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 · 2024

Total received

$343

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$278

Education$65

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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history