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Rita Fong, OD

Optometrist · Sunnyvale

NPI 1912072042

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Offices

1 location

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Original Medicare doctor bills

$19,091

Medicare paid this office $19,091 for 194 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

Largest Original Medicare bills
Return visit (30+ min)79$5,729$73
Established patient complete exam of visual system66$5,501$83
Exam of visual field with extended testing39$2,113$52
Imaging of optic nerve63$1,700$27
New patient complete exam of visual system16$1,699$106
See all 7 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Return visit (30+ min)79$5,729$73
Established patient complete exam of visual system66$5,501$83
Exam of visual field with extended testing39$2,113$52
Imaging of optic nerve63$1,700$27
New patient complete exam of visual system16$1,699$106
Short return visit (20+ min)15$786$52
Photography of the retina16$527$33

Who their Medicare patients are

194 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 77 · Women 69% · Also on Medicaid 8% · Health risk score 0.77. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical optometry clinician is at 0.97.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 64% · Diabetes 46% · Chronic kidney disease 21% · Coronary heart disease 15% · Cancer 15% · Atrial fibrillation 13% · Depression 12% · Heart failure 6%.

The office billed $109,022, Medicare allowed $36,001 and paid $19,091; for 313 services of 14 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

Original Medicare by year
2024194313770.77$109,022$19,091
2023396674760.84$228,778$50,552
2022437787770.83$255,738$58,098
2021474801760.86$255,864$59,583
2020442714750.99$213,167$47,556
20196091,080751.01$334,591$77,104
20186071,056750.98$321,699$74,599
20175981,035760.96$309,789$72,387
2016581888750.93$284,266$68,561
2015542859750.97$288,907$72,977
2014572870740.95$286,419$67,166
2013521713741.02$247,957$58,982

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

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Established patient complete exam of visual system154$15,300$99
Return visit (30+ min)135$14,639$107
New patient complete exam of visual system55$5,906$107
Imaging of optic nerve143$4,625$32
Exam of visual field with extended testing76$4,357$53
Short return visit (20+ min)30$2,383$74
Photography of the retina29$1,014$35
Imaging of retina11$413$38

2022: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Return visit (30+ min)182$17,442$95
Established patient complete exam of visual system137$14,021$102
New patient complete exam of visual system61$6,930$114
Exam of visual field with extended testing103$6,693$57
Imaging of optic nerve151$4,707$31
Short return visit (20+ min)43$3,803$79
Photography of the retina37$1,332$36
New patient visit (30+ min)16$1,056$66

2021: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Return visit (30+ min)206$20,512$100
Established patient complete exam of visual system147$14,223$97
Exam of visual field with extended testing84$6,225$62
New patient complete exam of visual system53$5,516$104
Imaging of optic nerve169$5,497$32
Short return visit (20+ min)42$2,934$64
New patient visit (30+ min)22$2,084$95
Photography of the retina21$816$39

2020: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Return visit (30+ min)221$17,463$78
Established patient complete exam of visual system101$9,879$98
New patient complete exam of visual system44$4,744$108
Exam of visual field with extended testing72$4,464$54
Imaging of optic nerve133$4,136$31
Short return visit (20+ min)34$2,337$60
Photography of the retina40$1,613$40
New patient visit (30+ min)13$990$76

2019: 10 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Return visit (30+ min)291$24,391$84
Established patient complete exam of visual system104$10,624$102
Exam of visual field with extended testing120$8,203$57
New patient visit (45+ min)68$8,133$120
New patient complete exam of visual system53$6,957$131
Imaging of optic nerve194$6,487$33
Short return visit (20+ min)67$5,201$63
Photography of the retina57$2,811$49
New patient visit (30+ min)19$1,837$97
Ultrasound scan of cornea to determine thickness18$215$12

2018: 10 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Return visit (30+ min)308$25,795$83
New patient visit (45+ min)80$10,213$128
Established patient complete exam of visual system95$8,467$89
Exam of visual field with extended testing118$8,209$57
Imaging of optic nerve185$6,301$34
New patient complete exam of visual system39$4,731$121
Short return visit (20+ min)56$3,198$53
Photography of the retina55$3,114$57
New patient visit (30+ min)26$2,337$90
Ultrasound scan of cornea to determine thickness24$341$14

2017: 10 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Return visit (30+ min)296$23,194$77
Established patient complete exam of visual system121$11,038$91
New patient visit (45+ min)66$8,860$134
Exam of visual field with extended testing105$8,022$60
Imaging of optic nerve172$5,574$32
New patient complete exam of visual system41$4,432$108
Short return visit (20+ min)67$4,322$60
Photography of the retina48$2,952$62
New patient visit (30+ min)24$2,214$92
Ultrasound scan of cornea to determine thickness29$381$13

2016: 9 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Established patient complete exam of visual system259$23,683$91
New patient complete exam of visual system103$12,632$123
Return visit (30+ min)95$8,709$91
Short return visit (20+ min)86$5,523$59
Exam of visual field with extended testing72$4,657$54
Imaging of optic nerve99$4,015$41
Photography of the retina51$3,860$76
New patient visit (30+ min)36$2,731$76
Ultrasound scan of cornea to determine thickness19$255$13

