Howard R Mertz, M.D.

Primary specialty

Gastroenterology PhysicianTaxonomy code 207RG0100X

License

MD0000025618 Issued in TN

Practice address

4230 Harding Road
Suite 309 Medical Plaza West
Nashville, TN 37205-2013

Phone

(615) 383-0165

Fax

(615) 292-4657

NPI assigned

Jul 14, 2005

Last updated

Dec 16, 2015By 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 3

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TN

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

Gastroenterology

Education

Baylor College of Medicine, 1986

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Advanced Diagnostic Imaging PCGroup PAC ID 7315848140, 523 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Tristar Centennial Medical Center Hospital, Nashville, TN, CCN 440161
• Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Hospital, Nashville, TN, CCN 440082

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: howard.mertz@stmg.eclinicaldirectplus.com

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.

• Advanced Diagnostic Imaging, PC

  dba AdvancedHealth

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Goodlettsville, TN
  • NPI 1093741464

  Gastroenterology

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Advanced Diagnostic Imaging PC

  dba Ankle and Foot Centers of Nashville

  • Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
  • Lewisburg, TN
  • NPI 1922846559
  NPD
• Endoscopy Center of St Thomas LLC

  dba NGS Endoscopy Center

  • Ambulatory Surgical Clinic/Center
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1326176215
  NPD
• Nashville Gastroenterology and Hepatology

  dba Southern Endoscopy Center

  • Endoscopy Clinic/Center
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1790811222
  NPD

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

• HCA Health Services of Tennessee, Inc.

  dba Tristar Centennial Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1023055126
  Care Compare affiliation
• Saint Thomas West Hospital

  dba Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1629025648
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "state": "TN",
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            "telephone_number": "615-386-2361",
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• Joseph Andrew Merritt Jr., PT, DPT
• Kara Ford Merritt, APRN
• Pascal Andrea Merritt, MD
• Elizabeth Lynne Merriweather, LMSW
• Bonnie Miller Mersky, MD
• Susan Michelle Mertz, RN
• Carlos Miguel Mery, M.D., M.P.H.
• Mark Jacob Mesibov
• Jennifer Mesina, PA
• Erin Messersmith

• Gastroenterology Physician in Nashville, TN
• Providers in Nashville, TN by specialty
• Gastroenterology Physician in Tennessee

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Dec 16, 2015; 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.