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Laura Belle Morel, OD

NPI 1518700277ActiveIndividual· Optometrist· Long Beach, CA

Optometrist (OD) in Long Beach, California, trained at Southern California College of Optometry (class of 2024). Enrolled in Medicare as practitioner - optometry. Valley Contax, Inc. was the largest of 16 companies reporting payments in 2025, $4,344 in all, mostly food and beverage.

Overview

NPI1518700277
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialOD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedJun 18, 2024
Last updated in NPPESAug 11, 2026
Certified by providerAug 11, 2026

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Optometrist Primary152W00000XOPT35711-TLGCA

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Optometry (CA)

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical schoolSouthern California College of Optometry
Graduation year2024
Medicare specialtyOptometry

Medical group

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$4,344 · 47 payments from 16 companies
  • 2024$549.99 · 5 payments from 4 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Food and Beverage$2,621 · 42 payments
  • Travel and Lodging$1,059 · 1 payment
  • Consulting Fee$300.00 · 2 payments
  • Entertainment$214.38 · 1 payment
  • Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$150.00 · 1 payment

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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