NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Kaitlen Howell

Emergency Medicine Physician · Oakland, CA

Kaitlen Howell is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Oakland, California, and NPI 1619471851, issued on Mar 21, 2018. Check the license (California 167395, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1619471851
Name
Kaitlen Howell
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
167395 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1411 East 31St Street, Oakland, CA 94602
Phone
(510) 437-4564
Enumerated
Mar 21, 2018
Record last updated
Nov 24, 2025
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20211102002907); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Harvard Medical School, 2018
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 1411 East 31St Street

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

  1. Lindsey Deputy, RN, MS, CNSOncology Registered Nurse1215588868
  2. Helen Driscoll, MDInternal Medicine Physician1720168230
  3. Ahmed Elattma, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1750141776
  4. Joshua ElyOral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist)1528430121
  5. Linda Engelstad, MDAllergy & Immunology (Internal Medicine) Physician1710997374
  6. Dena Fisher, MSWClinical Social Worker1962685156

Verify Kaitlen Howell in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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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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70% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

68 Medicare Part D claims for 31 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 22% of claims.

  1. Kaitlen Howell68
  2. Specialty average226

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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 74.5 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualitynot scored (reweighted)
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%46.7
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%76.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Alameda Health SystemOakland, CA
  2. University OF California Sfgh Medical GroupSan Francisco, CA

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

Kaitlen Howell among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California

Kaitlen Howell is one of 7,751 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 81% of them.

  • NPI issued2018 · 81% of these records are older, 15% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
  • Graduated2018 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

247 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Oakland

They are 247 of the 18,558 NPPES records with a practice address in Oakland, and 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. David English, MDOakland, CA 946021275514325
  2. Bradley Frazee, MDOakland, CA 946021447241765
  3. Jocelyn Freeman, MDOakland, CA 946021194716498
  4. Jared Greenholz, MDOakland, CA 946021417930520
  5. Cherie Hargis, MDOakland, CA 946021821079377
  6. Abraha Kidane, PAOakland, CA 946021942291265
  7. Stephen Miller, MDOakland, CA 946021750363727
  8. Andrew Nothmann, MDOakland, CA 946021518949585

Common questions

What is Kaitlen Howell's NPI number?

Kaitlen Howell's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1619471851, issued on Mar 21, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Kaitlen Howell located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1411 East 31St Street, Oakland, CA, 94602. Phone: (510) 437-4564. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Kaitlen Howell's license?

NPPES lists California license number 167395, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Kaitlen Howell prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Kaitlen Howell had 68 Medicare Part D claims for 31 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Kaitlen Howell's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 74.5 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.