Dr. Tara Ann Howard , DO
General Practice โข Fort Lauderdale, FL
4725 N Federal Hwy
Fort Lauderdale, FL 333084603
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NPI assigned on April 5, 2022; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 8,217 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- Q4331 โ Axolotl graft, per square centimeter: 7,929 service units.
- 15271 โ Application of skin substitute graft to wound of trunk, arms, or legs, 25.0 sq cm or less of wound 100.0 sq cm or less: 255 service units.
- 99344 โ Residence visit for new patient with moderate level of medical decision making, per day: 33 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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More Medicare Part B services than 95% of clinicians listed under General Practice in Florida (2024, 744 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 138. Middle half: 63 to 508.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
4725 N Federal Hwy
Fort Lauderdale, FL 333084603
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
What Public CMS Data Show
General Practice: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
38 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $13,105,777 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $10,442,002 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2025
All general payments: $2,359.48 across 89 records.
By nature of payment
- Food and Beverage: $2,287.48 across 88 records.
- Education: $72.00 across 1 record.
Reporting-company totals (3 largest of 16)
- ABBVIE INC.: $686.90 across 25 records.
- Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.: $292.51 across 19 records.
- Sanofi and Genzyme US Companies: $267.92 across 10 records.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper and is not a measure of care quality. Clinicians can review and dispute these records.
Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2025 (published June 30, 2026).
NPI first issued
2022
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Medicare assignment not listed
CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS release of October 2, 2026; Medicare.gov, โDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?โ
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS release of October 2, 2026.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Dr. Howard has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Can order Medicare-covered services
CMS lists Dr. Howard as eligible to order or refer durable medical equipment (DME) for people with Medicare.
Medicare pays for these items and services only when they are ordered by an eligible clinician.
What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services
It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Fort Lauderdale and Florida
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
More Medicare Part B services than 95% of clinicians listed under General Practice in Florida (2024, 744 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 138. Middle half: 63 to 508.
Too few clinicians listed under General Practice in Fort Lauderdale have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Medicare-allowed amount
A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 95% of clinicians listed under General Practice in Florida (2024, 744 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $12,422. Middle half: $5,654 to $41,058.
Too few clinicians listed under General Practice in Fort Lauderdale have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Paid by Medicare
A higher Medicare payment amount than 95% of clinicians listed under General Practice in Florida (2024, 744 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $9,132. Middle half: $3,810 to $30,820.
Too few clinicians listed under General Practice in Fort Lauderdale have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
17 active clinicians are listed under General Practice with a practice address in Fort Lauderdale, FL (2,319 in Florida).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Fort Lauderdale
0% of these 17 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
29.4% of these 17 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
CMS data for Medicare Part B services are available for 2024 only.
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Medicare-allowed amount
CMS data for Medicare-allowed amount are available for 2024 only.
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Paid by Medicare
CMS data for Medicare payment amount are available for 2024 only.
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $980.71 in 2023 to $2,359.48 in 2025.
- 2023: $980.71
- 2024: $2,772.25
- 2025: $2,359.48
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS release of October 2, 2026, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures
Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments
Program year 2025 (payments made January 1 โ December 31, 2025): 89 records totaling $2,359.48.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Zoryve | General | $139.49 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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ANZUPGO | General | $138.83 |
| ABBVIE INC. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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SKYRIZI | General | $123.64 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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ANZUPGO | General | $121.87 |
| Amgen Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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OTEZLA | General | $118.67 |
| ABBVIE INC. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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SKYRIZI | General | $116.16 |
| ABBVIE INC. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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SKYRIZI | General | $115.04 |
| UCB, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Bimzelx | General | $103.68 |
| Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc |
Education
In-kind items and services
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TREMFYA | General | $72.00 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Zoryve | General | $61.51 |
| Sanofi and Genzyme US Companies |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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DUPIXENT | General | $48.69 |
| Organogenesis Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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PURAPLY WOUND MATRIX | General | $41.07 |
| Sanofi and Genzyme US Companies |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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DUPIXENT | General | $39.23 |
| Sanofi and Genzyme US Companies |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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DUPIXENT | General | $33.34 |
| Sanofi and Genzyme US Companies |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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DUPIXENT | General | $33.04 |
| Sanofi and Genzyme US Companies |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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DUPIXENT | General | $30.15 |
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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XOLAIR | General | $30.00 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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SPEVIGO | General | $29.99 |
| Incyte Corporation |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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OPZELURA | General | $28.98 |
| ABBVIE INC. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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SKYRIZI | General | $28.89 |
| UCB, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Bimzelx | General | $28.77 |
| ABBVIE INC. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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RINVOQ | General | $27.80 |
| ABBVIE INC. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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RINVOQ | General | $26.61 |
| ABBVIE INC. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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SKYRIZI | General | $26.24 |
| UCB, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Bimzelx | General | $25.54 |
(top 25 shown)
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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Q4331
Axolotl graft, per square centimeter
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7,929 | 38 | $2003.78 | $1646.97 |
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15271
Application of skin substitute graft to wound of trunk, arms, or legs, 25.0 sq cm or less of wound 100.0 sq cm or less
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255 | 38 | $200.00 | $165.04 |
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99344
Residence visit for new patient with moderate level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 60 minutes
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33 | 33 | $330.00 | $147.47 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2023-12-01NUCC Taxonomy Code: 208D00000X
A physician who specializes in the general practice of diagnosing, treating, and managing patients with a variety of illnesses and conditions.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - INTERNAL MEDICINE
I20231207000240
FL
4183004740
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Internal Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Dermatology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
General Practice (license number reported to NPPES: FL OS20325)
Registered at 4725 N FEDERAL HWY, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 333084603 (Tel: 9549383359)
Registered at 1100 BRICKELL BAY DR APT 49N, MIAMI, FL 331313565 (Tel: 2395608082)
Recorded as TARA HOWARD, DO
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
Record officially reactivated for active practice on August 31, 2023
NPPES lists this NPI as deactivated as of August 01, 2023; the reason is not published.
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 4725 N FEDERAL HWY, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 333084603 (Tel: 9549383359)
Registered at 4725 N FEDERAL HWY, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 333084603 (Tel: 9549383359)
Recorded as TARA HOWARD, DO
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other General Practices in Fort Lauderdale
- Dr. Gregory Flippen, DO
- Dr. Lisbeth Roy, DO
- Dr. Zsuzsanna Seybold, MD
- Brett Bolton, D, O
- Dr. Keyla Diaz - Medina, MD
- Dr. Chau Nguyen, MD
Mailing Address
1100 Brickell Bay Dr Apt 49n
Miami, FL 331313565
Phone: 2395608082