What is Howard Smith's specialty?

Howard Smith (NPI 1831179027) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in Orlando, FL.

Where does Howard Smith practice?

Howard Smith practices in Orlando, FL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1831179027.

How much does Medicare pay Howard Smith?

Howard Smith (NPI 1831179027) received approximately $24K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 152 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1831179027

Howard SmithMD

General SurgeryOrlando, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

121

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

160

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$12K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,308 General Surgery providers in FL — below median (cohort median 298).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$967

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Clindamycin Phosphate16 claims

Methocarbamol14 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

79.9

Quality

61.2

Cost

71.9

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.21%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$789

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$789

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$789

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Howard Smith'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). 37 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ORLANDO HEALTH, INC.	177	536
Chadwick Smith General Surgery · Orlando, FL	48	313
HUDAK, ROBERT	46	143
Michael Cheatham General Surgery · Orlando, FL	45	198
William Havron General Surgery · Orlando, FL	42	278
Edem Chen Diagnostic Radiology · Orlando, FL	42	127
NPI 1205945185	41	223
NPI 1386690071	40	99
HARDING, DAVID	31	92
Matthew Lube General Surgery · Orlando, FL	31	208
Orange County Board Of County Commissioners Ambulance Service Provider · Winter Park, FL	31	74
ADVENTIST HEALTH SYSTEM-SUNBELT, INC	30	76

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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