Dr. Travis Howard, MD

Dr. Howard practices at NCH Baker Hospital in Naples, Florida, part of NCH Healthcare System.

Dr. Howard's NPI, 1235591215, was assigned on March 28, 2016. Dr. Howard graduated from Georgetown University School Of Medicine in 2016. Dr. Howard holds Florida license ME166551.

Dr. Howard's primary practice is NCH Baker Hospital, at 350 7th St N, Naples, FL 34102 in Collier County. The practice phone is (239) 624-5000.

Dr. Howard's primary practice is NCH Baker Hospital in Naples, Florida, part of NCH Healthcare System. The medical group on file is NCH Medical Group - Hospitalists. Dmand AI also links Dr. Howard to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Howard practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Interventional cardiology is Dr. Howard's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0011X. Dr. Howard is board certified in national board of echocardiography by the ABIM. Dmand AI has Dr. Howard's licenses on file in 3 states: Florida, Ohio and Illinois.

CMS data shows 855 Medicare services from Dr. Howard across 22 procedure codes in 2024, for 385 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $68,599 for them.

CMS counts 385 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Howard in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 190 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.70, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Howard's median patient age at 80, with 41% women.

In 2024, Dr. Howard wrote 229 Medicare Part D claims for 113 patients. 80% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 110 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $10,534 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 148 claims across 3 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Dr. Howard for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Howard accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 71 procedures of coronary angioplasty and stenting by Dr. Howard, more than 92% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Pacemaker insertion or repair: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 13 papers to Dr. Howard, published from 2013 to 2025. 2018 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Aortic Valve, Aortic Valve Stenosis and Heart Failure. Dr. Howard has published most often in Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. Dr. Howard's most frequent co-authors are Rishi Puri, MD, PhD, Aakash Bavishi, MD and Serge Charbel Harb, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 174 general payments to Dr. Howard from 28 drug and device companies from 2022 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 66% of the total. Abbott Laboratories paid the most, $4,057.

Dmand AI lists 3 awards for Dr. Howard, most recently Patrick Whitlow Award in Interventional Cardiology in 2024.

Dr. Howard graduated from Georgetown University School Of Medicine in 2016.

Dr. Howard is in network with 15 carriers, including Elevance, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.