Melinda Anita Cano-Howes, OD

Primary specialty

OptometristTaxonomy code 152W00000X

License

514 Issued in NM

Practice address

1603 Main Street, SW
Suite B
Los Lunas, NM 87031

Phone

(505) 865-6100

Fax

(505) 213-0103

NPI assigned

Apr 21, 2006

Last updated

Aug 21, 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

Other identifiers 4

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NM

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

University of California - School of Optometry, 1999

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Eye Associates of New Mexico LTDGroup PAC ID 4486643616, 66 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

87.25 of 100Reported as group

Quality

87.66

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

69.84

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: melinda.canohowes.p1@direct.eyenm.nextgenshare.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.

• Eye Associates of New Mexico LTD

  dba Eye Associates of New Mexico

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Albuquerque, NM
  • NPI 1104868520

  Optometrist

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Eye Associates of New Mexico LTD

  dba Eye Associates of New Mexico

  • Optician
  • Albuquerque, NM
  • NPI 1346003241

  Optometrist

  NPD
• Eye Institute of Albuquerque, PC

  dba Lovato Eyecare

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Albuquerque, NM
  • NPI 1073550513
  NPD (past)

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

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            "city": "ALBUQUERQUE",
            "state": "NM",
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            "telephone_number": "505-828-4923",
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• London Avery Campbell
• Elizabet Campos
• Marianne Candelaria
• Pete M Candelaria, MSW
• Shayla Rayn Candelaria
• Mariah Cantu
• Teresa Carder
• Care at Home LLC (Comfort Keepers)
• Debera Carlton, PSR
• Russi Carr, BMS

• Optometrist in Los Lunas, NM
• Providers in Los Lunas, NM by specialty
• Optometrist in New Mexico

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Aug 21, 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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