What is Ernest Howard's specialty?

Ernest Howard (NPI 1568449478) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Atlanta, GA.

Where does Ernest Howard practice?

Ernest Howard practices in Atlanta, GA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1568449478.

How much does Medicare pay Ernest Howard?

Ernest Howard (NPI 1568449478) received approximately $40K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 121 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1568449478

Ernest HowardM.D.

Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAtlanta, GAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

251

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

541

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$37K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 204 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation providers in GA — below median (cohort median 1,712).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

8,769

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$429K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

65.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen3,341 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen1,342 claims

Oxycodone Hcl854 claims

Pregabalin685 claims

Morphine Sulfate650 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

94.5

Quality

80.6

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.82%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$523

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$523

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$523

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ernest 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). 5 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	46	211
Millennium Health, Llc Clinical Laboratory · San Diego, CA	22	54
Milton Byrd Internal Medicine · Atlanta, GA	18	75
CRAWFORD LONG HOSPITAL	17	70
NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL, INC.	14	52

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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