Gary L. Howard, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Calera, AL
Gary L. Howard, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Calera, Alabama, and NPI 1194714428, issued on Oct 19, 2005. Check the license (Alabama 13355, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Gary L. Howard
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 13355 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 401 Airport Commons Dr # 404, Calera, AL 35040
- Phone
- (205) 665-2002
- Enumerated
- Oct 19, 2005
- Record last updated
- Sep 26, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (205) 665-2008
- Medicaid ID
- 051507528 AL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101222000123); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Alabama School Of Medicine, 1984
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Gary L. Howard in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 13355Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
7.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
23,703 Medicare Part D claims for 800 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 1,142 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen820 claims
- Gabapentin775 claims
- Tizanidine Hcl771 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium761 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium628 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium610 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: $147.54
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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.
Gary L. Howard among 1,705 internal medicine physician records in Alabama
Gary L. Howard, M.D. is one of 1,705 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Alabama. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 91% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1984 · median 2003 among the 1,136 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
5 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Calera
They are 5 of the 125 NPPES records with a practice address in Calera, and 1,705 internal medicine physician records in Alabama.
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Common questions
What is Gary L. Howard, M.D.'s NPI number?
Gary L. Howard, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1194714428, issued on Oct 19, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Gary L. Howard, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 401 Airport Commons Dr # 404, Calera, AL, 35040. Phone: (205) 665-2002. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Gary L. Howard, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 13355, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.albme.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Gary L. Howard, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Gary L. Howard, M.D. had 23,703 Medicare Part D claims for 800 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Gary L. Howard, M.D.'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.