Gina Howell

  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • General surgeon
NPI1295991925PAC ID3072802503
Medicare services, 2024
375
Medicare patients, 2024
227
Part D claims, 2024
20
Publications
10
MIPS score, 2024
81
Practice address
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Practice phone
Call (412) 232-8111
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Primary practice

UPMC Mercy

Hospital · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Gina Howell is a general surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Gina Howell practices at UPMC Mercy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, part of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Gina Howell's NPI, 1295991925, was assigned on August 1, 2008. Gina Howell graduated from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 2007. Gina Howell holds Pennsylvania license MT190546.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
3072802503
NPI enumeration date
August 1, 2008
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(412) 232-8111
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
45
Medical school graduation
2007

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Gina Howell practices at UPMC Mercy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Gina Howell's primary practice is UPMC Mercy, at 1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 in Allegheny County. The practice phone is (412) 232-8111.

  • UPMC Mercy
    1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 · Allegheny CountyPhone(412) 232-8111

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Gina Howell is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Gina Howell's primary practice is UPMC Mercy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, part of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Gina Howell is also affiliated with UPMC Passavant-McCandless. The medical group on file is University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Department of Radiology. Dmand AI also links Gina Howell to 3 more hospitals and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Gina Howell's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
UPMC MercyAvailable with a free account
+4 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Gina Howell is one of 1,398 general surgeons in Pennsylvania

Surgery is Gina Howell's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Gina Howell is licensed in Pennsylvania.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, PennsylvaniaPrimaryLicense MT190546 · taxonomy 208600000X

General surgeons near Gina Howell

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Gina Howell billed Medicare for 375 services in 2024

CMS data shows 375 Medicare services from Gina Howell across 3 procedure codes in 2024, for 227 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $24,700 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024375
Medicare patients227
Paid by Medicare$24,700
Procedure codes3

Gina Howell's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 4152024: 37510%

Gina Howell compared with the Pennsylvania median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Gina Howell
  • Pennsylvania median
Medicare services
375vs 1582.4 times
Medicare patients
227vs 12779% above
Part D claims
14vs 2952% below

Medians across 1,213 general surgeons in Pennsylvania with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Gina Howell's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Gina Howell treated 227 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 78

CMS counts 227 Medicare patients who saw Gina Howell in 2024. The largest group is 85 and over, with 75 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 18% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.76, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Gina Howell's median patient age at 77, with 49% women.

Medicare patients, 2024227
Average age78
Average risk score1.76
Also on Medicaid18%

Gina Howell's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Gina Howell's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women10948%
  • Men11852%

Chronic conditions among Gina Howell's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis69%
  4. Mood disorders43%
  5. Atrial fibrillation41%
  6. Anxiety40%
  7. Depression40%
  8. Ischemic heart disease38%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Gina Howell's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 77

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women49%
  • Men50%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Gina Howell wrote 20 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Gina Howell wrote 20 Medicare Part D claims. 95% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 14 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $40 in total drug cost. In 2020, CMS named 15 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 202420
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$40

Gina Howell's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic19 claims95%
  • Brand-name and other1 claims5%

Gina Howell's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2022

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2020 to 2022

  • 2020
  • 2022
Claims for drugs CMS names
2020: 152022: 147%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2022, 1 in 2020.

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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

Gina Howell scored 81 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 81 out of 100 for Gina Howell for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Gina Howell accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Gina Howell's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 81of 100Final score
  • 61.9of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 75of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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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Gina Howell has 10 publications on record

Dmand AI links 10 papers to Gina Howell, published from 2013 to 2015. 2013 was the busiest year, with 4. The most frequent topics are Acute Kidney Injury, Autophagy and Lipopolysaccharides. Gina Howell's most frequent co-authors are Linwah Yip, MD, Matthew Randall Rosengart, MD and Michael T. Stang, MD.

Papers10
Years published2013 to 2015

Gina Howell's papers by year, 2013 to 2015

Topics Gina Howell writes about most

  • Acute Kidney Injury
  • Autophagy
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • Tumor Burden

Gina Howell's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Gina Howell

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Gina Howell graduated from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Gina Howell graduated from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 2007.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Gina Howell's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors 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-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Gina Howell's NPI number?

Gina Howell's NPI number is 1295991925. It was assigned on August 1, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What does Gina Howell specialize in?

Gina Howell is a general surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Gina Howell practice?

Gina Howell practices at 1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Gina Howell's primary practice is UPMC Mercy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, part of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Gina Howell to 3 hospitals and 1 medical group.

What is Gina Howell's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Gina Howell is (412) 232-8111.

What is Gina Howell's medical license number?

Gina Howell holds Pennsylvania license MT190546.

Which hospitals is Gina Howell affiliated with?

Gina Howell practices at UPMC Mercy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Gina Howell is also affiliated with UPMC Passavant-McCandless. Dmand AI links Gina Howell to 3 more hospitals.

What medical group is Gina Howell part of?

Gina Howell is linked to University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Department of Radiology. Dmand AI links Gina Howell to 1 more medical group.

Does Gina Howell accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Gina Howell billed Medicare for 375 services in 2024, and Gina Howell accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Gina Howell's MIPS score?

Gina Howell's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 81 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Gina Howell see?

CMS counts 227 Medicare patients who saw Gina Howell in 2024, with an average age of 78.

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What services does Gina Howell bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Gina Howell's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99232), hospital inpatient care (99222) and office visit, new patient (99204).

Where did Gina Howell go to medical school?

Gina Howell graduated from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 2007.

What drugs does Gina Howell prescribe most?

In 2022 Medicare Part D data, Gina Howell's most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone HCl.

How long has Gina Howell been practicing?

Gina Howell graduated from medical school in 2007, 19 years ago.

Does Gina Howell do research?

Dmand AI links 10 publications to Gina Howell, published from 2013 to 2015.

Who does Gina Howell publish with?

Gina Howell's most frequent co-authors are Linwah Yip, MD (5 shared papers), Matthew Randall Rosengart, MD (4 shared papers) and Michael T. Stang, MD (4 shared papers).

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