PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1811128531

Mechelle HowardNP

PRACTICEOUTPATIENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES OF IOWA, P.C.See all providers at this practice →

Nurse PractitionerCarlsbad, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,219

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,477

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$198K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 8,685 Nurse Practitioner providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 222).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

326

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$5K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Risperidone60 claims

Divalproex Sodium50 claims

Trazodone Hcl40 claims

Aripiprazole35 claims

Fluoxetine Hcl26 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Mechelle 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). 44 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Community Mobile Diagnostics Llc Portable X-Ray Supplier · San Leandro, CA	130	576
PONDOLFINO, PETER	85	801
ZISMAN, KATERINA	81	149
Larry Marianella Internal Medicine · Santa Rosa, CA	72	871
Falck Northern California Corp. Ambulance Service Provider · Hayward, CA	59	142
NOVATO HEALTHCARE CENTER, LLC	56	264
Zeineldin Ahmad Podiatry · San Leandro, CA	51	178
GROTEN, DAWN	50	492
ST. JOSEPH HEALTH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, LLC	50	126
NPI 1184670747	40	239
NPI 1386656288	40	353
Alexander Lee Ophthalmology · San Jose, CA	40	100

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

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