Physician

James Mcdonald Howard, MD

According to 2025 Medicare claims, James Howard, MD (NPI: 1205956919) practices general surgery in the Kansas City, MO-KS market, with the plurality of this provider's patient population coming from Johnson, KS. This provider's primary affiliated billing organization is KANSAS CITY SURGICAL ASSOCIATES LLC (NPI: 1164234936) and primary practice location at 64151-9998. Howard is affiliated with the Caravan Collaborative Pathways (ACO ID: A4604) and Centrus Health LLC (ACO ID: A5304), participating under the MSSP model.

Howard's data goes back to 2015 and runs through 2024. For example, in 2024, this provider had 121 traditional Medicare patients, billed 183 HCPCS/CPT codes, and received $12,779 in Medicare payments. The top billing code was 99222 (Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes). 2019 Part D data shows 13 prescription claims across 11 beneficiaries totaling $2,600 in drug costs. 2018 DME data shows 39 claims. 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 has fallen sharply in recent years, from $93,776 to $12,779. Concurrently, this provider has fewer than 5 years of reported Part D prescription costs data, so a reliable trend cannot be assigned. For DME billing, reported payments moved up and down with repeated peaks and valleys, starting at $1,675 and ending at $2,740.