Kenneth Jerome Howard, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Calhoun, GA
Kenneth Jerome Howard, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Calhoun, Georgia, and NPI 1447311238, issued on Dec 13, 2006. Check the license (Georgia 040412, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kenneth Jerome Howard
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 040412 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 855 Curtis Pkwy SE, Calhoun, GA 30701
- Phone
- (706) 879-6600
- Enumerated
- Dec 13, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 24, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (706) 879-6601
- Medicaid ID
- 000660613AE GA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060111000829); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Medical College Of Georgia School Of Medicine, 1992
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kenneth Jerome Howard in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 040412Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
10,486 Medicare Part D claims for 837 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 46 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium580 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate558 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium391 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium381 claims
- Losartan Potassium350 claims
- Metformin Hcl324 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 77.5 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $204.40
11 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Exact Sciences Corporation. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Harbin Clinic LLCRome, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kenneth Jerome Howard among 3,951 family medicine physician records in Georgia
Kenneth Jerome Howard, MD is one of 3,951 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 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 2006, is newer than 11% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 11% of these records are older, 57% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1992 · median 2005 among the 2,542 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 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 207Q00000X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
30 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Calhoun
They are 30 of the 522 NPPES records with a practice address in Calhoun, and 3,951 family medicine physician records in Georgia.
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Common questions
What is Kenneth Jerome Howard, MD's NPI number?
Kenneth Jerome Howard, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1447311238, issued on Dec 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kenneth Jerome Howard, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 855 Curtis Pkwy SE, Calhoun, GA, 30701. Phone: (706) 879-6600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kenneth Jerome Howard, MD's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 040412, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia Composite Medical Board at https://medicalboard.georgia.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Kenneth Jerome Howard, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kenneth Jerome Howard, MD had 10,486 Medicare Part D claims for 837 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kenneth Jerome Howard, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 77.5 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.