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Ripon W. La Roche III, MD

NPI 1952962359ActiveIndividual· Optometrist· Farmville, VA

Optometrist (MD) with Southside Eye Center PC, practicing in Farmville, Virginia. 1,056 Medicare patients in 2024, $127,778 paid; nearly all of their 944 Part D prescriptions were generic (91%). Amgen Inc. was the largest of 4 companies reporting payments in 2025, $247.13 in all, mostly food and beverage.

Overview

NPI1952962359
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedJun 26, 2019
Last updated in NPPESJun 26, 2019

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Optometrist Primary152W00000X0618002794VA

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 (VA)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients1,056
Services billed1,903 across 18 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$127,778

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)944 · 1,604 30-day fills
Patients254
Total drug cost$28,635
Generic share91% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Graduation year2018
Medicare specialtyOptometry

Medical group

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$247.13 · 7 payments from 4 companies
  • 2024$50.06 · 3 payments from 2 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Amgen Inc.$179.264
Rxsight Inc$28.081
Dompe US, Inc.$24.011
Alcon Vision LLC$15.781

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Food and Beverage$247.13 · 7 payments

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

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