Vera Marie Howe, O.D.

Primary specialty

Corneal and Contact Management OptometristTaxonomy code 152WC0802X

License

152-02193 Issued in IA

Practice address

2740 1St Ave NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402-4856

Phone

(319) 866-9190

Fax

(319) 866-9192

NPI assigned

Feb 20, 2006

Last updated

Oct 30, 2013By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in IA

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: No
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Optometry

Education

Illinois College of Optometry at Chicago, 1999

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

State University of IowaGroup PAC ID 7618884230, 1,886 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics Hospital, Iowa City, IA, CCN 160058

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

80.02 of 100Reported as group

Quality

75.68

Promoting interoperability

78

Improvement activities

40

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: vhowe74665@uihcdirect.org

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.

• State University of Iowa

  dba University of Iowa Health Care

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Iowa City, IA
  • NPI 1477554814
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Optix Eye Design Inc

  • Corneal and Contact Management Optometrist
  • Cedar Rapids, IA
  • NPI 1881757326
  Authorized official Same address or phone
• State University of Iowa

  dba UI Health Care River Crossing

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Riverside, IA
  • NPI 1992037865
  NPD
• McDonald Optical Dispensary Inc

  • Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
  • Iowa City, IA
  • NPI 1669788956
  NPD (past)
• State University of Iowa

  dba Student Health & Wellness

  • Student Health Clinic/Center
  • Iowa City, IA
  • NPI 1285635664
  NPD (past)

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

• State University of Iowa

  dba University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Iowa City, IA
  • NPI 1376544320
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "city": "CEDAR RAPIDS",
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        "middle_name": "MARIE",
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        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2006-02-20",
        "last_updated": "2013-10-30",
        "status": "A"
    },
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• Eric Alden Hovda, DO
• Sonya Howald
• Riley Howard
• Joyce Howe, RN
• Keeli Ann Howe, ARNP
• James Perry Howell, PSY.D.
• Logan Davies Hoxie, MD
• Susan Leigh Hoyler, LMHC
• Taylor Hoyum
• Paige Hromidko

• Corneal and Contact Management Optometrist in Cedar Rapids, IA
• Providers in Cedar Rapids, IA by specialty
• Corneal and Contact Management Optometrist in Iowa

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Oct 30, 2013; 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.

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