Howard C Harper III, MD

Primary specialty

Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 208600000X

License

00022066 Issued in AL

Practice address

121 N 20TH St
BLDG 3
Opelika, AL 36801-5454

Phone

(334) 745-6271

Fax

(334) 742-9879

NPI assigned

Jul 3, 2006

Last updated

Jun 12, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 2

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in AL, SD, ND3 enrollments

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 3

Specialty

General Surgery

Education

Other, 1997

Medicare assignment

May accept Medicare assignment

Group practices

Mobridge Regional HospitalGroup PAC ID 6507776135, shared by 6 NPIs, 20 clinicians

Wishek Hospital-Clinic AssociationGroup PAC ID 8022920958, shared by 5 NPIs, 17 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Mobridge Regional Hospital - Cah Hospital, Mobridge, SD, CCN 431325
• South Central Health Hospital, Wishek, ND, CCN 351321

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

100 of 100Reported as group

Quality

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

87.08

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

60.65 of 100Reported as group

Quality

51.66

Improvement activities

40

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://fhir-myrecord.cerner.com/r4/95143858-4077-4cf1-b5d2-c2a999f62bb3/

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Surgical Clinic PC

  • Clinic/Center
  • Opelika, AL
  • NPI 1295762540

  Surgery

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Linton Hospital

  dba Linton Medical Center

  • Rural Acute Care Hospital
  • Linton, ND
  • NPI 1508047788
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Mobridge Regional Hospital

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Mobridge, SD
  • NPI 1871554311
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Wishek Hospital-Clinic Association

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Wishek, ND
  • NPI 1295772804
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Wishek Hospital-Clinic Association

  dba Rural Health Wishek

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Wishek, ND
  • NPI 1376584623
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Linton Hospital

  dba Linton Clinic

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Linton, ND
  • NPI 1568471563
  NPD
• Linton Hospital

  dba Hazelton Clinic

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Hazelton, ND
  • NPI 1851317317
  NPD
• Mobridge Regional Hospital

  dba Selby Medical Clinic

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Selby, SD
  • NPI 1093335333
  NPD
• Mobridge Regional Hospital

  dba Mobridge Medical Clinic

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Mobridge, SD
  • NPI 1275502577
  NPD
• Mobridge Regional Hospital

  dba Hospital Ambulance

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Mobridge, SD
  • NPI 1902948896
  NPD
• Linton Hospital

  dba DBA Campbell county clinic

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Herreid, SD
  • NPI 1629175237
  NPD (past)

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Mobridge Regional Hospital

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Mobridge, SD
  • NPI 1871554311
  Care Compare affiliation
• Mobridge Regional Hospital

  dba Hospital Ambulance

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Mobridge, SD
  • NPI 1902948896
  Care Compare affiliation
• Wishek Hospital-Clinic Association

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Wishek, ND
  • NPI 1295772804
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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• Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics, Inc. (Hanger Clinic)
• Happy Homecare Alabama (Happy HomeCare Opelika)
• William Edward Hardwick III
• Dorothy Leigh Hardwick Hardy, RN
• Kristin Hardy, CRNP
• Jeanne Y Harper, LMSW
• Minnie Harrell, LPC
• Cynthia Elainelisha Harris, CRNP
• Benicia Harrison
• Heather Hartley, RD, CDE

• Surgery Physician in Opelika, AL
• Providers in Opelika, AL by specialty
• Surgery Physician in Alabama

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jun 12, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.