What is Stephen Howell's specialty?

Stephen Howell (NPI 1972697704) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Orthopedic Surgery in Sacramento, CA.

Where does Stephen Howell practice?

Stephen Howell practices in Sacramento, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1972697704.

How much does Medicare pay Stephen Howell?

Stephen Howell (NPI 1972697704) received approximately $202K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 345 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1972697704

Stephen HowellM.D.

PRACTICESTEVEN J BARAD MD INCSee all providers at this practice →

Orthopedic SurgerySacramento, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

483

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

565

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$198K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,921 Orthopedic Surgery providers in CA — below median (cohort median 1,100).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

95.8

Quality

81.5

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.87%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1.8M

Payment records

144

By payment type

Royalty or License$1.3M

Consulting Fee$525K

Travel and Lodging$42K

Food and Beverage$5K

Top paying entities

Royalty or License$1.3M

Consulting Fee$525K

Travel and Lodging$42K

Food and Beverage$5K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Stephen Howell'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). 17 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
DIGNITY COMMUNITY CARE	248	852
Richard Defelice Pulmonary Disease · Sacramento, CA	128	432
Thomas Wu Interventional Radiology · Sacramento, CA	78	282
HAINES, PHILIP	46	129
Robert Devoe Anesthesiology · Sacramento, CA	41	123
Brian Fellmeth Diagnostic Radiology · Sacramento, CA	35	107
Norman Mcmurry Pathology · Sacramento, CA	33	99
DIGNITY HEALTH	32	41
LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC	22	108
Ella Benoza Diagnostic Radiology · San Jose, CA	17	23
SEIDENWURM, DAVID	14	19
Joon Hak Lee Diagnostic Radiology · Sacramento, CA	14	28

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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