Dr. Joseph Keith Young , OD
Optometrist • Sandy Hook, CT
10 Fawnwood Rd
Sandy Hook, CT 064821400
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NPI assigned on December 28, 2006; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 69 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 92014 — Established patient complete exam of visual system: 33 service units.
- 92004 — New patient complete exam of visual system: 12 service units.
- 92012 — Established patient problem focused exam of visual system: 12 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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See all 4 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Published CMS data list 26 Medicare Part D prescriptions, including refills, in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part D records, 2024:
- Latanoprost — 14 prescription fills, including refills.
- Prednisolone Acetate — 12 prescription fills, including refills.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024. Drug names come from pharmacy claims. Listing a drug here is not an endorsement or a recommendation.
See the full table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 75% of clinicians listed under Optometrist in Connecticut (2024, 391 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 174. Middle half: 70 to 383.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 161 in 2020 to 69 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
10 Fawnwood Rd
Sandy Hook, CT 064821400
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
1999
What Public CMS Data Show
Optometrist: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
85 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $8,475 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $6,156 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
30-day fills
50 standardized 30-day fills in 2024
CMS converts prescriptions to 30-day supplies so they can be compared. A 90-day prescription counts as about three 30-day fills.
What this does not show: 30-day fills
It is not a count of patients and not a measure of quality.
Part D drug cost
$617 in 2024
The total cost of these prescriptions in 2024, paid by Medicare drug plans, patients and other payers together.
It shows the total spending on drugs this clinician prescribed, not what any one patient paid.
What this does not show: Part D drug cost
A higher cost often reflects the type of medicines a specialty uses. It is not your out-of-pocket cost and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
Fewer than 11 payment records totaling $45.00 in 2023
Drug and medical device companies must report certain payments to doctors and some other clinicians to CMS, such as meals, travel, speaking fees or research funding.
It shows reported financial ties between this clinician and companies. You can ask your clinician about them.
These records are submitted by drug and medical device companies, and a reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper.
General: payments not tied to research, such as meals, travel, consulting or speaking fees.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper. Research payments can go to a hospital or university for a study the clinician leads, not to the clinician personally. Clinicians can dispute records with the company that reported them.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2023.
Years since graduation
27 years (graduated 1999)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 1999 as the year this clinician finished professional school.
It tells you roughly how long ago the clinician finished school.
What this does not show: Years since graduation
It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.
NPI first issued
2006
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Accepts Medicare assignment
CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
With Original Medicare, you usually pay only your deductible and coinsurance, and the office sends the claim to Medicare for you.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Dr. Young has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Can order Medicare-covered services
CMS lists Dr. Young as eligible to order or refer Medicare Part B clinical laboratory and imaging services, durable medical equipment (DME) and home health services for people with Medicare.
Medicare pays for these items and services only when they are ordered by an eligible clinician.
What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services
It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Sandy Hook and Connecticut
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 75% of clinicians listed under Optometrist in Connecticut (2024, 391 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 174. Middle half: 70 to 383.
Too few clinicians listed under Optometrist in Sandy Hook have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 70% of clinicians listed under Optometrist in Connecticut (2024, 391 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $16,868. Middle half: $7,799 to $33,358.
Too few clinicians listed under Optometrist in Sandy Hook have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Optometrist in Connecticut (2024, 391 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $11,001. Middle half: $5,047 to $22,194.
Too few clinicians listed under Optometrist in Sandy Hook have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Medicare Part D prescriptions
Fewer Part D prescriptions than 85% of clinicians listed under Optometrist in Connecticut (2024, 361 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 106. Middle half: 41 to 269.
Too few clinicians listed under Optometrist in Sandy Hook have Medicare Part D data for 2024 to compare.
Part D drug cost
A lower Part D drug cost than 80% of clinicians listed under Optometrist in Connecticut (2024, 361 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $19,400. Middle half: $1,518 to $67,610.
Too few clinicians listed under Optometrist in Sandy Hook have Medicare Part D data for 2024 to compare.
1 active clinicians are listed under Optometrist with a practice address in Sandy Hook, CT (679 in Connecticut).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
Medicare Part B services decreased 57% from 161 in 2020 to 69 in 2024.
- 2020: 161
- 2021: 153
- 2022: 195
- 2023: 15
- 2024: 69
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 54% from $18,358 in 2020 to $8,475 in 2024.
