What is Howard Hood's specialty?

Howard Hood (NPI 1881630218) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Emergency Medicine in Spring, TX.

Where does Howard Hood practice?

Howard Hood practices in Spring, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1881630218.

How much does Medicare pay Howard Hood?

Howard Hood (NPI 1881630218) received approximately $9K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 57 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1881630218

Howard HoodMD

Emergency MedicineSpring, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$5K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 3,447 Emergency Medicine providers in TX — below median (cohort median 308).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

108

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$554

Distinct drugs

Brand share

13.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisone33 claims

Ibuprofen23 claims

Doxycycline Hyclate20 claims

Clindamycin Hcl17 claims

Nitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst15 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Howard Hood'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). 38 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
BAPTIST HOSPITALS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS	112	308
GARCIA, RAMON	87	172
Gustavo Padron Diagnostic Radiology · Beaumont, TX	74	121
Dia Abochamh Cardiology · Port Arthur, TX	66	216
BAPTIST HOSPITALS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS	64	169
Charles Day Diagnostic Radiology · Orange, TX	64	122
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	64	203
Miguel Castellanos Cardiology · Orange, TX	60	142
Craig De Lord Diagnostic Radiology · Port Arthur, TX	57	106
Jeffrey Humphrey Nurse Practitioner · Beaumont, TX	53	79
Murlidhar Amin Cardiology · Port Arthur, TX	47	110
Joseph Nightingale Diagnostic Radiology · Port Arthur, TX	43	85

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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