Monica Jean Howard, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Germantown, MD
Monica Jean Howard, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Germantown, Maryland, and NPI 1720130255, issued on Jan 17, 2007. Check the license (Maryland D0053213, as entered in NPPES) on the Maryland Board of Physicians; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Monica Jean Howard
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- D0053213 MD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 19851 Observation Dr Ste 205, Germantown, MD 20876
- Phone
- (301) 972-0400
- Enumerated
- Jan 17, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jan 7, 2025
- Fax
- (301) 916-1453
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101209000730); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Howard University College Of Medicine, 1995
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Monica Jean Howard in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMaryland Board of Physicians
Search for license D0053213Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
54% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
5,460 Medicare Part D claims for 449 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 174 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate341 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium256 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium228 claims
- Losartan Potassium178 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium171 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate153 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 84.1 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: $40.00
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. 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
- Family Healthcare, P.C.Germantown, MD
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Monica Jean Howard among 1,912 family medicine physician records in Maryland
Monica Jean Howard, M.D. is one of 1,912 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Maryland. 73% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 46% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 46% of these records are older, 42% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2004 among the 1,141 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 58% 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 Maryland practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
21 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Germantown
They are 21 of the 1,327 NPPES records with a practice address in Germantown, and 1,912 family medicine physician records in Maryland.
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Common questions
What is Monica Jean Howard, M.D.'s NPI number?
Monica Jean Howard, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720130255, issued on Jan 17, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Monica Jean Howard, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 19851 Observation Dr Ste 205, Germantown, MD, 20876. Phone: (301) 972-0400. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Monica Jean Howard, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Maryland license number D0053213, as entered by the provider. Search the Maryland Board of Physicians at https://www.mbp.state.md.us/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Monica Jean Howard, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Monica Jean Howard, M.D. had 5,460 Medicare Part D claims for 449 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Monica Jean Howard, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 84.1 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.