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Brett Michael Howard, MD

NPI 1265792261ActiveIndividual· Surgery· Tallahassee, FL

Surgery (MD) with Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare Inc, practicing in Tallahassee, Florida. 59 Medicare patients in 2024, $7,389 paid; nearly all of their 387 Part D prescriptions were generic (96%). Intuitive Surgical, Inc. was the largest of 2 companies reporting payments in 2025, $225.55 in all, mostly education. Lists Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare as a hospital affiliation.

Overview

NPI1265792261
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedMay 23, 2012
Last updated in NPPESJul 21, 2022

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Surgery Primary208600000XME130819FL
Surgery208600000X71258GA

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Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - General Surgery (FL)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients59
Services billed70 across 12 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$7,389

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)387 · 426 30-day fills
Patients190
Total drug cost$6,387
Generic share96% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Graduation year2012
Medicare specialtyGeneral Surgery

Medical group

Hospital affiliation

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$225.55 · 2 payments from 2 companies
  • 2024$1,067 · 6 payments from 3 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.$196.641
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$28.911

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Education$196.64 · 1 payment
  • Food and Beverage$28.91 · 1 payment

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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