Dr. Seth Thomas Howell, MD

Dr. Howell practices at Columbia Skin Clinic in Columbia, South Carolina.

Dr. Howell's NPI, 1225532369, was assigned on March 22, 2018. Dr. Howell graduated from University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 2018. Dr. Howell holds South Carolina license 87099.

Dr. Howell's primary practice is Columbia Skin Clinic, at 3600 Forest Dr, Columbia, SC 29204 in Richland County. The practice phone is (803) 779-7316.

Dr. Howell's primary practice is Columbia Skin Clinic in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Howell is also affiliated with MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center. The medical group on file is Columbia Skin Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Howell to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Howell practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Dermatology is Dr. Howell's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Dr. Howell is licensed in South Carolina.

CMS data shows 12,665 Medicare services from Dr. Howell across 29 procedure codes in 2024, for 2,258 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $447,043 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 2,258 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Howell in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 1,003 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 1% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.89, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Howell's median patient age at 69, with 55% women.

In 2024, Dr. Howell wrote 2,137 Medicare Part D claims for 882 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,963 of them, across 37 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,138,196 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,551 claims across 33 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 88 out of 100 for Dr. Howell for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Howell accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 4,205 procedures of removal of skin lesions by Dr. Howell, more than 99% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

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

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

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Howell, published from 2017 to 2023. Dr. Howell has published most often in Dermatol Online J. Dr. Howell's most frequent co-authors are Deborah Brundage Cull, MD, Steven Richard Feldman, MD and William Wei-Ting Huang.

CMS Open Payments shows 276 general payments to Dr. Howell from 16 drug and device companies from 2022 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 86% of the total. UCB, Inc. paid the most, $50,863.

Dr. Howell graduated from University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 2018.