Howard County Medical Center
A critical access hospital in St Paul, Nebraska, with an emergency department. CMS has not published an overall star rating for it. 28 clinicians list an affiliation with it in the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file.
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Facility details
- CMS Certification Number281338
- LocationSt Paul, Nebraska
- TypeCritical Access Hospitals
- OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Other
- Emergency servicesYes
- Affiliated clinicians28 in 14 specialties
This page uses 5,432 CMS Hospital Care Compare records, with NPPES affiliation context where available. Every figure is traceable in the methodology.
Family Medicine Physician is the largest affiliated group
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, clinicians by primary specialty.
Clinicians affiliated with Howard County Medical Center
- Thomas Fennessy, MDFamily Medicine PhysicianMIPS 100
- Pravardhan Birthi, M.D.Interventional Pain Medicine PhysicianMIPS 95
- Angela Brennan, MDFamily Medicine PhysicianMIPS 92
- Erica Eberle, PA-CPhysician AssistantMIPS 92
- Neal Hahn, PA-CMedical Physician AssistantMIPS 92
- Kaitlin Hahn, M.D.Family Medicine PhysicianMIPS 92
- Jared Kramer, MDFamily Medicine PhysicianMIPS 92
- Marcus Nielsen, PAPhysician AssistantMIPS 92
- Kelli Platek, PACPhysician AssistantMIPS 92
- Adam Rensch, M.D.Family Medicine PhysicianMIPS 92
- Todd Roberts, MDEmergency Medicine PhysicianMIPS 92
- Christopher Tomhave, MDFamily Medicine PhysicianMIPS 92
- Akash Patel, M.DInternal Medicine PhysicianMIPS 72
- Lori SmithPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse PractitionerMIPS 66
- David Fairbanks, MDEmergency Medicine PhysicianMIPS 65
- Vanessa Cook, M.D.Family Medicine Physician
- Jessica Forbes, DNP, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner
- Mary Howell, M.S.Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor
- Santosh Kumar, MDFamily Medicine Physician
- Jennifer Leiting, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner
- Adam Mednick, MD PHDNeurology Physician
- Steven Perry, MDFamily Medicine Physician
- Nekita PowellMental Health Counselor
- Sriram Ramaswamy, MDSpecialist
- Scott Reifschneider, PAPhysician Assistant
- Kavir Saxena, MDPsychiatry Physician
- Mark Shirley, D.O.Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
- David Younger, M.DFamily Medicine Physician
Up to 30, those with a Medicare MIPS score first. Open a record for the full profile.
Other hospitals in Nebraska
- Chi Health Good SamaritanKearney, NE4 of 5
- The Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha, NE4 of 5
- Chi Health St. ElizabethLincoln, NE4 of 5
- Chi Health St. FrancisGrand Island, NE4 of 5
- The Nebraska Methodist HospitalOmaha, NE4 of 5
- Chi Health Bergan MercyOmaha, NE4 of 5
- Omaha VA Medical Center (VA Nebraska Western Iowa Healthcare System)Omaha, NE4 of 5
- Chi Health MidlandsPapillion, NE4 of 5
What this data shows
The profile above reads Howard County Medical Center entirely through federal records, so it is worth knowing what each figure can and cannot tell you. The CMS Hospital Overall Rating is not published for every facility is a composite that blends mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, and timely and effective care measures into a single number, which means two hospitals with the same star count can differ sharply on the measures a particular patient cares about most, such as surgical complication rates or how a unit handles a specific condition. The ownership type, facility category, and emergency services flag describe the operating model rather than the quality of any single department, and the 28 affiliated clinicians listed are providers who report a Medicare billing relationship with this CCN, not a guarantee that a given doctor practices here today. For care decisions, treat these numbers as a starting map, then confirm specifics with the facility, your insurer, and your own physician. See CMS Care Compare for measure-level detail and the methodology behind the star rating at CMS, and verify any individual clinician through the CMS NPI Registry.
Data sources
- CMS Hospital General Information: identity, type, ownership, rating, emergency services, downloaded May 19, 2026 (data.cms.gov)
- CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File: clinician affiliations (data.cms.gov)
- CMS NPI Registry (NPPES): clinician identity (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)
- CMS Quality Payment Program (MIPS): clinician quality scores (data.cms.gov)
A directory of public government data, not medical advice or a recommendation. A CMS rating here does not imply one. Ask your own physician and contact the hospital directly.
Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 19, 2026.