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Derek R Heimlich

Optometrist โ€ข Blue Ash, OH

Active NPI 1699393090 Individual Practitioner Male Practitioner Accepts Medicare assignment
Practice location in NPPES

1945 Cei Dr
Blue Ash, OH 452425664

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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location

Practice Address

1945 Cei Dr

Blue Ash, OH 452425664

Telephone 5139845133
Organization at the Same NPPES Address or Phone
Cei Physicians Psc Llc Facility NPI 1790772804

Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.

Other Listings in Public Data

CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: Cei Physicians Psc, Llc. See the list

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, release date unavailable.

Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.

Medicare Profile & Education

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File

Medical School

Ohio State University - College Of Optometry

Graduation Year

2020

Medicare patients

747 people with Original Medicare in 2024

Different Original Medicare patients in 2024; counts below 11 are hidden; this does not show availability or quality.

Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ€“ by Provider, 2024.

Medicare-allowed amount

About $150,304 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.

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 โ€“ by Provider and Service, 2024.

Paid by Medicare

About $98,643 in 2024

The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.

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 โ€“ by Provider and Service, 2024.

30-day fills

7,249 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

$329,488 in 2024

The total cost of these prescriptions in 2024, paid by Medicare drug plans, patients and other payers together.

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 โ€“ by Provider and Drug, 2024.

Open Payments general payments, program year 2025

All general payments: $1,128.83 across 39 records.

By nature of payment

  • Food and Beverage: $1,128.83 across 39 records.

Reporting-company totals (3 largest of 12)

  • Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: $268.03 across 6 records.
  • Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: $267.27 across 9 records.
  • Alcon Vision LLC: $233.32 across 7 records.

A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper and is not a measure of care quality. Clinicians can review and dispute these records.

See the full table

Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2025 (published June 30, 2026).

Guide: How to read an Open Payments record

Years since graduation

6 years (graduated 2020)

CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2020 as the year this clinician finished professional 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

2020

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.

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, โ€œDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?โ€

Guide: What Medicare assignment means

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.

Guide: How Medicare covers telehealth

Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)

Derek Heimlich 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.

Guide: What Medicare enrollment (PECOS) means

Can order Medicare-covered services

CMS lists Derek Heimlich 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.

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.

Guide: What ordering and referring status means

Compared with the same specialty in Blue Ash and Ohio

Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.

Medicare Part B services

More Medicare Part B services than 90% of clinicians listed under Optometrist in Blue Ash, OH (2024, 19 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 930. Middle half: 272 to 1,257.

More Medicare Part B services than 90% of clinicians listed under Optometrist in Ohio (2024, 1,244 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 212. Middle half: 82 to 595.

Medicare-allowed amount

A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 90% of clinicians listed under Optometrist in Blue Ash, OH (2024, 19 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $76,391. Middle half: $23,218 to $100,227.

A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 95% of clinicians listed under Optometrist in Ohio (2024, 1,244 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $18,179. Middle half: $7,513 to $39,530.

Paid by Medicare

A higher Medicare payment amount than 90% of clinicians listed under Optometrist in Blue Ash, OH (2024, 19 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $45,361. Middle half: $16,065 to $68,162.

A higher Medicare payment amount than 95% of clinicians listed under Optometrist in Ohio (2024, 1,244 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $11,617. Middle half: $4,766 to $25,343.

Medicare Part D prescriptions

More Part D prescriptions than 90% of clinicians listed under Optometrist in Blue Ash, OH (2024, 18 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 492. Middle half: 189 to 1,797.

More Part D prescriptions than 95% of clinicians listed under Optometrist in Ohio (2024, 1,102 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 97. Middle half: 38 to 270.

Part D drug cost

A higher Part D drug cost than 90% of clinicians listed under Optometrist in Blue Ash, OH (2024, 18 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $38,538. Middle half: $2,248 to $154,198.

