Dr. Howard Fein, MD

  • Turlock, CA
  • Mohs-micrographic surgery physician
NPI1184707838PAC ID5991769218
Medicare services, 2024
12,345
Medicare patients, 2024
876
Part D claims, 2024
1,053
Publications
2
Clinical trials
1
Practice address
825 Delbon Ave, Turlock, CA 95382
Practice phone
Call (209) 667-4200
Professional email
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Primary practice

Emanuel Medical Center

Hospital · Turlock, California

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Dr. Howard Fein is a mohs-micrographic surgery physician in Turlock, California

Dr. Fein practices at Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock, California, part of Tenet Healthcare.

Dr. Fein's NPI, 1184707838, was assigned on October 23, 2006. Dr. Fein graduated from Keck School of Medicine of USC in 1998. Dr. Fein holds California license A84759.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
5991769218
NPI enumeration date
October 23, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(209) 667-4200
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
54
Medical school graduation
1998

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Howard Fein practices at Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock, California

Dr. Fein's primary practice is Emanuel Medical Center, at 825 Delbon Ave, Turlock, CA 95382 in Stanislaus County. The practice phone is (209) 667-4200.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Howard Fein is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Fein's primary practice is Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock, California, part of Tenet Healthcare. Dr. Fein is also affiliated with Torrance Memorial Medical Center. The medical group on file is Pacific Dermatology Specialists. Dmand AI also links Dr. Fein to 2 more group practices and clinics, 1 physician office and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Howard Fein's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Fein practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Emanuel Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+4 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Howard Fein is one of 156 mohs-micrographic surgery physicians in California

Mohs-micrographic surgery is Dr. Fein's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207ND0101X. Dr. Fein is board certified in dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology. Dmand AI has Dr. Fein's licenses on file in 6 states: California, Florida, New York, Virginia, Illinois and Ohio.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Mohs-micrographic surgery, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A84759 · 2003 to 2027 · taxonomy 207ND0101X
  • Florida license2006 to 2027
  • New York license2020 to 2024
  • Virginia license2020 to 2024
  • Illinois license2021 to 2023
  • Ohio license2000 to 2005

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acne, acute skin infection, benign or precancerous skin growths, cancerous skin growth removal, cold sores or genital herpes, contact dermatitis, itchy rashes and joint cyst among the conditions Dr. Fein treats.

Mohs-micrographic surgery physicians near Dr. Fein

Counts of mohs-micrographic surgery physicians with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Howard Fein billed Medicare for 12,345 services in 2024

CMS data shows 12,345 Medicare services from Dr. Fein across 43 procedure codes in 2024, for 876 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $2,051,591 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 202412,345
Medicare patients876
Paid by Medicare$2.1M
Procedure codes43

Dr. Fein's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Surgery
2023: 6,5092024: 6,8605%
Other services
2023: 02024: 2,922
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2,0262024: 2,26412%
Tests and treatments
2023: 1172024: 15432%
Drugs given in the office
2023: 1442024: 1451%

Dr. Fein compared with the California median for mohs-micrographic surgery physicians, 2024

  • Dr. Fein
  • California median
Medicare services
12,345vs 2,6454.7 times
Medicare patients
876vs 52866% above
Part D claims
932vs 2254.1 times

Medians across 153 mohs-micrographic surgery physicians in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Fein's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Howard Fein treated 876 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77

CMS counts 876 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Fein in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 386 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 72% have high blood pressure. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.07, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Fein's median patient age at 63, with 52% women.

Medicare patients, 2024876
Average age77
Average risk score1.07
Also on Medicaid3%

Dr. Fein's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Fein's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women37343%
  • Men50357%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Fein's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure72%
  3. Arthritis44%
  4. Ischemic heart disease28%
  5. Chronic kidney disease24%
  6. Diabetes22%
  7. Atrial fibrillation19%
  8. Anxiety18%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Fein's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 63

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women52%
  • Men47%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Howard Fein wrote 1,053 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Fein wrote 1,053 Medicare Part D claims for 379 patients. 93% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 932 of them, across 19 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $156,522 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 846 claims across 20 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,053
Drugs named by CMS19
Total drug cost$156,522
Part D patients379

Dr. Fein's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic979 claims93%
  • Brand-name74 claims7%

Dr. Fein's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Fein's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics6%61 of 1,053 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 8462024: 93210%

Drugs named by CMS: 19 in 2024, 20 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Howard Fein scored 100 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Fein for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Fein accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 2,486 procedures of removal of skin lesions by Dr. Fein, more than 99% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Fein's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 100of 100Final score
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Fein ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Removal of skin lesions
99th percentile2,486 procedures
Removal or shaving of skin growth
99th percentile1,228 procedures
Removal of skin cancer
77th percentile764 procedures
Skin biopsy
93rd percentile376 procedures
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision
96th percentile160 procedures
Removal of tissue
64th percentile13 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Howard Fein has 2 publications on record

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Fein.

