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Brenda Howard, RPA-C

Surgical Physician Assistant in New York, New York.

This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 16,380 in Surgical Physician Assistant, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.

Federal data, no proprietary rating. We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
111
Medicare Part D claims · 74 beneficiaries · Surgical Physician Assistant avg: 341
MIPS score
96.7/100
▲ 13 pts above national avg 83.5 · Exceptional
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What the federal data shows

Brenda Howard, RPA-C reported a CMS MIPS final score of 96.7/100 - above the 83.5 national average - and filed 111 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.

96.7/100
MIPS score · +13 vs avg
111
Part D claims, 2024
≥82nd
pct among measured MIPS (lower-bound band)

Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.

Federal trust snapshot

What official records show about Brenda Howard, RPA-C

Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.

  • Verified

    NPI registry status

    Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1093852808), first enumerated 01/31/2007.

    Source: CMS NPPES

  • Reported

    Medicare Part D participation

    Filed 111 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.

    Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF

  • Reported

    CMS quality reporting (MIPS)

    Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 96.7/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.

    Source: CMS Quality Payment Program

  • State context

    State board disciplinary context

    New York statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Brenda Howard, RPA-C's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.

    Source: NYSBPMC annual report 2023

  • Not in federal data

    Individual sanction lookup

    PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.

    Source: State medical board / FSMB

This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.

CMS NPPES provider registry desk

NPI 1093852808 · Surgical Physician Assistant

NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-MID · MIPS-ELITE · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-LIGHT · PHOTO-FINISH

  • NPI-10 1093852808
  • ENUM-MID 2007
  • TAX-MID 16K Surgical Physician
  • MIPS-ELITE 96.7/100
  • RX-LIGHT 111
  • BOOK-LIGHT 2,096 in New York
  • PHOTO-FINISH Meredith Annin, PA-C · ±0.0

MIPS final-score neighbourhood

Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity

MIPS pts

What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).

Source CMS Quality Payment Program (MIPS) As of 2023

Brenda Howard, RPA-C's MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician

CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.

97 ≥ 82nd percentile 82% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands

0–10: 8,684 measured providers (2%). Below this entry. 10–20: 3,008 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 20–30: 3,069 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 2,746 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 2,928 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 50–60: 5,882 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 60–70: 13,906 measured providers (3%). Below this entry. 70–80: 94,570 measured providers (21%). Below this entry. 80–90: 129,887 measured providers (29%). Below this entry. 90+: 189,403 measured providers (42%). This entry sits in this band. This provider 0 100 every measured MIPS clinician, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.

Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023

Where Brenda Howard, RPA-C sits

This provider among surgical physician assistant peers

Across the 3,657 surgical physician assistant providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Brenda Howard, RPA-C writes more Part D claims than 43% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 85% - placing this provider in the lower-volume, high-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.

Lower volume · High qualityHigh volume · High qualityLower volume · Lower qualityHigh volume · Lower quality02550751000255075100Part D claim volume, percentile in specialtyMIPS quality, percentilePoint, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 100 · MIPS quality, percentile: 32Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 38 · MIPS quality, percentile: 72Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 60 · MIPS quality, percentile: 70Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 62 · MIPS quality, percentile: 98Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 37 · MIPS quality, percentile: 97Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 57 · MIPS quality, percentile: 43Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 3 · MIPS quality, percentile: 57Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 0 · MIPS quality, percentile: 25Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 23 · MIPS quality, percentile: 50Point, Part D claim volume, 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20Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 15 · MIPS quality, percentile: 28Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 48 · MIPS quality, percentile: 30Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 18 · MIPS quality, percentile: 45Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 40 · MIPS quality, percentile: 85Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 65 · MIPS quality, percentile: 12Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 92 · MIPS quality, percentile: 2Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 95 · MIPS quality, percentile: 95Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 10 · MIPS quality, percentile: 33Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 32 · MIPS quality, percentile: 37Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 78 · MIPS quality, percentile: 60Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 97 · MIPS quality, percentile: 58Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 80 · MIPS quality, percentile: 42Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 13 · MIPS quality, percentile: 72Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 27 · MIPS quality, percentile: 87Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 18 · MIPS quality, percentile: 18Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 42 · MIPS quality, percentile: 48Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 35 · MIPS quality, percentile: 8Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 73 · MIPS quality, percentile: 7Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 17 · MIPS quality, percentile: 80Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 85 · MIPS quality, percentile: 82Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 28 · MIPS quality, percentile: 13Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 50 · MIPS quality, percentile: 15Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 0 · MIPS quality, percentile: 67Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 73 · MIPS quality, percentile: 53Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 88 · MIPS quality, percentile: 52Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 28 · MIPS quality, percentile: 10Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 63 · MIPS quality, percentile: 83Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 53 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 5 · MIPS quality, percentile: 65Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 8 · MIPS quality, percentile: 88Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 12 · MIPS quality, percentile: 72Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 82 · MIPS quality, percentile: 17Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 90 · MIPS quality, percentile: 72Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 83 · MIPS quality, percentile: 98Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 43 · MIPS quality, percentile: 40Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 58 · MIPS quality, percentile: 62Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 45 · MIPS quality, percentile: 68Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 5 · MIPS quality, percentile: 92Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 32 · MIPS quality, percentile: 38Brenda Howard, RPA-C, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 43 · MIPS quality, percentile: 85
Part D claim volume vs MIPS quality, by specialty percentile

Each dot is one surgical physician assistant peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Brenda Howard, RPA-C. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.

What does the federal data show about Brenda Howard, RPA-C?

