Nathan S. Howard, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Richardson, TX
Nathan S. Howard, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Richardson, Texas, and NPI 1922073048, issued on Feb 22, 2006. Check the license (Texas V3883, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nathan S. Howard
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- V3883 TX
A75819 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 820 W Arapaho RD Ste 200, Richardson, TX 75080
- Phone
- (972) 498-4500
- Enumerated
- Feb 22, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 2, 2025
- Fax
- (972) 680-9147
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250918002671); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- New York Medical College, 1999
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nathan S. Howard in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license V3883Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
28% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
2,536 Medicare Part D claims for 310 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium106 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate100 claims
- Gabapentin87 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium82 claims
- Losartan Potassium81 claims
- Lisinopril80 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: $30.87
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, 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
- MedhealthRichardson, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nathan S. Howard among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Nathan S. Howard, MD is one of 11,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% 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 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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 207Q00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
71 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Richardson
They are 71 of the 2,896 NPPES records with a practice address in Richardson, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Nathan S. Howard, MD's NPI number?
Nathan S. Howard, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1922073048, issued on Feb 22, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nathan S. Howard, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 820 W Arapaho RD Ste 200, Richardson, TX, 75080. Phone: (972) 498-4500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nathan S. Howard, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number V3883, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Nathan S. Howard, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nathan S. Howard, MD had 2,536 Medicare Part D claims for 310 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.