What is Kara Howard's specialty?

Kara Howard (NPI 1558750794) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nurse Practitioner in Butte, MT.

Where does Kara Howard practice?

Kara Howard practices in Butte, MT, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1558750794.

How much does Medicare pay Kara Howard?

Kara Howard (NPI 1558750794) received approximately $915 in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 48 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1558750794

Kara Howard

PRACTICECOMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERSee all providers at this practice →

Nurse PractitionerButte, MTI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$736

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 689 Nurse Practitioner providers in MT — below median (cohort median 272).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,064

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$225K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

20.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium270 claims

Lisinopril225 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium160 claims

Gabapentin117 claims

Metformin Hcl101 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kara 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). 7 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
VALLEY-WIDE HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC	105	268
NPI 1396718953	31	46
Robert Holstead Physician Assistant · La Junta, CO	22	32
Bradley Dempsey Family Practice · Pueblo, CO	20	41
James Brady Emergency Medicine · Lakewood, CO	15	21
PARKVIEW MEDICAL CENTER, INC.	12	21
Richard Shand Internal Medicine · La Junta, CO	11	14

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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