NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Mark A. Howard, CRNA

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist · Aurora, CO

Mark A. Howard, CRNA is a certified registered nurse anesthetist with a practice address in Aurora, Colorado, and NPI 1457587917, issued on Jun 10, 2009. Check the license (Colorado APN.0991696-CRNA, as entered in NPPES) with the Colorado board that licenses this profession; 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
1457587917
Name
Mark A. Howard
Credential
CRNA
Primary taxonomy
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist 367500000X
License numbers
APN.0991696-CRNA CO
RN.0166686 CO
101094 NE
68285 NE
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
12605 E 16TH Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045
Phone
(720) 848-0000
Enumerated
Jun 10, 2009
Record last updated
Feb 14, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicaid ID
10025589400 NE
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20140722001854); accepts Medicare assignment
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 12605 E 16TH Avenue

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

  1. Simrat Kaur, DOAnesthesiology Physician1306335518
  2. Kelli Warner, PA-CPhysician Assistant1235481854

Verify Mark A. Howard in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Colorado board licenses this profession
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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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The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 97.6 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score86.5
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

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

Industry payments in 2024: $16.13

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Iti, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.). The 24,076 providers of this specialty with any payment received $135.08 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Mark Howard$16.13
  2. Specialty average$135.08

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

  1. University Physicians IncorporatedAurora, CO

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

Mark A. Howard among 867 certified registered nurse anesthetist records in Colorado

Mark A. Howard, CRNA is one of 867 certified registered nurse anesthetist records with a practice address in Colorado. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 39% of them.

  • NPI issued2009 · 39% of these records are older, 57% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 75% of these records are
  • Graduated2009 · median 2014 among the 646 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2017 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 367500000X and a Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist providers in Colorado

There are 867 certified registered nurse anesthetist records in Colorado.

The 8 certified registered nurse anesthetist records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Mary Bidegaray, CRNAAurora, CO 800451558309575
  2. Elizabeth Cerimele, CRNAAurora, CO 800451992701411
  3. Catherine Cook, CRNAAurora, CO 800451891800157
  4. Charles Greenhalge, CRNAAurora, CO 800451083729347
  5. Donna Lilly, CRNAAurora, CO 800451730157942
  6. Kathleen Manning, CRNAAurora, CO 800451003822370
  7. Cheryl McGinnis, CRNAAurora, CO 800451760449607
  8. Kathleen Mitchell, CRNAAurora, CO 800451659334324

Common questions

What is Mark A. Howard, CRNA's NPI number?

Mark A. Howard, CRNA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457587917, issued on Jun 10, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Mark A. Howard, CRNA located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 12605 E 16TH Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045. Phone: (720) 848-0000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Mark A. Howard, CRNA's license?

NPPES lists Colorado license number APN.0991696-CRNA, as entered by the provider. Search the Colorado board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

What is Mark A. Howard, CRNA's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.6 of 100. 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.