Dr. Lauren Rinando Nelson , OD
Optometrist • Spring, TX
6603 Fm 2920 Rd
Spring, TX 773792636
This profile restates public CMS/NPPES data; T-MedInfo gives no medical advice — consult a licensed professional, and call 911 for emergencies.
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NPI assigned on July 12, 2011; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 13 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:
- Restasis (Cyclosporine) — 13 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 Part D prescriptions than 90% of clinicians listed under Optometrist in Spring, TX (2024, 26 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 63. Middle half: 24 to 224.
Fewer Part D prescriptions than 90% of clinicians listed under Optometrist in Texas (2024, 1,883 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 77. Middle half: 27 to 245.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part D prescriptions went from 44 in 2018 to 13 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2018–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
6603 Fm 2920 Rd
Spring, TX 773792636
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: Med Southwest Pllc. 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
University Of Houston - College Of Optometry
2011
What Public CMS Data Show
Optometrist: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
30-day fills
13 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
$8,240 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.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2025
All general payments: $579.04 across 11 records.
By nature of payment
- Food and Beverage: $579.04 across 11 records.
Reporting-company totals (3 largest of 7)
- Alcon Vision LLC: $199.79 across 4 records.
- Glaukos Corporation: $194.67 across 1 record.
- CooperVision Inc.: $68.85 across 1 record.
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.
Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2025 (published June 30, 2026).
Years since graduation
15 years (graduated 2011)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2011 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
2011
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. Nelson 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. Nelson 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 Spring and Texas
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part D prescriptions
Fewer Part D prescriptions than 90% of clinicians listed under Optometrist in Spring, TX (2024, 26 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 63. Middle half: 24 to 224.
Fewer Part D prescriptions than 90% of clinicians listed under Optometrist in Texas (2024, 1,883 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 77. Middle half: 27 to 245.
Part D drug cost
A lower Part D drug cost than 60% of clinicians listed under Optometrist in Spring, TX (2024, 26 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $11,271. Middle half: $799 to $44,098.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Optometrist in Texas (2024, 1,883 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $6,756. Middle half: $496 to $34,775.
57 active clinicians are listed under Optometrist with a practice address in Spring, TX (5,010 in Texas).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Spring
0% of these 57 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
57.9% of these 57 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
Medicare Part D prescriptions decreased 70% from 44 in 2018 to 13 in 2024.
- 2018: 44
- 2019: 18
- 2020: 23
- 2023: 22
- 2024: 13
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30-day fills
30-day fills decreased 73% from 49 in 2018 to 13 in 2024.
- 2018: 49
- 2019: 30
- 2020: 23
- 2023: 28
- 2024: 13
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Part D drug cost
Part D drug cost decreased 17% from $9,978 in 2018 to $8,240 in 2024.
- 2018: $9,978
- 2019: $194
- 2020: $192
- 2023: $18,891
- 2024: $8,240
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $213.25 in 2021 to $579.04 in 2025.
- 2021: $213.25
- 2022: $232.77
- 2023: $292.82
- 2024: $553.05
- 2025: $579.04
Sources: 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
Program year 2025 (payments made January 1 – December 31, 2025): 11 records totaling $579.04.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Glaukos Corporation |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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Photrexa Viscous and Photrexa | General | $194.67 |
| Alcon Vision LLC |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Precision7 | General | $112.36 |
| CooperVision Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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MyDay Contact Lens | General | $68.85 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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TYRVAYA | General | $34.07 |
| Alcon Vision LLC |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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TRYPTYR | General | $33.55 |
| Alcon Vision LLC |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Precision 1 | General | $28.44 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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XDEMVY | General | $28.12 |
| Alcon Vision LLC |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Precision7 | General | $25.44 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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— | General | $18.39 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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XDEMVY | General | $17.90 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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INFUSE | General | $17.25 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.
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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| Restasis | Cyclosporine | 13 | 390 | $8,239.76 | — |
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: 2024-10-01NUCC 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.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - OPTOMETRY
I20130723000015
TX
1759522428
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
Med Southwest Pllc
4159 Dowlen Rd, Beaumont, TX 777066852
Phone: 4098994499
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Optometrist
Doctor of Optometry
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 8614 WESTWOOD CENTER DR FL 9, VIENNA, VA 221822442 (Tel: 7038478899)
Registered at 1950 OLD GALLOWS RD STE 520, VIENNA, VA 221823970 (Tel: 7038478899)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 6603 FM 2920 RD, SPRING, TX 773792636 (Tel: 2813704444)
Registered at 6603 FM 2920 RD, SPRING, TX 773792636 (Tel: 2813704444)
Recorded as LAUREN NELSON, O.D.
Optometrist (license number reported to NPPES: TX 7757TG)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Optometrists in Spring
- Dr. Auzita Sajjadi, OD
- Dr. Paul Harter, OD
- Dr. Guy Beavers, OD
- Dr. Connie Choua, OD
- Dr. Vi Tan, OD
- Joanne Kim
Mailing Address
8614 Westwood Center Dr Fl 9
Vienna, VA 221822442
Phone: 7038478899