Milza Catherine Opper Howard, MD

Primary specialty

Psychiatry PhysicianTaxonomy code 2084P0800X

License

MD.48704 Issued in AL

Practice address

2740 Village Professional Dr
Opelika, AL 36801-2379

Phone

(334) 821-0238

NPI assigned

May 5, 2020

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

Yes

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

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other names 1

• Milza Catherine Opper Former name

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in AL

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

Psychiatry

Education

Other, 2019

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

East Alabama Physicians, LLCGroup PAC ID 8820213309, 12 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• The East Alabama Healthcare Authority Hospital, Opelika, AL, CCN 010029

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

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.

• East Alabama Physicians, LLC

  • Psychiatry Physician
  • Opelika, AL
  • NPI 1356494298
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• East Alabama Physicians, LLC

  • Rheumatology Physician
  • Opelika, AL
  • NPI 1326452723
  NPD
• The East Alabama Health Care Authority

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Opelika, AL
  • NPI 1154386431
  NPD (past)

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

• The East Alabama Health Care Authority

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Opelika, AL
  • NPI 1154386431
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "city": "OPELIKA",
            "state": "AL",
            "postal_code": "368012379",
            "telephone_number": "334-821-0238"
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        "middle_name": "CATHERINE OPPER",
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        "sole_proprietor": "YES",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2020-05-05",
        "last_updated": "2025-04-25",
        "certification_date": "2025-04-25",
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    },
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}

• Kristina Hooks
• Christopher Ray Hope, MD
• Horizons Diagnostics, L.L.C.
• Deryl T Horne, RPH
• Howard E Rearden, DMD, PC
• Tara Jean Howard, M.A., CCC-A
• Steve Gary Hubbard, MD
• William Turner Huddleston
• Carla Lynn Hudson, CRNP
• Caryona Monique Huff, SOCIAL WORK

• Psychiatry Physician in Opelika, AL
• Providers in Opelika, AL by specialty
• Psychiatry Physician in Alabama

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Apr 25, 2025; 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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