Dr. Taurean Dwight Howard, MD

Dr. Howard practices at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill S. Jackson Street in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, part of Thomas Jefferson University.

Dr. Howard's NPI, 1821386632, was assigned on July 13, 2011. Dr. Howard holds Pennsylvania license MD464882.

Dr. Howard's primary practice is Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill S. Jackson Street, at 420 South Jackson Street, Pottsville, PA 17901 in Schuylkill County. The practice phone is (570) 621-5102.

Dr. Howard's primary practice is Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill S. Jackson Street in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, part of Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Howard is also affiliated with Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest. The medical group on file is Lehigh Valley Physician Group (LVPG). Dmand AI also links Dr. Howard to 2 more hospitals, 3 medical groups and 1 ambulatory surgery center, each named with a free account.

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

Emergency medicine is Dr. Howard's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207P00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Howard's licenses on file in 2 states: Pennsylvania and Delaware.

CMS data shows 410 Medicare services from Dr. Howard across 3 procedure codes in 2024, for 404 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $44,845 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 404 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Howard in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 133 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 23% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.71, 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 46, with 56% women.

In 2024, Dr. Howard wrote 301 Medicare Part D claims for 221 patients. 96% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 191 of them, across 6 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,499 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 131 claims across 5 drugs.

Dr. Howard accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

CMS Open Payments shows 8 general payments to Dr. Howard from 6 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Abbott Laboratories paid the most, $113.