High performer (top quartile)

NPI registry status

Active

Issued 01/31/2007

NPI 1093852808

Primary specialty

Surgical Physician Assistant

Mid-sized

16,380 US NPIs in this specialty

Medicare Part D claims

111 67% vs specialty avg

2024 prescription claims

Specialty avg: 341

MIPS final score

96.7/100 13.2 pts vs avg

Exceptional band

vs 83.5 national avg

Specialty distribution in New York

How Surgical Physician Assistant compares to other specialties among New York providers

New York providers
Student in an Organized Heal…8%Registered Nurse5.2%Clinical Social Worker4.9%Social Worker4.5%Speech-Language Pathologist4.5%Licensed Practical Nurse4.3%Surgical Physician Assistant0.4%
Largest specialties in New York (% of in-state providers)

Medicare quality performance, MIPS

Brenda Howard, RPA-C's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Surgical Physician Assistant national average

High performer (top quartile)
MIPS Final Score
96.7/100
vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
0%100%National avg84%96.7%
MIPS final score (Surgical Physician Assistant) - 96.7/100 vs national avg 83.5
How MIPS and board certification work

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.

Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).

Practice Address

506 MALCOLM X BLVD
New York, NY 10037
(212) 939-1000

Provider Details

NPI 1093852808
Specialty Surgical Physician Assistant
Credentials RPA-C
Gender Female
NPI Issued 01/31/2007

CMS Quality Score (MIPS)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.

96.7035
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
93.4069
Quality
100
Promoting Interoperability

Reporting: Alternative Payment Model

License & disciplinary context - New York NYSBPMC 2023 annual report

Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~100K New York medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Brenda Howard, RPA-C. To verify Brenda Howard, RPA-C's current license status, search the NYSBPMC public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.

312
Total board actions, New York 2023
Across 302 cases
3.12
Actions per 1,000 licensees
New York statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
89 cases

NYSBPMC publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the New York disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.

Medicare Part D Prescribing Data

CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.

111
Total Claims
$1K
Total Drug Cost
74
Medicare Beneficiaries

Prescribing Breakdown

30-Day Fills
123
Total Day Supply
2,027
Generic Drug Cost
$990
Antibiotic Claims
23

Patient Demographics

Average Patient Age
70.6 years
Avg HCC Risk Score
1.20
Gender Split
76% female / 24% male
Age Distribution
<65: 12, 65-74: 36, 75-84: N/A, 85+: N/A
More Surgical Physician Assistant in NY → All providers in New York → Compare specialties →

Surgical Physician Assistant Overview

How Brenda Howard, RPA-C fits within the Surgical Physician Assistant landscape nationally.

16,380
Surgical Physician Assistant Providers in US
54
States with Surgical Physician Assistant
341
Avg Claims per Provider

Brenda Howard, RPA-C's 111 claims are below the specialty average of 341.

Nationwide Surgical Physician Assistant peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year

Two federal-record peer sets for Howard, both outside New York so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.

Similar MIPS final score

Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (96.7 here).

Meredith Annin 96.7 MO Alyson Clark 96.7 MO Morgan Walker 96.7 MO Alexander Dees 96.6 FL

Same NPPES enumeration year (2007)

Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.

William Curtis Meridian, ID Lainey Ransford Bay City, MI Nancy Elliott Oakland, CA Trenton Hiles Taunton, MA

Nearby Surgical Physician Assistant Providers in New York

Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in New York, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Howard.

One of 2,096 Surgical Physician Assistant providers enrolled in New York, 5 are shown here.

Katrina Abdalla
PA
Utica, NY
Bahgat Abdelaziz
P.A.
Auburn, NY
Nasir Abdul-Wadud
PA
Syracuse, NY
Anat Abeckaser
PA
Brooklyn, NY
Faiz Abed
Staten Island, NY

Compare Surgical Physician Assistant nationally: see state-by-state distribution →

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Brenda Howard, RPA-C's specialty? ▼
Brenda Howard, RPA-C specializes in Surgical Physician Assistant and practices in New York, New York. Credentials: RPA-C.
How much does Brenda Howard, RPA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Brenda Howard, RPA-C wrote 111 Medicare Part D claims totaling $1K in drug costs for 74 beneficiaries.
What is Brenda Howard, RPA-C's Medicare quality score? ▼
Brenda Howard, RPA-C has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 96.7/100 (Quality: 93.4). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Brenda Howard, RPA-C located? ▼
Brenda Howard, RPA-C is located at 506 MALCOLM X BLVD, New York, NY, 10037. Phone: (212) 939-1000.
What is Brenda Howard, RPA-C's NPI number? ▼
Brenda Howard, RPA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1093852808, issued on 01/31/2007.
How many Surgical Physician Assistant providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 16,380 Surgical Physician Assistant providers across 54 states in the US. The average Surgical Physician Assistant provider writes 341 Medicare Part D claims per year.
Does Brenda Howard, RPA-C accept Medicare? ▼
Brenda Howard, RPA-C appears in CMS Medicare data with 111 Part D claims and 74 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Brenda Howard, RPA-C's credentials? ▼
Brenda Howard, RPA-C's NPI is 1093852808 with credentials RPA-C. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.

Data Sources

View source datasets and methodology notes
Provider Directory
CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
Specialty Classification
NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
Quality Performance
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
Limitations
Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.

See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.

Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Disclaimer: Data from CMS NPPES and Medicare Part D. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Provider information is self-reported and may not be current. Always verify information directly with the provider. About · Methodology

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

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 August 2026.