Richard R. Howell, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Florence, SC
Richard R. Howell, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Florence, South Carolina, and NPI 1790743722, issued on May 1, 2006. Check the license (South Carolina 12108, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard R. Howell
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 12108 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 555 E Cheves St, Florence, SC 29506
- Phone
- (843) 777-2800
- Enumerated
- May 1, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 10, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (843) 777-2810
- Medicaid ID
- 121086 SC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050127000728); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 555 E Cheves St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Richard R. Howell in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 12108Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
29% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
4,565 Medicare Part D claims for 156 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 79 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate297 claims
- Omeprazole296 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium271 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl157 claims
- Eliquis124 claims
- Gabapentin117 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: $314.28
19 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. 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.
3 hospitals and group practices
- Mcleod Health ClarendonManning, SC · Acute Care Hospitals3 of 5 stars
- Mcleod Physician Associates IICheraw, SC
- Mcleod Regional Medical Center OF The Pee Dee IncFlorence, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
134 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Florence
They are 134 of the 2,634 NPPES records with a practice address in Florence, and 2,700 family medicine physician records in South Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Richard R. Howell, MD's NPI number?
Richard R. Howell, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1790743722, issued on May 1, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard R. Howell, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 555 E Cheves St, Florence, SC, 29506. Phone: (843) 777-2800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard R. Howell, MD's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 12108, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners at https://verify.llronline.com/LicLookup/Med/Med.aspx?div=22. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Richard R. Howell, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard R. Howell, MD had 4,565 Medicare Part D claims for 156 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.