Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Dr. Austin Archie Howard III, MD

Individual provider Cardiovascular Disease Physician · NPI 1417394172

Dr. Austin Archie Howard III, MD practises Cardiac Electrophysiology in Houston, Texas. Graduated from University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 2013, 13 years ago. Practices with Specialty Associates of West Houston PLLC, a 125-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in North Carolina.

Years since qualifying
13
Trained at
University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Licensed in
NC
In the registry since
2013
Specialties on file
3
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

1200 Binz St Ste 1100
Houston, TX 77004-6926
Phone: (713) 526-1814
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Specialties & licences

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RC0001X · Licence 2016-00780 (NC)
Cardiovascular Disease Physician Taxonomy 207RC0000X · Licence 2016-00780 (NC)
Internal Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207R00000X · Licence 2016-00780 (NC)

Record details

NPI number1417394172
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJune 4, 2013
Last updated in NPPESApril 30, 2025
Certification dateApril 30, 2025

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyCARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
Also practisesCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY), INTERNAL MEDICINE
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2013 (13 years in practice)
Group practice Specialty Associates Of West Houston Pllc — 125 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations3 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Pacemaker insertion or repair 63 times · 93rd percentile

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients652
Services billed 1,308 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age77

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Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Travel and Lodging $3,792 15 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $2,344 49 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Colleagues at Specialty Associates of West Houston PLLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 125 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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