NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Anna Hower, APRN, CNP

Nurse Practitioner · Chicago, IL

Anna Hower, APRN, CNP is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1184322281, issued on Feb 17, 2023. Check the license (Illinois 209.026458, as entered in NPPES) with the Illinois board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1184322281
Name
Anna Hower
Credential
APRN, CNP
Primary taxonomy
Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
License number
209.026458 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
259 E Erie St Ste 1900, Chicago, IL 60611
Phone
(312) 695-8143
Enumerated
Feb 17, 2023
Record last updated
Aug 11, 2023
Fax
(312) 695-5747
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20240219002304); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine, 2022
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Verify Anna Hower in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Illinois board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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88% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024

138 Medicare Part D claims for 62 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Anna Hower138
  2. Specialty average1,109

Most prescribed

  1. Ondansetron Hcl23 claims
  2. Lidocaine-Prilocaine22 claims
  3. Dexamethasone13 claims
  4. Olanzapine13 claims

Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.

Industry payments in 2024: $331.42

16 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. The 38,884 providers of this specialty with any payment received $791.64 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Anna Hower$331.42
  2. Specialty average$791.64

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Baptist Health Medical Group IncLouisville, KY

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Anna Hower among 4,892 nurse practitioner records in Illinois

Anna Hower, APRN, CNP is one of 4,892 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Illinois. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2023, is newer than 80% of them.

  • NPI issued2023 · 80% of these records are older, 13% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
  • Graduated2022 · median 2018 among the 3,389 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 36% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363L00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

952 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Chicago

They are 952 of the 63,379 NPPES records with a practice address in Chicago, and 4,892 nurse practitioner records in Illinois.

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The 8 nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Sarah Anderson, NPChicago, IL 606111043243355
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  4. Florence Denby, RN, CNP, APNChicago, IL 606111598773103
  5. Rebecca DukeChicago, IL 606111932204286
  6. Sylvia Duraski, CNP, APNChicago, IL 606111417965039
  7. Barbara Guido, APN-CNPChicago, IL 606111780784611
  8. Susanna Miranda, DNP, APRN, AGNP-CChicago, IL 606111831118512

Common questions

What is Anna Hower, APRN, CNP's NPI number?

Anna Hower, APRN, CNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1184322281, issued on Feb 17, 2023. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Anna Hower, APRN, CNP located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 259 E Erie St Ste 1900, Chicago, IL, 60611. Phone: (312) 695-8143. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Anna Hower, APRN, CNP's license?

NPPES lists Illinois license number 209.026458, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Anna Hower, APRN, CNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Anna Hower, APRN, CNP had 138 Medicare Part D claims for 62 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.