MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRE NEW PT 1/> VST | 331 | $2,982 |
| Frames, purchases | 485 | $2,292 |
| Fitting of monofocal spectacles | 476 | $2,288 |
| Computerized ophthalmic diagnostic imaging (eg, optical coherence tomography [OCT]), posterior segment, with interpretation and report, unilateral or bilateral; retina | 204 | $1,890 |
| OPH SVCS MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRE EST PT 1/>VST | 107 | $959 |
| DETERMINATION REFRACTIVE STATE | 499 | $923 |
| Computerized ophthalmic diagnostic imaging (eg, optical coherence tomography [OCT]), posterior segment, with interpretation and report, unilateral or bilateral; optic nerve | 13 | $177 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 14 | $151 |
2020
| OPH SVCS MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRE NEW PT 1/> VST | 255 | $2,592 |
| Frames, purchases | 357 | $1,832 |
| Fitting of monofocal spectacles | 356 | $1,823 |
| Computerized ophthalmic diagnostic imaging (eg, optical coherence tomography [OCT]), posterior segment, with interpretation and report, unilateral or bilateral; retina | 118 | $1,417 |
| DETERMINATION REFRACTIVE STATE | 376 | $775 |
| OPH SVCS MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRE EST PT 1/>VST | 81 | $746 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 62 | $605 |
2019
| OPH SVCS MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRE NEW PT 1/> VST | 133 | $1,030 |
| DETERMINATION REFRACTIVE STATE | 247 | $397 |
| OPH SVCS MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRE EST PT 1/>VST | 44 | $355 |
| Computerized ophthalmic diagnostic imaging (eg, optical coherence tomography [OCT]), posterior segment, with interpretation and report, unilateral or bilateral; retina | 33 | $212 |
| Fitting of monofocal spectacles | 30 | $97 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 13 | $89 |
| Frames, purchases | 33 | $77 |
2018
| OPH SVCS MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRE NEW PT 1/> VST | 169 | $1,685 |
| DETERMINATION REFRACTIVE STATE | 284 | $559 |
| Computerized ophthalmic diagnostic imaging (eg, optical coherence tomography [OCT]), posterior segment, with interpretation and report, unilateral or bilateral; retina | 30 | $319 |
| Fitting of monofocal spectacles | 26 | $116 |
| Frames, purchases | 25 | $96 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$65,731
Pharmacies billed $65,731 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 209) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical optometry clinician is at 0%.
85 generic and 124 brand-name prescriptions · $65,731 in drug cost.
Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.
| Restasis | 15 | $23,215 | $1,548 |
| Cyclosporine | 31 | $18,261 | $589 |
| Lumigan | 44 | $18,157 | $413 |
| Latanoprost | 48 | $474 | $10 |
| Timolol Maleate | 26 | $355 | $14 |
See all 6 drugs
| Restasis | 15 | $23,215 | $1,548 |
| Cyclosporine | 31 | $18,261 | $589 |
| Lumigan | 44 | $18,157 | $413 |
| Latanoprost | 48 | $474 | $10 |
| Timolol Maleate | 26 | $355 | $14 |
| Dorzolamide-Timolol | 12 | $185 | $15 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 209 | 54 | 0% (0) | 59% | $65,731 |
| 2023 | 229 | 52 | 0% (0) | 68% | $99,931 |
| 2022 | 208 | 43 | 0% (0) | 70% | $87,151 |
| 2021 | 147 | 31 | 0% (0) | 57% | $61,997 |
