LATOYA HOWARD, APRN appears in the CMS NPPES registry as a Nurse Practitioner provider holding APRN credentials at 211 MEDICAL DR, NATCHITOCHES, LA, 71457, with a listed phone of (318) 214-5770. NPI 1649843160 was issued on 07/22/2021. Because NPPES data is self-reported by the provider and refreshed monthly, the address, phone, and specialty reflect what HOWARD most recently submitted to CMS rather than a vetted directory listing, which is why patients should always confirm the practice is still at this location before scheduling.

Medicare Part D records for calendar year 2023 show 131 prescription claims written by this provider, covering 62 Medicare beneficiaries and totaling roughly $4K in drug spend, split 8% brand-name and 92% generic by claim count, with an opioid prescribing rate of 25.2%. These figures capture only Medicare Part D — commercial insurance, Medicaid, and cash-pay prescriptions are not included, and any drug-beneficiary cell under 11 is suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. On the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, this provider earned a Final Score of 58.4491/100 for the 2023 performance year (Quality 44.8247, Cost 31.6338), compared with the national average of 83.1.

Nurse Practitioner is a high-volume specialty nationwide, with 87,227 enrolled providers across 56 states and an average of 1,084 Part D claims per prescriber, so the context for interpreting these metrics differs meaningfully from a primary-care baseline. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available government data, not medical advice, a malpractice database, or a quality rating. Inclusion here does not imply a recommendation, and absence of complaints or sanctions on this page does not mean none exist — always verify credentials through the NPPES NPI Registry, your state medical board, and the ABMS or AOA before making healthcare decisions.