What is Kris Howard's specialty?

Kris Howard (NPI 1740283019) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Dermatology in Odessa, TX.

Where does Kris Howard practice?

Kris Howard practices in Odessa, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1740283019.

How much does Medicare pay Kris Howard?

Kris Howard (NPI 1740283019) received approximately $243K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,062 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1740283019

Kris HowardM.D.

DermatologyOdessa, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,754

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

4,129

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$213K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 965 Dermatology providers in TX — above median (cohort median 2,537).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

774

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$537K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

18.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Triamcinolone Acetonide110 claims

Clobetasol Propionate100 claims

Fluorouracil80 claims

Doxycycline Hyclate74 claims

Mupirocin69 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

97.4

Quality

95.3

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.94%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$320

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$187

Education$133

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$187

Education$133

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kris 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). 23 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Incyte Pathology, P.S. Clinical Laboratory · Spokane Valley, WA	438	741
MIDLAND COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT	115	158
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	98	148
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX	81	108
James Barnett Interventional Cardiology · Midland, TX	42	113
Robert Vogel Internal Medicine · Salt Lake City, UT	32	57
George Rodenko Diagnostic Radiology · Odessa, TX	28	39
Sudhir Amaram Internal Medicine · Odessa, TX	24	36
Darrell Parsons Internal Medicine · Odessa, TX	22	43
ANDREWS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT	20	29
RASTOGI, ASHUTOSH	19	135
Frank Mcgehee Interventional Pain Management · Midland, TX	18	37

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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