Laura Schmid Howle
Physician Assistant · Florence, SC
Laura Schmid Howle is a physician assistant with a practice address in Florence, South Carolina, and NPI 1316537251, issued on Jan 25, 2021. Check the license (South Carolina 3538, as entered in NPPES) with the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Laura Schmid Howle
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 3538 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 360 N Irby St, Florence, SC 29501
- Phone
- (843) 667-9414
- Enumerated
- Jan 25, 2021
- Record last updated
- Mar 23, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (843) 667-1362
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210406001016); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Laura Schmid Howle in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich South Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 3538Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average physician assistant in 2024
3,836 Medicare Part D claims for 207 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Buspirone Hcl334 claims
- Trazodone Hcl306 claims
- Clonazepam250 claims
- Alprazolam200 claims
- Bupropion Xl199 claims
- Aripiprazole166 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $1,382.24
55 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Hopehealth, Inc.Florence, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Laura Schmid Howle among 2,294 physician assistant records in South Carolina
Laura Schmid Howle is one of 2,294 physician assistant records with a practice address in South Carolina. 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 2021, is newer than 62% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 62% of these records are older, 31% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2019 among the 1,516 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 31% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
71 physician assistant records list a practice address in Florence
They are 71 of the 2,634 NPPES records with a practice address in Florence, and 2,294 physician assistant records in South Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Laura Schmid Howle's NPI number?
Laura Schmid Howle's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1316537251, issued on Jan 25, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Laura Schmid Howle located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 360 N Irby St, Florence, SC, 29501. Phone: (843) 667-9414. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Laura Schmid Howle's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 3538, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Laura Schmid Howle prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Laura Schmid Howle had 3,836 Medicare Part D claims for 207 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.