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Dr. John Charles Howard, DO
NPI1417334343PAC ID5092001750
- Medicare services, 2024
- 9,110
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 1,691
- Part D claims, 2024
- 2,259
- Publications
- 4
- MIPS score, 2024
- 89
- Practice address
- 413 Del Prado S Blvd, Cape Coral, FL 33990
- Practice phone
- Call (239) 313-2515
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Gardens Plastic Surgery
Cape Coral, Florida
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Dr. John Charles Howard is a mohs-micrographic surgery physician in Cape Coral, Florida
Dr. Howard practices at Gardens Plastic Surgery in Cape Coral, Florida.
Dr. Howard's NPI, 1417334343, was assigned on April 29, 2015. Dr. Howard graduated from Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2014. Dr. Howard holds Florida license OS13427.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1417334343NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 5092001750
- NPI enumeration date
- April 29, 2015
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (239) 313-2515
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 44
- Medical school graduation
- 2014
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. John Charles Howard practices at Gardens Plastic Surgery in Cape Coral, Florida
Dr. Howard's primary practice is Gardens Plastic Surgery, at 413 Del Prado S Blvd, Cape Coral, FL 33990 in Lee County. The practice phone is (239) 313-2515.
- Gardens Plastic Surgery413 Del Prado S Blvd, Cape Coral, FL 33990 · Lee CountyPhone(239) 313-2515
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. John Charles Howard is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 4 medical groups
Dr. Howard's primary practice is Gardens Plastic Surgery in Cape Coral, Florida. The medical group on file is MD Now Urgent Care. Dmand AI also links Dr. Howard to 3 more medical groups and 2 group practices and clinics, each named with a free account.
Gardens Plastic SurgeryPrimary
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. John Charles Howard's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Howard practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Gardens Plastic Surgery | Available with a free account |
| +2 more sites and 3 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. John Charles Howard is one of 152 mohs-micrographic surgery physicians in Florida
Mohs-micrographic surgery is Dr. Howard's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207ND0101X. Dr. Howard is board certified in dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology. Dr. Howard is licensed in Florida.
Specialties and state licenses
- Mohs-micrographic surgery, FloridaPrimary
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, corns and calluses and itchy rashes among the conditions Dr. Howard treats.
Mohs-micrographic surgery physicians near Dr. Howard
Counts of mohs-micrographic surgery physicians with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
152mohs-micrographic surgery physicians in Florida
5mohs-micrographic surgery physicians in Cape Coral
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. John Charles Howard billed Medicare for 9,110 services in 2024
CMS data shows 9,110 Medicare services from Dr. Howard across 40 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,691 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $1,356,089 for them. Every service was in an office.
Medicare services, 20249,110
Medicare patients1,691
Paid by Medicare$1.4M
Procedure codes40
Dr. Howard's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Surgery
- 2023: 5,9922024: 7,70729%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,2552024: 1,3014%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 672024: 8831%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 02024: 14
Dr. Howard compared with the Florida median for mohs-micrographic surgery physicians, 2024
- Dr. Howard
- Florida median
- Medicare services
- 9,110vs 2,6753.4 times
- Medicare patients
- 1,691vs 6582.6 times
- Part D claims
- 2,163vs 4664.6 times
Medians across 149 mohs-micrographic surgery physicians in Florida with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Howard'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. John Charles Howard treated 1,691 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76
CMS counts 1,691 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Howard in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 725 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 71% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.09, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Howard's median patient age at 72, with 45% women.
Medicare patients, 20241,691
Average age76
Average risk score1.09
Dr. Howard's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Howard's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women80948%
- Men88252%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Howard's Medicare patients, 2024
- High cholesterol75%
- High blood pressure71%
- Arthritis50%
- Ischemic heart disease32%
- Anxiety23%
- Chronic kidney disease23%
- Atrial fibrillation20%
- Diabetes20%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Howard's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 72
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women45%
- Men54%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. John Charles Howard wrote 2,259 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Howard wrote 2,259 Medicare Part D claims for 1,227 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,163 of them, across 15 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $18,584 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,556 claims across 18 drugs.
