What is Richard Howard's specialty?

Richard Howard (NPI 1568442895) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Sioux Falls, SD.

Where does Richard Howard practice?

Richard Howard practices in Sioux Falls, SD, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1568442895.

How much does Medicare pay Richard Howard?

Richard Howard (NPI 1568442895) received approximately $16K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 49 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1568442895

Richard HowardM.D.

PRACTICESIOUX FALLS CENTER FOR PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERYSee all providers at this practice →

Plastic and Reconstructive SurgerySioux Falls, SDI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$249

Distinct drugs

Brand share

36.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Cephalexin18 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen18 claims

Tramadol Hcl14 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

79.1

Quality

67.8

Cost

62.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.17%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$270

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$270

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$270

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Richard 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). 3 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CITY OF BROOKINGS	28	106
Sanford Clinic Clinical Laboratory · Sioux Falls, SD	26	45
Tammi Stangohr Physician Assistant · Sioux Falls, SD	16	26

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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