What is James Howard's specialty?

James Howard (NPI 1881654408) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Emergency Medicine in El Paso, TX.

Where does James Howard practice?

James Howard practices in El Paso, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1881654408.

How much does Medicare pay James Howard?

James Howard (NPI 1881654408) received approximately $13K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 129 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1881654408

James HowardMD

PRACTICEBHASKAR RAO, MD, PASee all providers at this practice →

Emergency MedicineEl Paso, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

154

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

155

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$12K

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

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$297

Distinct drugs

Brand share

33.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen19 claims

Cephalexin13 claims

Prednisone13 claims

Ibuprofen12 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 James 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). 7 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
BIG BEND HOSPITAL CORPORATION	99	355
City Of El Paso Texas Ambulance Service Provider · El Paso, TX	51	77
David Sanchez Family Practice · Alpine, TX	22	124
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX	20	43
Rocky Mountain Holdings, Llc Ambulance Service Provider · Sylacauga, AL	15	28
James Luecke Family Practice · Fort Davis, TX	14	88
Rabin Nouranifar Diagnostic Radiology · Coatesville, PA	12	18

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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