Physician

Antonio Tom Howard, MD

According to 2025 Medicare claims, Antonio Howard, MD (NPI: 1013265057) practices sports medicine in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC market, with the plurality of this provider's patient population coming from Mecklenburg, NC. This provider's primary affiliated billing organization is CAROLINAS PHYSICIANS NETWORK INC (NPI: 1053668012; TIN: 561667838) and primary practice location at 28269-5603. Howard is affiliated with the Carolinas HealthCare System ACO, LLC (ACO ID: A3675), participating under the MSSP model.

Howard's data goes back to 2015 and runs through 2024. For example, in 2024, this provider had 166 traditional Medicare patients, billed 3,658 HCPCS/CPT codes, and received $22,368 in Medicare payments. The top billing code was 99204 (New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more). Part D data shows 255 prescription claims across 98 beneficiaries totaling $2,202 in drug costs, led by Gabapentin (Gabapentin). No Open Payments records. You can download detailed data with all billing codes (2015-2024). For more recent data, please contact us.

Over the past 10 years, this provider's Medicare Part B carrier billing did not follow a clear longitudinal pattern. Concurrently, Part D prescription costs have fallen sharply in recent years, from $192 to $2,202. For DME billing, this provider has fewer than 5 years of reported data, so a reliable trend cannot be assigned.

Part B Carrier Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and claim lines in the table.

Year	Patients	Clm Lines	Payment
2015	N/R	N/R	N/R
2016	N/R	N/R	N/R
2017	95	151	$9,400
2018	356	626	$32,548
2019	530	936	$47,589
2020	395	704	$31,775
2021	362	649	$32,705
2022	193	433	$26,137
2023	174	450	$22,747
2024	166	3,658	$22,368

Part D Events Trend

Drug cost trend, with N of patients and prescription claims in the table.

Year	Patients	Claims	Drug Cost
2015	N/R	N/R	N/R
2016	N/R	N/R	N/R
2017	11	18	$192
2018	44	132	$5,200
2019	81	216	$7,308
2020	62	218	$8,535
2021	55	185	$7,105
2022	63	140	$2,574
2023	60	171	$2,396
2024	98	255	$2,202

DME Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and DME claim records in the table.

No connected DME records

* / # = suppressed by CMS; 0 = reported zero; N/R = not reported or blank.

Top 5 Part B carrier billing codes in 2024

By total payments.

Code	Description	Patients	Clm Lines	Total Payment
99204	New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more	20	20	$113
99203	New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	23	23	$70
95886	Needle measurement of electrical activity in arm or leg muscles, complete study	20	21	$63
99232	Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes	64	73	$58
99213	Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more	27	34	$57

Top 5 Part D drugs in 2024

By total drug costs.

Drug	Generic	Claims	Total Day Supply	Total Drug Cost
Gabapentin	Gabapentin	76	2,492	$693
Duloxetine Hcl	Duloxetine Hcl	16	660	$323
Meloxicam	Meloxicam	38	1,099	$220
Tizanidine Hcl	Tizanidine Hcl	21	392	$205
Celecoxib	Celecoxib	15	450	$150

Top 5 DME services in 2024

No connected or detailed DME service-level records for 2024.

Open Payments Summary

No connected Open Payments records were found for this physician in General Payments, Research Payments, or Ownership / Investment Interests.

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FAQ

What Medicare data is available for Antonio Tom Howard, MD?

Tedicare shows public-source Medicare data for Antonio Tom Howard, MD (NPI 1013265057), including provider identity, specialty, market context, Medicare Part B activity, Part D prescribing, DME records, Open Payments where available, billing organization details, and ACO affiliation signals where available. Profile data covers 2015-2024, with current attribution based on 2025 claims where available.

Does Antonio Tom Howard, MD have ACO affiliation data?

Antonio Tom Howard, MD is shown with ACO affiliation data for Carolinas HealthCare System ACO, LLC (MSSP, ACO ID A3675).

What billing organization is linked to Antonio Tom Howard, MD?

Antonio Tom Howard, MD is linked to CAROLINAS PHYSICIANS NETWORK INC (billing NPI 1053668012) in the available physician profile data.

Does Antonio Tom Howard, MD have Open Payments data?

No connected Open Payments records are shown for this physician in the available General Payments, Research Payments, or Ownership / Investment Interests data.

Can I download physician-level Medicare data from Tedicare?

Yes. Tedicare provides sample physician export data and paid custom physician data exports for research, planning, outreach, and market analysis. Exports can include physician profile fields, market and specialty context, billing organization details, ACO affiliation signals where available, and Medicare utilization data.