Dr. David Jefferson Howe, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 4,207
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 642
- Part D claims, 2024
- 799
- MIPS score, 2024
- 94
- Hospital affiliations
- 2
- Practice address
- 180 Kimel Park Drive, Winston Salem, NC 27103
- Practice phone
- Call (336) 607-6610
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
Kimel Park Surgery Center
Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Winston Salem, North Carolina
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Dr. David Jefferson Howe is an orthopedic surgeon in Winston Salem, North Carolina
Dr. Howe practices at Kimel Park Surgery Center in Winston Salem, North Carolina.
Dr. Howe's NPI, 1457324659, was assigned on February 8, 2006. Dr. Howe holds North Carolina license 200001597.
- NPI
- 1457324659NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 9931186947
- NPI enumeration date
- February 8, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (336) 607-6610
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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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. David Jefferson Howe practices at Kimel Park Surgery Center in Winston Salem, North Carolina
Dr. Howe's primary practice is Kimel Park Surgery Center, at 180 Kimel Park Drive, Winston Salem, NC 27103. The practice phone is (336) 607-6610.
- Kimel Park Surgery Center180 Kimel Park Drive, Winston Salem, NC 27103Phone(336) 607-6610
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. David Jefferson Howe is affiliated with 8 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Howe's primary practice is Kimel Park Surgery Center in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Dr. Howe is also affiliated with Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center. The medical group on file is OrthoCarolina. Dmand AI also links Dr. Howe to 1 more hospital, 4 home health agencies and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. David Jefferson Howe's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Howe practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Kimel Park Surgery Center | Available with a free account |
| +7 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. David Jefferson Howe is one of 809 orthopedic surgeons in North Carolina
Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Howe's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Howe's licenses on file in 2 states: North Carolina and South Carolina.
Specialties and state licenses
- Orthopaedic surgery, North CarolinaPrimary
- South Carolina license
Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Howe
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. David Jefferson Howe billed Medicare for 4,207 services in 2024
CMS data shows 4,207 Medicare services from Dr. Howe across 17 procedure codes in 2024, for 642 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $348,545 for them.
Dr. Howe's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 2,6722024: 2,23216%
- Imaging
- 2023: 8472024: 69818%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 8022024: 69413%
- Surgery
- 2023: 3962024: 35510%
- Other services
- 2023: 2212024: 2283%
Where Dr. Howe's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office3,73089%
- In a facility47711%
Dr. Howe compared with the North Carolina median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Howe
- North Carolina median
- Medicare services
- 4,207vs 9964.2 times
- Medicare patients
- 642vs 2412.7 times
- Part D claims
- 743vs 1574.7 times
Medians across 792 orthopedic surgeons in North Carolina 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. David Jefferson Howe treated 642 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 642 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Howe in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 361 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 2% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.98, 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 62% women.
Dr. Howe's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Howe's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women40162%
- Men24138%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Howe's Medicare patients, 2024
- Arthritis75%
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Anxiety24%
- Chronic kidney disease23%
- Diabetes23%
- Ischemic heart disease22%
- Mood disorders22%
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
- Women62%
- Men38%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. David Jefferson Howe wrote 799 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Howe wrote 799 Medicare Part D claims for 413 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 743 of them, across 11 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $3,497 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 901 claims across 12 drugs.
Dr. Howe's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic792 claims99%
- Brand-name and other7 claims1%
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
- Opioids20%157 of 799 claims
- Antibiotics45%360 of 799 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: 9012024: 74318%
Drugs named by CMS: 11 in 2024, 12 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. David Jefferson Howe scored 94 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 94 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 counts 210 procedures of knee replacement by Dr. Howe, more than 99% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Howe's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 94of 100Final score
- 81.6of 100Quality
- 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. Howe ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Knee replacement
- 99th percentile210 procedures
- Hip replacement
- 98th percentile108 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. David Jefferson Howe received $235,962 in industry payments from 2017 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 252 general payments to Dr. Howe from 9 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 81% of the total. Stryker Corporation paid the most, $228,638.
General payments to Dr. Howe by program year, 2017 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Howe by kind, 2017 to 2025
- Consulting fees$191,35581%
- Travel and lodging$39,93917%
- Food and beverage$4,6682%
Companies that paid Dr. Howe the most, 2017 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Sources for Dr. David Jefferson 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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. David Jefferson Howe's NPI number?
Dr. David Jefferson Howe's NPI number is 1457324659. It was assigned on February 8, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. David Jefferson Howe?
Dr. David Jefferson Howe is an orthopedic surgeon in Winston Salem, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).
Where does Dr. David Jefferson Howe practice?
Dr. Howe practices at 180 Kimel Park Drive, Winston Salem, NC 27103. Dr. Howe's primary practice is Kimel Park Surgery Center in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Dmand AI also links Dr. Howe to 1 hospital, 4 home health agencies and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. David Jefferson Howe's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Howe is (336) 607-6610.
What is Dr. David Jefferson Howe's medical license number?
Dr. Howe holds North Carolina license 200001597, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. David Jefferson Howe been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Howe in North Carolina and South Carolina.
Which hospitals is Dr. David Jefferson Howe affiliated with?
Dr. Howe is affiliated with Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Howe to 1 more hospital.
What medical group is Dr. David Jefferson Howe part of?
Dr. Howe is linked to OrthoCarolina.
Does Dr. David Jefferson Howe accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Howe billed Medicare for 4,207 services in 2024, and Dr. Howe accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. David Jefferson Howe's MIPS score?
Dr. Howe's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 94 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. David Jefferson Howe see?
CMS counts 642 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Howe in 2024, with an average age of 74.
What services does Dr. David Jefferson Howe bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Howe's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J7318), injected or infused drug (J3301) and diagnostic imaging (73562).
What drugs does Dr. David Jefferson Howe prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Howe's most prescribed drugs by claims were Amoxicillin, Gabapentin and Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen.
Has Dr. David Jefferson Howe received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $235,962 in general payments to Dr. Howe from 9 companies from 2017 to 2025. The largest total came from Stryker Corporation.
How long has Dr. David Jefferson Howe been practicing?
Dr. Howe graduated from medical school in 1998, 28 years ago.
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