Patricia Howard, APN
Family Nurse Practitioner · Chattanooga, TN
Patricia Howard, APN is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and NPI 1396097382, issued on Oct 15, 2012. Check the license (Tennessee APN0000016954, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Patricia Howard
- Credential
- APN
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- APN0000016954 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 649 Morrison Springs RD, Chattanooga, TN 37415
- Phone
- (423) 468-1000
- Enumerated
- Oct 15, 2012
- Record last updated
- Oct 15, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20141125001148); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Patricia Howard in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license APN0000016954Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
22% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
1,013 Medicare Part D claims for 101 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Calcium Acetate247 claims
- Sevelamer Carbonate129 claims
- Losartan Potassium69 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate53 claims
- Carvedilol47 claims
- Hydralazine Hcl44 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 76.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $21.20
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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
- Yium, Shenouda And Miller PtrshpChattanooga, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Patricia Howard among 9,060 family nurse practitioner records in Tennessee
Patricia Howard, APN is one of 9,060 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Tennessee. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 26% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 26% of these records are older, 71% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2017 among the 5,523 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
491 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Chattanooga
They are 491 of the 7,377 NPPES records with a practice address in Chattanooga, and 9,060 family nurse practitioner records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Patricia Howard, APN's NPI number?
Patricia Howard, APN's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396097382, issued on Oct 15, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Patricia Howard, APN located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 649 Morrison Springs RD, Chattanooga, TN, 37415. Phone: (423) 468-1000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Patricia Howard, APN's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number APN0000016954, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Patricia Howard, APN prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Patricia Howard, APN had 1,013 Medicare Part D claims for 101 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Patricia Howard, APN's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 76.3 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.