James Edward Howell, CRNA

Primary specialty

Certified Registered Nurse AnesthetistTaxonomy code 367500000X

License

2512 Issued in NC

Practice address

509 N Brightleaf Blvd
Smithfield, NC 27577-4407

Phone

(919) 938-7113

NPI assigned

Aug 31, 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 NC

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (Crna)

Education

Other, 1981

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Johnston Health Services CorporationGroup PAC ID 2163655283, 23 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Johnston Health Hospital, Smithfield, NC, CCN 340090

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Certified Registered Nurse

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

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.

• Johnston Health Services Corporation

  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
  • Smithfield, NC
  • NPI 1275735425

  NC

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• American Anesthesiology of North Carolina, PLLC

  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
  • Burlington, NC
  • NPI 1053677195

  NC, Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• American Anesthesiology of North Carolina, PLLC

  • Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician
  • Wake Forest, NC
  • NPI 1942248547

  Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered

  NPD
• Johnston Health Services Corporation

  • Community/Retail Pharmacy
  • Smithfield, NC
  • NPI 1588069181
  NPD

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

• Johnston Health Services Corporation

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Smithfield, NC
  • NPI 1619911104

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "city": "RALEIGH",
            "state": "NC",
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        "enumeration_date": "2006-08-31",
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• Horizon Family Medicine
• Horizon Family Medicine, PA
• Gary Daniel Hosey, D.C.
• Howell Support Services
• Elaine Margaret Howell, PCC
• Wanda Edwards Howell, PT
• Shelli Hoyes, FNP-C
• Elizabeth Hudson
• Isobelle Hughes
• Timothy Richard Hughes, MA LPA

• All providers in Smithfield, NC
• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 28, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments.
• 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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