| 2020 | 159 | 37 | 0% (0) | 60% | $67,310 |
| 2019 | 155 | 40 | 0% (0) | 62% | $62,745 |
| 2018 | 191 | 35 | 0% (0) | 61% | $52,556 |
| 2017 | 191 | 33 | 0% (0) | 58% | $52,429 |
| 2016 | 152 | 36 | 0% (0) | 57% | $36,293 |
| 2015 | 111 | 25 | 0% (0) | 65% | $25,149 |
| 2014 | 79 | 23 | 0% (0) | 67% | $17,971 |
| 2013 | 101 | 28 | 0% (0) | 88% | $31,844 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 7 drugs
| Restasis | 42 | $65,663 | $1,563 |
| Lumigan | 54 | $17,413 | $322 |
| Cyclosporine | 16 | $10,710 | $669 |
| Tobramycin-Dexamethasone | 15 | $1,230 | $82 |
| Latanoprost | 33 | $320 | $10 |
| Timolol Maleate | 21 | $247 | $12 |
| Dorzolamide-Timolol | 15 | $158 | $11 |
2022: 6 drugs
| Restasis | 50 | $58,957 | $1,179 |
| Lumigan | 61 | $19,740 | $324 |
| Bepotastine Besilate | 11 | $2,038 | $185 |
| Tobramycin-Dexamethasone | 11 | $936 | $85 |
| Latanoprost | 14 | $128 | $9 |
| Timolol Maleate | 13 | $120 | $9 |
2021: 4 drugs
| Restasis | 39 | $47,037 | $1,206 |
| Lumigan | 22 | $8,504 | $387 |
| Olopatadine | 27 | $2,296 | $85 |
| Latanoprost | 15 | $293 | $20 |
2020: 6 drugs
| Restasis | 32 | $49,659 | $1,552 |
| Lumigan | 17 | $6,941 | $408 |
| Olopatadine | 33 | $1,566 | $47 |
| Timolol Maleate | 19 | $1,532 | $81 |
| Tobramycin-Dexamethasone | 11 | $1,245 | $113 |
| Latanoprost | 24 | $628 | $26 |
2019: 3 drugs
| Restasis | 31 | $49,395 | $1,593 |
| Olopatadine | 34 | $3,465 | $102 |
| Latanoprost | 41 | $884 | $22 |
2018: 5 drugs
| Restasis | 31 | $35,433 | $1,143 |
| Olopatadine | 55 | $5,021 | $91 |
| Lumigan | 11 | $4,503 | $409 |
| Latanoprost | 38 | $680 | $18 |
| Timolol Maleate | 15 | $102 | $7 |
2017: 5 drugs
| Restasis | 49 | $38,864 | $793 |
| Pataday | 16 | $2,831 | $177 |
| Olopatadine | 22 | $2,216 | $101 |
| Latanoprost | 42 | $641 | $15 |
| Timolol Maleate | 24 | $132 | $5 |
2016: 5 drugs
| Restasis | 40 | $27,004 | $675 |
| Pataday | 19 | $3,527 | $186 |
| Tobramycin-Dexamethasone | 13 | $1,010 | $78 |
| Latanoprost | 37 | $490 | $13 |
| Timolol Maleate | 14 | $87 | $6 |
2015: 3 drugs
| Restasis | 33 | $17,462 | $529 |
| Pataday | 11 | $2,012 | $183 |
| Latanoprost | 33 | $314 | $10 |
2014: 2 drugs
| Restasis | 29 | $13,337 | $460 |
| Latanoprost | 28 | $418 | $15 |
2013: 3 drugs
| Restasis | 55 | $25,372 | $461 |
| Travatan Z | 13 | $2,804 | $216 |
| Latanoprost | 11 | $158 | $14 |
Money from drug and device companies
$34 in 2022
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | None | $34 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | None | $17 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Oyster Point Pharma | Tyrvaya | $22 | 1 payment
|
| CooperVision | Myday Contact Lens | $12 | 1 payment
|
See all 2 published payments
| CooperVision | Meals · 2022-04-22 | Myday Contact Lens | $12 |
| Oyster Point Pharma | Meals · 2022-01-26 | Tyrvaya | $22 |
See earlier years (2020)
2020: $17
| Carl Zeiss Meditec | None Specified | $17 | 1 payment
|
Professional record
- NPI
- 1043406697
- Licence
- CA 10646T
- Trained
- Southern California College of Optometry, 1995
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 152W00000X (152W00000X)
- Mailing address
- 240 Meridian Ave Ste 1, San Jose, CA, 95126
- NPI first listed
- 2007-09-18
- NPI last updated
- 2007-09-18
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.