2015: 10 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Established patient complete exam of visual system318$33,436$105
New patient complete exam of visual system123$16,576$135
Exam of visual field with extended testing72$4,706$57
Imaging of optic nerve98$4,384$44
Short return visit (20+ min)64$3,947$62
Photography of the retina48$3,899$81
New patient visit (30+ min)20$1,904$95
Return visit (30+ min)14$1,340$96
Ultrasound scan of cornea to determine thickness44$639$15
Short return visit11$573$44

2014: 11 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Established patient complete exam of visual system286$27,784$97
New patient complete exam of visual system130$14,887$115
Short return visit (20+ min)99$6,303$62
Exam of visual field with extended testing77$4,926$58
Imaging of optic nerve90$3,847$43
Photography of the retina30$2,388$80
New patient visit (30+ min)26$2,298$88
Return visit (30+ min)27$1,954$72
Ultrasound scan of cornea to determine thickness45$616$14
Short return visit15$581$39
Imaging of retina11$465$42

2013: 9 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Established patient complete exam of visual system251$24,521$98
New patient complete exam of visual system130$15,186$117
Short return visit (20+ min)90$5,763$60
Imaging of optic nerve65$2,803$43
Return visit (30+ min)29$2,625$91
Exam of visual field with extended testing36$2,563$63
New patient visit (30+ min)28$2,108$75
Photography of the retina26$1,870$72
Ultrasound scan of cornea to determine thickness14$187$13

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$44,896

Pharmacies billed $44,896 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 67) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical optometry clinician is at 0%.

20 generic and 47 brand-name prescriptions · $44,896 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.

Largest Part D drug costs
Restasis22$28,121$1,278
Azelastine15$505$34

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
202467230% (0)70%$44,896
202399390% (0)39%$54,430
2022114490% (0)32%$51,265
2021163560% (0)25%$45,119
2020171760% (0)30%$60,002
2019155830% (0)23%$29,074
2018160740% (0)29%$21,280
2017124630% (0)35%$27,016
2016178940% (0)38%$22,503
2015125620% (0)53%$16,473
2014177850% (0)49%$16,351
2013146800% (0)44%$13,456

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Restasis20$26,323$1,316
Azelastine32$787$25
Erythromycin18$203$11

2022: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Restasis16$23,765$1,485
Azelastine38$1,439$38
Erythromycin24$243$10

2021: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Restasis18$31,470$1,748
Azelastine45$1,450$32
Olopatadine19$639$34
Erythromycin47$546$12
Latanoprost11$259$24

2020: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Restasis31$50,445$1,627
Azelastine35$1,162$33
Erythromycin59$712$12
Olopatadine22$588$27

2019: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Restasis20$22,293$1,115
Olopatadine20$1,308$65
Azelastine29$1,184$41
Erythromycin59$764$13

2018: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Restasis22$15,646$711
Azelastine38$1,691$44
Olopatadine26$1,542$59
Erythromycin56$637$11

2017: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Restasis28$22,339$798
Azelastine40$1,625$41
Erythromycin31$324$10

2016: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Restasis22$13,494$613
Pataday20$3,460$173
Azelastine38$1,758$46
Olopatadine12$1,001$83
Erythromycin62$706$11

2015: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Restasis16$7,962$498
Pataday23$3,579$156
Patanol11$2,618$238
Azelastine17$851$50
Erythromycin40$547$14

2014: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Patanol31$5,047$163
Restasis13$4,344$334
Pataday24$3,354$140
Azelastine29$1,691$58
Erythromycin61$866$14

2013: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Restasis18$5,391$300
Patanol17$2,604$153
Pataday14$1,764$126
Azelastine16$1,029$64
Erythromycin54$856$16

Money from drug and device companies

$259 in 2024

Industry payments by year
202422None$259
202311None$124
202011None$19

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
Bausch & Lomb AmericasMiebo$134
1 payment
  • Meals for Miebo · 2024-07-02 · $134
Tarsus PharmaceuticalsXdemvy$124
1 payment
  • Meals for Xdemvy · 2024-03-12 · $124
See all 2 published payments
Every published payment
Bausch & Lomb AmericasMeals · 2024-07-02Miebo$134
Tarsus PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2024-03-12Xdemvy$124
See earlier years (2023, 2020)

2023: $124

Payments by company in 2023
Bausch & Lomb AmericasMiebo$124
1 payment
  • Meals for Miebo · 2023-10-05 · $124

2020: $19

Payments by company in 2020
Carl Zeiss Meditec AGNone Specified$19
1 payment
  • Gift for None Specified · 2020-06-09 · $19

Professional record

NPI
1912072042
Licence
CA OPT8271
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 152W00000X (152W00000X)
Mailing address
2350 W. El Camino Real, 2nd Floor, Mountain View, CA, 94040
NPI first listed
2006-11-22
NPI last updated
2012-07-17

This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.