Howard T. Diaz, PAC
Medical Physician Assistant · Albuquerque, NM
Howard T. Diaz, PAC is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and NPI 1639174824, issued on Jun 15, 2005. Check the license (New Mexico PA2004-0027, as entered in NPPES) with the New Mexico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Howard T. Diaz
- Credential
- PAC
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- PA2004-0027 NM
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 502 Elm St NE, Albuquerque, NM 87102
- Phone
- (505) 841-1000
- Enumerated
- Jun 15, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jul 28, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (505) 843-2592
- Medicaid ID
- 30426529 NM
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041012000021); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Howard T. Diaz in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New Mexico board licenses this profession
Search for license PA2004-0027Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
94% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
65 Medicare Part D claims for 23 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Clopidogrel18 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 97.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $88.01
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abiomed. The 16,165 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,055.00 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
- Southwest Medical Associates, LLCBrentwood, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Howard T. Diaz among 274 medical physician assistant records in New Mexico
Howard T. Diaz, PAC is one of 274 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in New Mexico. 66% 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, 92% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 66% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 54% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2011 among the 148 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AM0700X and a New Mexico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Medical Physician Assistant providers in New Mexico
There are 274 medical physician assistant records in New Mexico.
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Common questions
What is Howard T. Diaz, PAC's NPI number?
Howard T. Diaz, PAC's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1639174824, issued on Jun 15, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Howard T. Diaz, PAC located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 502 Elm St NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87102. Phone: (505) 841-1000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Howard T. Diaz, PAC's license?
NPPES lists New Mexico license number PA2004-0027, as entered by the provider. Search the New Mexico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Howard T. Diaz, PAC prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Howard T. Diaz, PAC had 65 Medicare Part D claims for 23 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Howard T. Diaz, PAC's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.6 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.