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

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history