Chris D. Howard, NP
Nurse Practitioner · Shreveport, LA
Chris D. Howard, NP is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Shreveport, Louisiana, and NPI 1891821583, issued on Feb 26, 2007. Check the license (Louisiana RN078162, as entered in NPPES) with the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Chris D. Howard
- Credential
- NP
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License numbers
- RN078162 LA
APO3664 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1500 Line Avenue, Shreveport, LA 71101
- Phone
- (318) 629-5555
- Enumerated
- Feb 26, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jan 2, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (318) 629-5556
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100902000254); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Chris D. Howard in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Louisiana board licenses this profession
Search for license RN078162Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
76% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024
268 Medicare Part D claims for 109 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 127 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Tramadol Hcl72 claims
- Gabapentin47 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen40 claims
- Prednisone19 claims
- Methocarbamol14 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen14 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $149.41
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. 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.
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
- Spine Institute OF Louisiana LLCShreveport, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Chris D. Howard among 934 nurse practitioner records in Louisiana
Chris D. Howard, NP is one of 934 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Louisiana. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 16% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 16% of these records are older, 78% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2017 among the 588 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 50% 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 Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
89 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Shreveport
They are 89 of the 8,660 NPPES records with a practice address in Shreveport, and 934 nurse practitioner records in Louisiana.
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Common questions
What is Chris D. Howard, NP's NPI number?
Chris D. Howard, NP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1891821583, issued on Feb 26, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Chris D. Howard, NP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1500 Line Avenue, Shreveport, LA, 71101. Phone: (318) 629-5555. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Chris D. Howard, NP's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number RN078162, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Chris D. Howard, NP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Chris D. Howard, NP had 268 Medicare Part D claims for 109 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Chris D. Howard, NP's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.
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.