PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1558483552

Galen HowardM.D.

UrologyDenton, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,527

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

5,579

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$269K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 656 Urology providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 2,730).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,308

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3.7M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

51.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Tamsulosin Hcl876 claims

Finasteride578 claims

Alfuzosin Hcl474 claims

Mirabegron409 claims

Relugolix373 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.1

Quality

97.5

Cost

69.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.64%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Galen Howard'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). 22 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	180	395
COLUMBIA MEDICAL CENTER OF DENTON SUBSIDIARY LP	148	526
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX	51	112
TEXAS HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL DENTON	47	147
Btdi Jv Llp Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) · Denton, TX	43	105
Jason Ma Diagnostic Radiology · Plano, TX	33	86
Saad Manzoul Diagnostic Radiology · Plano, TX	25	53
BOSTWICK LABORATORIES, INC,	23	66
NPI 1467416263	19	53
Nikolas Mendrygal Emergency Medicine · Dallas, TX	16	48
Stephen Lester General Surgery · Cuero, TX	16	77
CORINTH INVESTOR HOLDINGS, LLC	16	50

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history