A higher Part D drug cost than 95% of clinicians listed under Optometrist in Ohio (2024, 1,102 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $2,658. Middle half: $467 to $24,845.

31 active clinicians are listed under Optometrist with a practice address in Blue Ash, OH (2,447 in Ohio).

Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.

Telehealth indicator in Blue Ash

0% of these 31 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.

71% of these 31 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.

Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), 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

Open Payments ยท Program Year 2025
Disclosure Year:

Program year 2025 (payments made January 1 โ€“ December 31, 2025): 39 records totaling $1,128.83.

Manufacturer Payment Nature Product Type Amount ($)
Alcon Vision LLC
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
TRYPTYR General $123.97
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
XDEMVY General $97.16
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
XDEMVY General $87.88
ABBVIE INC.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
XEN GLAUCOMA TREATMENT SYSTEM General $34.81
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Syfovre General $32.70
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Syfovre General $31.92
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Syfovre General $31.01
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Syfovre General $30.83
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Syfovre General $30.77
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Syfovre General $30.50
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Syfovre General $27.61
Alcon Vision LLC
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Clareon General $26.36
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Syfovre General $26.30
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Syfovre General $25.63
Alcon Vision LLC
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
EYSUVIS General $24.57
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
VYZULTA General $24.49
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
MIEBO General $24.23
Genentech, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Vabysmo General $23.42
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
XDEMVY General $23.00
Harrow Eye, LLC
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
VEVYE General $22.30
Astellas Pharma US Inc
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Izervay General $22.19
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
XDEMVY General $22.14
Alcon Vision LLC
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
EYSUVIS General $21.96
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
XDEMVY General $21.90
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
VYZULTA General $21.34

(top 25 shown)

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.

Performed Procedures & Service Volume

Services billed to Original Medicare Part B in 2024.

CMS Part B ยท Data Year 2024
Reporting Year:

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HCPCS Code Services Patients Submitted Charge Medicare Allowed
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more
684 419 $356.00 $86.69
92014 Established patient complete exam of visual system
368 363 $487.00 $118.93
92133 Imaging of optic nerve
226 224 $143.62 $33.72
92083 Exam of visual field with extended testing
192 186 $241.00 $58.79
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more
110 104 $506.00 $121.88
92020 Exam of the internal drainage system of eye
87 72 $108.00 $25.46
92134 Imaging of retina
59 57 $158.00 $37.97
92004 New patient complete exam of visual system
43 43 $580.00 $140.95
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more
18 18 $658.00 $160.21
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more
15 15 $439.00 $101.78

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.

CMS Part D ยท Data Year 2024
Prescription Year:
Brand Name Generic Name Prescriptions Day Supply Total Cost Patients
Latanoprost Latanoprost 1,302 74,417 $10,422.77 371
Brimonidine Tartrate Brimonidine Tartrate 766 35,875 $9,776.29 200
Dorzolamide-Timolol Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat 619 39,655 $7,057.34 182
Timolol Maleate Timolol Maleate 295 15,669 $2,005.29 93
Dorzolamide Hcl Dorzolamide Hcl 200 12,597 $2,871.93 67
Prednisolone Acetate Prednisolone Acetate 87 3,085 $2,718.58 51
Lumigan Bimatoprost 74 4,200 $37,698.90 26
Brimonidine Tartrate-Timolol Brimonidine Tartrate/Timolol 74 3,884 $11,732.96 21
Restasis Cyclosporine 68 3,225 $66,063.65 26
Erythromycin Erythromycin Base 65 748 $751.15 48
Rocklatan Netarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost 55 2,884 $35,922.91 21
Doxycycline Hyclate Doxycycline Hyclate 53 1,567 $1,100.64 38
Alphagan P Brimonidine Tartrate 40 1,203 $9,306.36 โ€”
Xdemvy Lotilaner 36 1,616 $68,358.58 36
Dorzolamide-Timolol Dorzolamide/Timolol/Pf 34 1,455 $4,205.90 โ€”
Moxifloxacin Moxifloxacin Hcl 29 476 $900.68 23
Rhopressa Netarsudil Mesylate 29 1,878 $22,235.70 11
Simbrinza Brinzolamide/Brimonidine Tart 25 1,129 $5,146.04 โ€”
Xiidra Lifitegrast 19 855 $19,442.38 โ€”
Travoprost Travoprost 18 1,059 $2,017.25 โ€”
Tafluprost Tafluprost/Pf 18 510 $2,855.85 โ€”
Combigan Brimonidine Tartrate/Timolol 14 400 $2,995.33 โ€”
Valacyclovir Valacyclovir Hcl 13 152 $328.78 โ€”
Brinzolamide Brinzolamide 13 920 $2,106.29 โ€”
Loteprednol Etabonate Loteprednol Etabonate 12 327 $1,466.92 โ€”

