John David How, M.D.

Primary specialty

General Practice PhysicianTaxonomy code 208D00000X

License

A101876 Issued in CA

Practice address

285 N El Camino Real Ste 117-118
Encinitas, CA 92024-5383

Phone

(760) 259-2396

NPI assigned

May 1, 2007

Last updated

Nov 14, 2025By 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 2

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in CA

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

Emergency Medicine

Education

Loma Linda University School of Medicine, 2004

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Lipov Medical Group of Ca PCGroup PAC ID 8123504537, 8 clinicians

Elevate Emergency MedicineGroup PAC ID 8325580707, 21 clinicians

How Medical ApcGroup PAC ID 0143632000, 2 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Bear Valley Community Hospital Hospital, Big Bear Lake, CA, CCN 051335

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

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, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Elevate Emergency Medicine

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Big Bear Lake, CA
  • NPI 1457118705
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Lipov Medical Group of Ca PC

  • Psychiatry Physician
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • NPI 1497635221
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• How Medical Apc

  dba The How Clinic

  • General Practice Physician
  • Carlsbad, CA
  • NPI 1346845922
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Cep America - California

  dba Vituity

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • San Francisco, CA
  • NPI 1023063542
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Cep America - California

  dba Vituity

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Santa Ana, CA
  • NPI 1548667843
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Cep America - California

  dba Vituity

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Oxnard, CA
  • NPI 1326339748
  NPD
• Cep America-California

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Murrieta, CA
  • NPI 1588552848
  NPD
• Nima Fahimian MD Inc

  • Mental Health Clinic/Center (Including Community Mental Health Center)
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • NPI 1144879149
  NPD
• Direct Medical Ventures Inc.

  dba Solutions Integrative Medical Clinic

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Laguna Hills, CA
  • NPI 1831700046
  NPD (past)
• Emergency Department Physicians, P.C.

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Detroit, MI
  • NPI 1225083595
  NPD (past)

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

• Bear Valley Community Health Care District

  dba Bear Valley Community Hospital

  • Long Term Care Pharmacy
  • Big Bear Lake, CA
  • NPI 1073553756

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "city": "ENCINITAS",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "920245383",
            "telephone_number": "760-259-2396"
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• William Wayne Hooper, MD
• Diana E Hoppe, M.D.
• Steven Bryant Horne, D.D.S.
• Kristen Greider Hornung, MA, PHD, LPCC #2071
• Kimberly K Hottmann-Wenger, PA
• James Peter Howard, M.D.
• Huntington Howe
• Howie W Que, DPM Inc
• Andrew Y Hsing, M.D.
• Hui-Shan Jenny Hsu, M.D.

• General Practice Physician in Encinitas, CA
• Providers in Encinitas, CA by specialty
• General Practice Physician in California

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Nov 14, 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.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.