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Dr. Heather E. Howe, MD
NPI1396990123PAC ID7315179280
- Medicare services, 2024
- 1,049
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 396
- Part D claims, 2024
- 778
- Publications
- 5
- MIPS score, 2024
- 95
- Practice address
- 800 S 3rd St, Montrose, CO 81401
- Practice phone
- Call (970) 249-2211
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Dr. Heather E. Howe is a pulmonologist in Montrose, Colorado
Dr. Howe practices at Montrose Regional Health in Montrose, Colorado, part of Montrose Regional Health.
Dr. Howe's NPI, 1396990123, was assigned on November 20, 2008. Dr. Howe graduated from University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver in 2008. Dr. Howe holds Colorado license CDR.0001870.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1396990123NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 7315179280
- NPI enumeration date
- November 20, 2008
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (970) 249-2211
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 44
- Medical school graduation
- 2008
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Heather E. Howe practices at Montrose Regional Health in Montrose, Colorado
Dr. Howe's primary practice is Montrose Regional Health, at 800 S 3rd St, Montrose, CO 81401 in Montrose County. The practice phone is (970) 249-2211.
- Montrose Regional Health800 S 3rd St, Montrose, CO 81401 · Montrose CountyPhone(970) 249-2211
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Heather E. Howe is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 3 medical groups
Dr. Howe's primary practice is Montrose Regional Health in Montrose, Colorado, part of Montrose Regional Health. Dr. Howe is also affiliated with Delta Health. The medical group on file is Montrose Regional Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Howe to 2 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics, 2 medical groups and 1 hospital outpatient department, each named with a free account.
Delta HealthMontrose Regional Health2 hospitalsNames with a free account2 group practices and clinicsNames with a free account2 medical groupsNames with a free account1 hospital outpatient departmentName with a free account
See all 10 affiliations for Dr. HoweSources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Heather E. Howe's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Howe practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Montrose Regional Health | Available with a free account |
| +6 more sites and 2 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Heather E. Howe is one of 254 pulmonologists in Colorado
Pulmonary disease is Dr. Howe's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RP1001X. Dmand AI has Dr. Howe's licenses on file in 2 states: Colorado and Ohio.
Specialties and state licenses
- Pulmonary disease, ColoradoPrimary
- Critical care medicine (internal medicine), Ohio
Pulmonologists near Dr. Howe
Counts of pulmonologists 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. Heather E. Howe billed Medicare for 1,049 services in 2024
CMS data shows 1,049 Medicare services from Dr. Howe across 12 procedure codes in 2024, for 396 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $56,097 for them.
Medicare services, 20241,049
Medicare patients396
Paid by Medicare$56,097
Procedure codes12
Dr. Howe's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 5172024: 5364%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 6452024: 51320%
- Other services
- 2023: 152024: 0100%
- Surgery
- 2023: 122024: 0100%
Where Dr. Howe's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office41740%
- In a facility63260%
Dr. Howe compared with the Colorado median for pulmonologists, 2024
- Dr. Howe
- Colorado median
- Medicare services
- 1,049vs 3543.0 times
- Medicare patients
- 396vs 1952.0 times
- Part D claims
- 653vs 37674% above
Medians across 247 pulmonologists in Colorado with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Howe'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. Heather E. Howe treated 396 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 396 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Howe in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 169 patients. 66% of them have high blood pressure, and 65% have high cholesterol. 10% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.43, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Howe's median patient age at 73, with 51% women.
Medicare patients, 2024396
Average age75
Average risk score1.43
Also on Medicaid10%
Dr. Howe's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Howe's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women20853%
- Men18847%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Howe's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure66%
- High cholesterol65%
- COPD48%
- Arthritis46%
- Mood disorders27%
- Ischemic heart disease25%
- Asthma24%
- Atrial fibrillation24%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Howe's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 73
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women51%
- Men48%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Heather E. Howe wrote 778 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Howe wrote 778 Medicare Part D claims for 174 patients. 32% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 653 of them, across 19 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $475,398 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 559 claims across 17 drugs.
