What is Mechelle Howard's specialty?

Mechelle Howard (NPI 1811128531) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nurse Practitioner in Carlsbad, CA.

Where does Mechelle Howard practice?

Mechelle Howard practices in Carlsbad, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1811128531.

How much does Medicare pay Mechelle Howard?

Mechelle Howard (NPI 1811128531) received approximately $199K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 503 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

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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