Thomas Michael Howard, MD
Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician · Cary, NC
Thomas Michael Howard, MD is a sports medicine (family medicine) physician with a practice address in Cary, North Carolina, and NPI 1437144714, issued on Sep 13, 2005. Check the license (North Carolina 32116, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Thomas Michael Howard
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician 207QS0010X
- License number
- 32116 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 400 Ashville Ave, Cary, NC 27518
- Phone
- (919) 371-2371
- Enumerated
- Sep 13, 2005
- Record last updated
- Nov 30, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (919) 371-2375
- Medicaid ID
- 010101506 VA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20160712003019); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Uniformed Services Uhs Fe Hebert School Of Med, 1984
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Thomas Michael Howard in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 32116Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $171.79
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 1,218 providers of this specialty with any payment received $781.49 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 2 group practices
- Active Life Health OF Cary PLLCCary, NC
- Active Life Health OF Greensboro PLLCGreensboro, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Thomas Michael Howard among 102 sports medicine (family medicine) physician records in North Carolina
Thomas Michael Howard, MD is one of 102 sports medicine (family medicine) physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 87% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 94% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 75% of these records are
- Graduated1984 · median 2010 among the 77 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 31% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207QS0010X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 102 sports medicine (family medicine) physician records in North Carolina.
All 102 in North Carolina → Every provider in Cary → Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician nationwide →
The 8 sports medicine (family medicine) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Luting Eckensweiler, DOCary, NC 275191114418050
- Rebecca Wadlinger, D.O.Cary, NC 275191124304282
- Aaron Leininger, MDClayton, NC 275201861514556
- Michael Rigby, D.O.Greensboro, NC 274551649532110
- Thomas Brickner, MDChapel Hill, NC 275991518981745
- Shawn Kane, M.D.Chapel Hill, NC 275991326014127
- Gregory Tuttle, MDChapel Hill, NC 275991003820135
- Adam Willson, M.DRaleigh, NC 276091467988014
Common questions
What is Thomas Michael Howard, MD's NPI number?
Thomas Michael Howard, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1437144714, issued on Sep 13, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Thomas Michael Howard, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 400 Ashville Ave, Cary, NC, 27518. Phone: (919) 371-2371. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Thomas Michael Howard, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 32116, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is Thomas Michael Howard, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.