What is Galen Howard's specialty?

Galen Howard (NPI 1558483552) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Urology in Denton, TX.

Where does Galen Howard practice?

Galen Howard practices in Denton, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1558483552.

How much does Medicare pay Galen Howard?

Galen Howard (NPI 1558483552) received approximately $448K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 923 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

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

Top paying entities

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.

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