Richard K. Howe, MD
Family Medicine Physician · San Francisco, CA
Richard K. Howe, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in San Francisco, California, and NPI 1871566679, issued on Feb 10, 2006. Check the license (California C193020, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard K. Howe
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- C193020 CA
M6640 ID
00034412 WA
MD00034412 WA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3490 California St Ste 203, San Francisco, CA 94118
- Phone
- (888) 663-6331
- Enumerated
- Feb 10, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 17, 2025
- Fax
- (415) 252-7176
- Medicaid ID
- 805067900 ID
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100706000450); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Alberta, Faculty Of Medicine, 1989
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3490 California St Ste 203
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Richard K. Howe in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license C193020Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
98% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
63 Medicare Part D claims for 36 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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.
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Clearwater Valley Hospital And Clinics IncOrofino, ID
- One Medical Group IncSan Francisco, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard K. Howe among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Richard K. Howe, MD is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% 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 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 2005 among the 10,652 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Richard K. Howe, MD's NPI number?
Richard K. Howe, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1871566679, issued on Feb 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard K. Howe, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3490 California St Ste 203, San Francisco, CA, 94118. Phone: (888) 663-6331. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard K. Howe, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number C193020, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Richard K. Howe, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard K. Howe, MD had 63 Medicare Part D claims for 36 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.