Michael A. Howard, MD
Plastic Surgery Physician · Lake Forest, IL
Michael A. Howard, MD is a plastic surgery physician with a practice address in Lake Forest, Illinois, and NPI 1366542789, issued on Sep 25, 2006. Check the license (Illinois 036112806, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael A. Howard
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Plastic Surgery Physician 208200000X
- License number
- 036112806 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1000 N Westmoreland RD, Lake Forest, IL 60045
- Phone
- (847) 234-5600
- Enumerated
- Sep 25, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 22, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050203000649); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Emory University School Of Medicine, 1997
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Michael A. Howard in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036112806Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 94.1 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $699.74
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Davol Inc. The 3,683 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,316.31 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
- Northwestern Medical Faculty FoundationLake Forest, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michael A. Howard among 224 plastic surgery physician records in Illinois
Michael A. Howard, MD is one of 224 plastic surgery physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 76% 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 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 64% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 2005 among the 85 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208200000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Plastic Surgery Physician providers in Illinois
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Common questions
What is Michael A. Howard, MD's NPI number?
Michael A. Howard, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1366542789, issued on Sep 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael A. Howard, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1000 N Westmoreland RD, Lake Forest, IL, 60045. Phone: (847) 234-5600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael A. Howard, MD's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036112806, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is Michael A. Howard, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.1 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.