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: 2021-04-19
Optometrist Primary Specialty

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 152W00000X

License # reported to NPPES OH OPT.006876

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.

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Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility

Source: CMS PECOS
Medicare FFS Enrollment Status Medicare Enrollment on File
CMS Provider Specialty

PRACTITIONER - OPTOMETRY

Medicare Enrollment ID

I20210709002910

Enrollment State Jurisdiction

KY

PECOS Control ID

7315362209

Medicare Order & Referring Eligibility
Clinical Lab & Imaging (Part B) Eligible
Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Eligible
Home Health Agency (HHA) Eligible
Power Mobility Devices (PMD) Not Eligible

Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.

Medicare Group Practice Enrollments

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File

Cei Physicians Psc, Llc

580 S Loop Rd, Edgewood, KY 410173415

Phone: 51398451333741

Cei Physicians Psc, Llc

1945 Cei Dr, Blue Ash, OH 452425664

Phone: 51398451333741

Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone

Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.

40 listed
NPI 1811635329

Doctor of Optometry

NPI 1841649357

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Dr. Fred Chu , MD

Ophthalmology

NPI 1932420478

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Caroline Fleischer

Nurse Practitioner - Family

NPI 1285339853
NPI 1932804101

Doctor of Optometry

NPI 1003078726

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Career & Practice History Timeline

Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status

8 Historical Events
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Updated Business Mailing Address April 19, 2021

Registered at 4445 LAKE FOREST DR, STE 600, BLUE ASH, OH 452423744 (Tel: 5135693741)

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Updated Practice Location September 01, 2020

Registered at 1945 CEI DR, BLUE ASH, OH 452425664 (Tel: 5139845133)

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NPI Profile Active July 12, 2020

NPI status registered as active in NPPES database

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Practice Location (Initial Record) July 12, 2020

Registered at 260 LUDLOW AVE APT 2E, CINCINNATI, OH 452202100 (Tel: 4199895171)

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Business Mailing Address (Initial Record) July 12, 2020

Registered at 444 E COLUMBUS ST, COLUMBUS, OH 432062314 (Tel: 4199895171)

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Provider Name / Credentials (Initial Record) July 12, 2020

Recorded as DEREK HEIMLICH

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Medical Taxonomy / Specialty Registered (Primary Specialty) July 12, 2020

Optometrist (license number reported to NPPES: OH OPT.006876)

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Initial NPI Registration & Enumeration July 12, 2020

First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.

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NPI Administrative Meta

NPI Number: 1699393090
Entity Type:
Individual Provider Physician, Nurse Practitioner, or Solo Healthcare Professional (Type 1 NPI)
Enumeration Date: July 12, 2020
Last Update: April 19, 2021
Sole Proprietor: Yes

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Mailing Address

4445 Lake Forest Dr, Ste 600

Blue Ash, OH 452423744

Phone: 5135693741

About This Data NPPES fields (address, phone, specialty, license) are self-reported and may be outdated; Medicare fields follow the CMS dataset named in each section. Correct directly at NPPES.