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Recent publications by Dr. Fein

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Howard Fein has worked on 1 clinical trial

Dmand AI links Dr. Fein to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Acneiform Eruptions and Acne Vulgaris.

Conditions in Dr. Fein's trials

  • Acneiform Eruptions
  • Acne Vulgaris

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Fein

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Fein

Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Dr. Howard Fein received $28,273 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 524 general payments to Dr. Fein from 41 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 46% of the total. Incyte Corporation paid the most, $13,883.

General payments to Dr. Fein by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Fein by kind, 2016 to 2025

$28.3Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$13,02346%
  • Food and beverage$10,10936%
  • Honoraria$3,75013%
  • Consulting fees$6002%
  • Other$7313%

Companies that paid Dr. Fein the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Howard Fein has 3 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 3 awards for Dr. Fein, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. Fein

  1. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR
  2. Undated
    • AAD Fellow
    • ASDS Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Howard Fein graduated from Keck School of Medicine of USC

Dr. Fein graduated from Keck School of Medicine of USC in 1998. Dr. Fein is a member of AAD and ASDS.

  1. Medical schoolKeck School of Medicine of USC
  2. Board certified in dermatologyAmerican Board of Dermatology

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Howard Fein accepts plans from 17 insurance carriers

Dr. Fein is in network with 17 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Fein accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO11
  2. Medicare10
  3. HMO9
  4. EPO4
  5. POS4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Howard Fein's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Howard Fein's NPI number?

Dr. Howard Fein's NPI number is 1184707838. It was assigned on October 23, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Howard Fein?

Dr. Howard Fein is a mohs-micrographic surgery physician in Turlock, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is MOHS-Micrographic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207ND0101X).

Where does Dr. Howard Fein practice?

Dr. Fein practices at 825 Delbon Ave, Turlock, CA 95382. Dr. Fein's primary practice is Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock, California, part of Tenet Healthcare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Fein to 2 group practices and clinics, 1 physician office and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Howard Fein's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Fein is (209) 667-4200.

What is Dr. Howard Fein's medical license number?

Dr. Fein holds California license A84759, one of the licenses on file in 6 states.

Which states has Dr. Howard Fein been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Fein in California (2003 to 2027), Florida (2006 to 2027), New York (2020 to 2024), Virginia (2020 to 2024), Illinois (2021 to 2023) and Ohio (2000 to 2005).

Which hospitals is Dr. Howard Fein affiliated with?

Dr. Fein practices at Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock, California. Dr. Fein is also affiliated with Torrance Memorial Medical Center.

What medical group is Dr. Howard Fein part of?

Dr. Fein is linked to Pacific Dermatology Specialists. Dmand AI links Dr. Fein to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Howard Fein accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Fein billed Medicare for 12,345 services in 2024, and Dr. Fein accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Howard Fein's MIPS score?

Dr. Fein's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 100 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Howard Fein see?

CMS counts 876 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Fein in 2024, with an average age of 77.

Is Dr. Howard Fein board certified?

Yes. Dr. Fein is board certified in dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology.

What services does Dr. Howard Fein bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Fein's most billed Medicare services were medicare temporary code (Q4278), surgery: skin and soft tissue (17003) and office visit, established patient (99213).

Where did Dr. Howard Fein go to medical school?

Dr. Fein graduated from Keck School of Medicine of USC in 1998.

What drugs does Dr. Howard Fein prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Fein's most prescribed drugs by claims were Fluocinonide, Ketoconazole and Mupirocin.

Has Dr. Howard Fein received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $28,273 in general payments to Dr. Fein from 41 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Incyte Corporation.

How long has Dr. Howard Fein been practicing?

Dr. Fein graduated from medical school in 1998, 28 years ago.

Does Dr. Howard Fein do research?

Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Fein. Dr. Fein has worked on 1 clinical trial.

What insurance does Dr. Howard Fein accept?

Dr. Fein is in network with 17 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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