Supplier
Empire Vision Center INC
Empire Vision Center INC was paid $20K by Medicaid between Oct 2018 and Jul 2022, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is V2020, Frames, purchases — 97% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoEMPIRE VISION CENTER INC
DANVERS, MA 01923
DANVERS, MA 01923
33aNPI1306801345assigned 04/20/2006
33bProvider typeEyewear Supplier
28Total paid$20K
24GClaims195
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthOct 2018 – Jul 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other Eyewear Supplier providers in Massachusetts
Rank by total paid#21 of 27
Median peer was paid$60K
This provider vs. median0.3×
Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official THROWER, ALAN controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service
Paid by month
Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 12 | $1K | |
| 2019 | 40 | $5K | |
| 2020 | 17 | $2K | |
| 2021 | 85 | $7K | |
| 2022 | 41 | $5K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V2020 | Frames, purchases | 97% | 183 | 182 | $19K |
| V2200 | Sphere, bifocal, plano to plus or minus 4.00d, per lens | 2.9% | 12 | 12 | $584.09 |
Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialTHROWER, ALAN (SVP)
Parent organizationEMPIRE VISION CENTER INC
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Empire Vision Center INC | Syracuse, NY | $8.20M |
| Empire Vision Center INC | Syracuse, NY | $1.82M |
| Empire Vision Center INC | Schenectady, NY | $1.74M |
| Empire Vision Center INC | Syracuse, NY | $1.49M |
| Empire Vision Center INC | Queensbury, NY | $1.42M |
| Empire Vision Center INC | Saratoga Springs, NY | $1.37M |
| Empire Vision Center INC | Amsterdam, NY | $1.22M |
| Empire Vision Center INC | Utica, NY | $1.11M |
| Empire Vision Center INC | Oswego, NY | $1.05M |
| Empire Vision Center INC | Elmira, NY | $1.05M |
| Empire Vision Center INC | Cortland, NY | $1.02M |
| Empire Vision Center INC | Auburn, NY | $899K |
| Empire Vision Center INC | Kingston, NY | $895K |
| Empire Vision Center INC | Oneonta, NY | $862K |
| Empire Vision Center INC | Latham, NY | $807K |
| Empire Vision Center INC | Clifton Park, NY | $726K |
| Empire Vision Center INC | Vestal, NY | $697K |
| Empire Vision Center INC | Potsdam, NY | $678K |
| Empire Vision Center INC | New Hartford, NY | $665K |
| Empire Vision Center INC | Poughkeepsie, NY | $639K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.