Part D claims, 2024778
Drugs named by CMS19
Total drug cost$475,398
Part D patients174
Dr. Howe's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic251 claims32%
- Brand-name527 claims68%
Dr. Howe'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. Howe's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics5%42 of 778 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: 5592024: 65317%
Drugs named by CMS: 19 in 2024, 17 in 2023.
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. Heather E. Howe scored 95 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Dr. Howe for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Howe accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Howe as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Dr. Howe's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 95of 100Final score
- 86.9of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Dr. Heather E. Howe has 5 publications on record
Dmand AI links 5 papers to Dr. Howe, published from 2020 to 2022. 2021 was the busiest year, with 2. Dr. Howe's most frequent co-authors are Amarbir Singh Gill, MD, Jeremiah Andrew Alt, MD, PhD and Gretchen Mae Oakley, MD.
Papers5
Years published2020 to 2022
Dr. Howe's papers by year, 2020 to 2022
Dr. Howe's most frequent co-authors
- Amarbir Singh Gill, MD4 shared papers
- Jeremiah Andrew Alt, MD, PhD2 shared papers
- Gretchen Mae Oakley, MD2 shared papers
Recent publications by Dr. Howe
J Clin Sleep Med
Blood PressureContinuous Positive Airway PressureElectronic Health Records
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Heather E. Howe received $274 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 8 general payments to Dr. Howe from 8 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 63% of the total. Sanofi and Genzyme US Companies paid the most, $100.
General payments to Dr. Howe by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Howe by kind, 2016 to 2025
$274in total
- Food and beverage$17463%
- Education$10037%
Companies that paid Dr. Howe the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Heather E. Howe graduated from University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver
Dr. Howe graduated from University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver in 2008.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Heather E. Howe's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Heather E. Howe's NPI number?
Dr. Heather E. Howe's NPI number is 1396990123. It was assigned on November 20, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Heather E. Howe?
Dr. Heather E. Howe is a pulmonologist in Montrose, Colorado. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Pulmonary Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RP1001X).
Where does Dr. Heather E. Howe practice?
Dr. Howe practices at 800 S 3rd St, Montrose, CO 81401. Dr. Howe's primary practice is Montrose Regional Health in Montrose, Colorado, part of Montrose Regional Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Howe to 2 hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics, 2 medical groups and 1 hospital outpatient department.
What is Dr. Heather E. Howe's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Howe is (970) 249-2211.
What is Dr. Heather E. Howe's medical license number?
Dr. Howe holds Colorado license CDR.0001870, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Heather E. Howe been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Howe in Colorado and Ohio.
Which hospitals is Dr. Heather E. Howe affiliated with?
Dr. Howe practices at Montrose Regional Health in Montrose, Colorado. Dr. Howe is also affiliated with Delta Health. Dmand AI links Dr. Howe to 2 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Heather E. Howe part of?
Dr. Howe is linked to Montrose Regional Health. Dmand AI links Dr. Howe to 2 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Heather E. Howe accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Howe billed Medicare for 1,049 services in 2024, and Dr. Howe accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Heather E. Howe offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Howe as offering telehealth services.
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What is Dr. Heather E. Howe's MIPS score?
Dr. Howe's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 95 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Heather E. Howe see?
CMS counts 396 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Howe in 2024, with an average age of 75.
What services does Dr. Heather E. Howe bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Howe's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), lung function service (94375) and lung function service (94729).
Where did Dr. Heather E. Howe go to medical school?
Dr. Howe graduated from University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver in 2008.
What drugs does Dr. Heather E. Howe prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Howe's most prescribed drugs by claims were Trelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta and Breo Ellipta.
Has Dr. Heather E. Howe received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $274 in general payments to Dr. Howe from 8 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Sanofi and Genzyme US Companies.
How long has Dr. Heather E. Howe been practicing?
Dr. Howe graduated from medical school in 2008, 18 years ago.
Does Dr. Heather E. Howe do research?
Dmand AI links 5 publications to Dr. Howe, published from 2020 to 2022.
Who does Dr. Heather E. Howe publish with?
Dr. Howe's most frequent co-authors are Amarbir Singh Gill, MD (4 shared papers), Jeremiah Andrew Alt, MD, PhD (2 shared papers) and Gretchen Mae Oakley, MD (2 shared papers).
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