NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Howard R. Johnson, MD

Family Medicine Physician · Hereford, TX

Howard R. Johnson, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Hereford, Texas, and NPI 1902898075, issued on Aug 16, 2005. Check the license (Texas D2688, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; 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
1902898075
Name
Howard R. Johnson
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License number
D2688 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
540 W. 15TH Street, Hereford, TX 79045
Phone
(806) 364-7512
Enumerated
Aug 16, 2005
Record last updated
Apr 3, 2026
Fax
(806) 364-5256
Medicaid ID
128686601 TX
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20040824000745); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Oklahoma College Of Medicine, 1964
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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Also registered at 540 W. 15TH Street

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Carmen Flood, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1053301234
  2. Carolyn Jansa, WHNP LPANurse Practitioner1396737466
  3. Mary Mertins, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1447392303

Verify Howard R. Johnson in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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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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31% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024

2,443 Medicare Part D claims for 240 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 70 claims were for opioids.

  1. Howard Johnson2,443
  2. Specialty average3,544

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium116 claims
  2. Levothyroxine Sodium116 claims
  3. Metformin Hcl101 claims
  4. Alprazolam87 claims
  5. Lisinopril84 claims
  6. Furosemide83 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.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Deaf Smith County Hospital DistrictHereford, TX

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

4 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Hereford

They are 4 of the 74 NPPES records with a practice address in Hereford, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.

Other family medicine physician records in Texas

  1. Srinivasa Aaluri, MDEl Paso, TX1265566509
  2. Maira Aamir, MDShenandoah, TX1932660859
  3. Fakhrudin Aaseemah Mohamed, M.DAllen, TX1952782518
  4. So Abad, MDWichita Falls, TX1184624694
  5. Yoseph AbadiRichardson, TX1700742640
  6. Marcus Abadie, M.D.Athens, TX1104821107
  7. Montserrat Abadie Sole, M.D.Fort Worth, TX1245437078
  8. Sarah Abang-Hayes, M.D.San Antonio, TX1326244724
  9. Ahmad Abazid, M.DRichardson, TX1013238401
  10. Syed Abbas, M.D.Houston, TX1821267477

Common questions

What is Howard R. Johnson, MD's NPI number?

Howard R. Johnson, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1902898075, issued on Aug 16, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Howard R. Johnson, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 540 W. 15TH Street, Hereford, TX, 79045. Phone: (806) 364-7512. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Howard R. Johnson, MD's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number D2688, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Howard R. Johnson, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Howard R. Johnson, MD had 2,443 Medicare Part D claims for 240 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.

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.