How Medical Apc

Primary specialty

General Practice PhysicianTaxonomy code 208D00000X

Legal business name

HOW MEDICAL APC

Practice address

5814 Van Allen Way Ste 215
Carlsbad, CA 92008-7360

Phone

(877) 381-4115

Fax

(858) 901-1461

NPI assigned

Dec 2, 2020

Organization subpart

No

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

Authorized official

Name

Jocelyn How

Title

Practice Manager

Phone

(760) 854-4300

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Other names 1

• The How Clinic Doing business as

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in CA

Enrollment records 1

Locations

Practitioners 15

Individual providers connected to this organization through Medicare benefit reassignment, Care Compare group membership or National Provider Directory roles.

• John David How, M.D.

  • General Practice Physician
  • Encinitas, CA
  • NPI 1861613515
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Amy Rene Lopez, PA

  • Medical Physician Assistant
  • Hemet, CA
  • NPI 1316135460
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Mark Deaver, M.D

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1558592220
  Medicare reassignment
• Jocelyn Jutzy How Sr., SLP

  • Speech-Language Pathologist
  • Redlands, CA
  • NPI 1689838187
  NPD
• Jailyn Elizabeth Avila, M.D.

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Temecula, CA
  • NPI 1740549419
  NPD (past)
• Patricia K Deckert, D O

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • La Mesa, CA
  • NPI 1922169036
  NPD (past)
• Callie R Gonzalez, NP

  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Temecula, CA
  • NPI 1487294591
  NPD (past)
• Gita Jamshidi Kalantari, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Long Beach, CA
  • NPI 1790968659
  NPD (past)
• Kamal M Kotak, MD

  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician
  • Loma Linda, CA
  • NPI 1356571681
  NPD (past)
• Farhad Najafi

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Irvine, CA
  • NPI 1447693742
  NPD (past)
• Tasneem Patel, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • La Mesa, CA
  • NPI 1861532392
  NPD (past)
• Bardia Sadr, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Orange, CA
  • NPI 1912398785
  NPD (past)

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

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-2",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1763078400000",
    "number": "1346845922",
    "addresses": [
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "285 N EL CAMINO REAL STE 211",
            "city": "ENCINITAS",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "920245385",
            "telephone_number": "877-381-4115",
            "fax_number": "858-901-1461"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "5814 VAN ALLEN WAY STE 215",
            "city": "CARLSBAD",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "920087360",
            "telephone_number": "877-381-4115",
            "fax_number": "858-901-1461"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [
        {
            "address_1": "285 N El Camino Real Ste 211",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "city": "Encinitas",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "920245385",
            "country_code": "US",
            "telephone_number": "877-381-4115",
            "fax_number": "858-901-1461",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        }
    ],
    "basic": {
        "organization_name": "HOW MEDICAL APC",
        "organizational_subpart": "NO",
        "enumeration_date": "2020-12-02",
        "last_updated": "2025-11-14",
        "certification_date": "2025-11-14",
        "status": "A",
        "authorized_official_last_name": "HOW",
        "authorized_official_first_name": "JOCELYN",
        "authorized_official_title_or_position": "PRACTICE MANAGER",
        "authorized_official_telephone_number": "760-854-4300"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
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            "code": "207P00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "193200000X MULTI-SPECIALTY GROUP",
            "desc": "Emergency Medicine",
            "state": null,
            "license": null,
            "primary": false
        },
        {
            "code": "208D00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "193200000X MULTI-SPECIALTY GROUP",
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            "state": null,
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        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": [
        {
            "organization_name": "The How Clinic",
            "code": "3",
            "type": "Doing Business As"
        }
    ]
}

• Hospice of the North Coast
• Joshua William Hotz, RN
• Abby House, RD
• Aaron Paul Houser
• Madelyn Kate Houser
• Howard C. Wang, O.D., a Professional Corporation
• Howard Levy O D Inc
• Mechelle Auguste Howard, NP
• Phillip Howard, LMFT
• Margaret Howarth, DNP

• General Practice Physician in Carlsbad, CA
• Providers in Carlsbad, CA by specialty
• General Practice Physician in California

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Nov 14, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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