John Franklin Hower Jr., MD

Primary specialty

Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 208600000X

License

ME81103 Issued in FL

Practice address

1324 Lakeland Hills Blvd
Lakeland, FL 33805-4543

Phone

(863) 687-1321

Fax

(863) 284-1730

NPI assigned

Jan 27, 2006

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in FL

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 1

Specialty

General SurgeryAlso: Vascular Surgery

Education

Tulane University School of Medicine, 1974

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Lakeland Regional Health Systems IncGroup PAC ID 8325952914, 513 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

86.12 of 100Reported as group

Quality

64.08

Promoting interoperability

98

Improvement activities

40

Cost

76.83

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

Practice roles

Locations

Networks

• Optimum HealthCare HMO Network
• Freedom Health HMO Network

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: jhower17736@lrhs.direct-ci.com

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

• Lakeland Regional Health Systems, Inc.

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Lakeland, FL
  • NPI 1497748743
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Florida Hospital Medical Group Inc

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Orlando, FL
  • NPI 1225034234

  Surgery

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Nautilus Health Care Group LLC

  • Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician
  • Melbourne, FL
  • NPI 1912013558

  Surgery

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Florida Hospital Medical Group Inc

  • Prosthetic/Orthotic Supplier
  • Minneola, FL
  • NPI 1285591545
  NPD
• Nautilus Health Care Group, LLC

  • Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician
  • Kokomo, IN
  • NPI 1013234699
  NPD
• Advanced Wound Systems LLC

  • Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
  • St Petersburg, FL
  • NPI 1508054271
  NPD (past)

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

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            "address_1": "1324 LAKELAND HILLS BLVD",
            "address_2": "MANAGED CARE DEPT.",
            "city": "LAKELAND",
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        "certification_date": "2022-07-17",
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• Melanie Howard, LMHC
• Sameka Juvonia Howard, RN
• Brittany R. Howell, PSY.D.
• Emily Howell, M.S., CCC-SLP
• Kecia Howell, DVM
• Tami Lynn Hower, ARNP
• Nadia Hoxhalli, DMD
• Thane Htun, MD
• Charles S Huang, D.O.
• Forin Huang, PHARMD

• Surgery Physician in Lakeland, FL
• Providers in Lakeland, FL by specialty
• Surgery Physician in Florida

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 17, 2022; 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.