What is Howard Baker's specialty?

Howard Baker (NPI 1558326439) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Vernon Hills, IL.

Where does Howard Baker practice?

Howard Baker practices in Vernon Hills, IL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1558326439.

How much does Medicare pay Howard Baker?

Howard Baker (NPI 1558326439) received approximately $163K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 512 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1558326439

Howard BakerD.O.

Internal MedicineVernon Hills, ILI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,680

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,406

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$159K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 3,790 Internal Medicine providers in IL — top quintile (cohort median 760).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

8,598

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$670K

Distinct drugs

145

Brand share

21.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium669 claims

Amlodipine Besylate443 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium383 claims

Losartan Potassium284 claims

Metformin Hcl234 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

95.2

Quality

83.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.85%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Howard Baker's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 89 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER	470	3,390
James Papesch Diagnostic Radiology · Libertyville, IL	131	837
Jasmina Oberhaus Diagnostic Radiology · Libertyville, IL	117	831
Alexander Zartaisky Diagnostic Radiology · Chicago, IL	117	646
Phyllis Han Diagnostic Radiology · Libertyville, IL	111	594
Jonathan Alexander Diagnostic Radiology · Skokie, IL	109	691
Louis Manquen Diagnostic Radiology · Libertyville, IL	106	580
David Foosaner Diagnostic Radiology · Libertyville, IL	106	767
Raymond Chow Cardiology · Gurnee, IL	78	846
Robert Johnson Cardiology · Libertyville, IL	77	427
Charles Jaffe Cardiology · Gurnee, IL	65	508
Timothy Alikakos Interventional Cardiology · Hilton Head Island, SC	64	391

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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