Part D claims, 20242,259
Drugs named by CMS15
Total drug cost$18,584
Part D patients1,227
Dr. Howard's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic2,251 claims100%
- Brand-name and other8 claims0%
Dr. Howard'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. Howard's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids4%96 of 2,259 claims
- Antibiotics63%1,420 of 2,259 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: 1,5562024: 2,16339%
Drugs named by CMS: 15 in 2024, 18 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. John Charles Howard scored 89 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 89 out of 100 for Dr. Howard for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Howard accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 1,807 procedures of removal of skin cancer by Dr. Howard, more than 97% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Howard's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 89of 100Final score
- 78.3of 100Quality
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Howard ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Removal of skin cancer
- 97th percentile1,807 procedures
- Removal of skin lesions
- 94th percentile1,165 procedures
- Skin biopsy
- 97th percentile597 procedures
- Melanoma (skin cancer) excision
- 95th percentile131 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. John Charles Howard has 4 publications on record
Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Howard. Dr. Howard has published most often in Dermatol Surg. Dr. Howard's most frequent co-authors are Sergey Arutyunyan, DO, Jordan S. Fabrikant, DO and Michael Alan Garone, DO.
Papers4
Dr. Howard's most frequent co-authors
- Sergey Arutyunyan, DO1 shared paper
- Jordan S. Fabrikant, DO1 shared paper
- Michael Alan Garone, DO1 shared paper
Recent publications by Dr. Howard
J Clin Aesthet Dermatol
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. John Charles Howard received $14,330 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 587 general payments to Dr. Howard from 40 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 98% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $2,328.
General payments to Dr. Howard by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Howard by kind, 2016 to 2025
$14.3Kin total
- Food and beverage$13,97998%
- Education$3442%
- Travel and lodging$70%
Companies that paid Dr. Howard 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. John Charles Howard graduated from Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dr. Howard graduated from Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2014. Dr. Howard is a member of AAD, AOA and ASDS.
- Medical school
- Board certified in dermatology
- Board certified in 2015 - 2026
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. John Charles Howard accepts plans from 15 insurance carriers
Dr. Howard is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Elevance
- Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- United Healthcare
- HCSC
- Aspirus Health Plan
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- +7 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Howard accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO10
- Medicare9
- HMO8
- POS6
- EPO5
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. John Charles Howard'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 | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation 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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (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 |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. John Charles Howard's NPI number?
Dr. John Charles Howard's NPI number is 1417334343. It was assigned on April 29, 2015, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. John Charles Howard?
Dr. John Charles Howard is a mohs-micrographic surgery physician in Cape Coral, Florida. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is MOHS-Micrographic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207ND0101X).
Where does Dr. John Charles Howard practice?
Dr. Howard practices at 413 Del Prado S Blvd, Cape Coral, FL 33990. Dr. Howard's primary practice is Gardens Plastic Surgery in Cape Coral, Florida. Dmand AI also links Dr. Howard to 3 medical groups and 2 group practices and clinics.
What is Dr. John Charles Howard's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Howard is (239) 313-2515.
What is Dr. John Charles Howard's medical license number?
Dr. Howard holds Florida license OS13427.
What medical group is Dr. John Charles Howard part of?
Dr. Howard is linked to MD Now Urgent Care. Dmand AI links Dr. Howard to 3 more medical groups.
Does Dr. John Charles Howard accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Howard billed Medicare for 9,110 services in 2024, and Dr. Howard accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. John Charles Howard's MIPS score?
Dr. Howard's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 89 out of 100, reported individually.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. John Charles Howard see?
CMS counts 1,691 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Howard in 2024, with an average age of 76.
Is Dr. John Charles Howard board certified?
Yes. Dr. Howard is board certified in dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology.
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What services does Dr. John Charles Howard bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Howard's most billed Medicare services were surgery: skin and soft tissue (17003), office visit, established patient (99213) and surgery: skin and soft tissue (17311).
Where did Dr. John Charles Howard go to medical school?
Dr. Howard graduated from Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2014.
What drugs does Dr. John Charles Howard prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Howard's most prescribed drugs by claims were Cephalexin, Doxycycline Hyclate and Mupirocin.
Has Dr. John Charles Howard received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $14,330 in general payments to Dr. Howard from 40 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.
How long has Dr. John Charles Howard been practicing?
Dr. Howard graduated from medical school in 2014, 12 years ago.
Does Dr. John Charles Howard do research?
Dmand AI links 4 publications to Dr. Howard.
Who does Dr. John Charles Howard publish with?
Dr. Howard's most frequent co-authors are Sergey Arutyunyan, DO (1 shared paper), Jordan S. Fabrikant, DO (1 shared paper) and Michael Alan Garone, DO (1 shared paper).
What insurance does Dr. John Charles Howard accept?
Dr. Howard is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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