- 2020: $18,358
- 2021: $18,535
- 2022: $20,656
- 2023: $1,441
- 2024: $8,475
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 47% from $11,712 in 2020 to $6,156 in 2024.
- 2020: $11,712
- 2021: $12,626
- 2022: $14,877
- 2023: $526
- 2024: $6,156
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
Medicare Part D prescriptions decreased 81% from 137 in 2020 to 26 in 2024.
- 2020: 137
- 2021: 153
- 2022: 166
- 2023: 24
- 2024: 26
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30-day fills
30-day fills decreased 75% from 202 in 2020 to 50 in 2024.
- 2020: 202
- 2021: 208
- 2022: 225
- 2023: 42
- 2024: 50
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Part D drug cost
Part D drug cost decreased 94% from $11,129 in 2020 to $617 in 2024.
- 2020: $11,129
- 2021: $8,227
- 2022: $8,343
- 2023: $386
- 2024: $617
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $308.09 in 2019 to $45.00 in 2023.
- 2019: $308.09
- 2022: $62.97
- 2023: $45.00
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2023), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures
Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments
Program year 2023 (payments made January 1 – December 31, 2023): fewer than 11 records totaling $45.00.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Sanofi and Genzyme US Companies |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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— | General | $45.00 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2023, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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92014
Established patient complete exam of visual system
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33 | 33 | $320.61 | $131.73 |
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92004
New patient complete exam of visual system
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12 | 12 | $367.08 | $155.67 |
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92012
Established patient problem focused exam of visual system
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12 | 12 | $201.00 | $93.45 |
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99213
Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more
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12 | 12 | $169.17 | $94.87 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Profile & Medications
Medicare Part D prescriptions filled, including refills, in 2024.
| Brand Name | Generic Name | Prescriptions | Day Supply | Total Cost | Patients |
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| Latanoprost | Latanoprost | 14 | 1,034 | $170.16 | — |
| Prednisolone Acetate | Prednisolone Acetate | 12 | 406 | $447.15 | 12 |
Source: CMS Part D by Provider and Drug, 2024; rows below 11 claims omitted by CMS; volume isn’t quality. Privacy limits
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2023-03-10NUCC Taxonomy Code: 152W00000X
Doctors of optometry (ODs) are the primary health care professionals for the eye. Optometrists examine, diagnose, treat, and manage diseases, injuries, and disorders of the visual system, the eye, and associated structures as well as identify related systemic conditions affecting the eye. An optometrist has completed pre-professional undergraduate education in a college or university and four years of professional education at a college of optometry, leading to the doctor of optometry (O.D.) degree. Some optometrists complete an optional residency in a specific area of practice. Optometrists are eye health care professionals state-licensed to diagnose and treat diseases and disorders of the eye and visual system.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 152WC0802X
The professional activities performed by an Optometrist related to the fitting of contact lenses to an eye, ongoing evaluation of the cornea's ability to sustain successful contact lens wear, and treatment of any external eye or corneal condition which can affect contact lens wear.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 152WP0200X
Optometrists who work in Pediatrics are concerned with the prevention, development, diagnosis, and treatment of visual problems in children.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 152WS0006X
An optometrist who offers services designed to care for unique vision care needs of athletes, which may include one of more of the following services: corrective vision care unique to a specific sporting environment; protective eyewear for the prevention of sports-related injuries; vision enhancement - which may include vision therapy and techniques to improve visual skills specific to the athlete's sport.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 152WX0102X
Optometrists who work in Occupational Vision, the branch of environmental optometry, consider all aspects of the relationship between work and vision, visual performances, eye safety, and health.
Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - OPTOMETRY
I20110509000172
CT
0648455634
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 10 FAWNWOOD RD, SANDY HOOK, CT 064821400 (Tel: 2033641964)
Optometrist (license number reported to NPPES: CT 002528)
Registered at 10 FAWNWOOD RD, SANDY HOOK, CT 064821400 (Tel: 2037337877)
Optometrist (license number reported to NPPES: CT 002528)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 25 CHURCH HILL RD, NEWTOWN, CT 064701639 (Tel: 2034265586)
Registered at 25 CHURCH HILL RD, NEWTOWN, CT 064701639 (Tel: 2034265586)
Recorded as JOSEPH YOUNG, O.D.
Optometrist (license number reported to NPPES: CT 002528)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Mailing Address
10 Fawnwood Rd
Sandy Hook, CT 064821400
Phone: 2033641964