Dr. Lillian Howard, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Howard
Dr. Lillian Howard is a geriatric medicine (family medicine) physician in Houston, TX, with 20 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Howard performed 918 Medicare services across 756 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Howard received a total of $2,513 from 29 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 112 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in geriatric medicine (family medicine) physician. Most payments are for meals and travel — low-value interactions common across virtually all practicing physicians. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Howard is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. This is not a quality rating. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.
Medicare Practice Summary
Medicare Utilization ↗Top procedures by volume
Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.
| Procedure | Volume | Avg. paid | Avg. submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 252 | $85 | $256 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 167 | $51 | $182 |
| Annual wellness visit, follow-up | 130 | $133 | $260 |
| Annual depression screening | 127 | $19 | $38 |
| Flu vaccine administration | 42 | $30 | $64 |
| Flu vaccine, high-dose | 39 | $72 | $99 |
| Pneumonia vaccine administration | 33 | $30 | $64 |
| Pneumococcal vaccine, 23-valent | 20 | $124 | $266 |
| Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit | 19 | $170 | $332 |
| Automated urinalysis | 15 | $2 | $4 |
| Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment | 14 | $169 | $334 |
| Amplifed dna or rna probe detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (covid-19) antigen | 13 | $50 | $102 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 13 | $121 | $336 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 12 | $10 | $30 |
| COVID-19 vaccine administration | 11 | $36 | $80 |
| Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, 20 valent (pcv20), for intramuscular use | 11 | $282 | $568 |
Industry Payment Transparency
Open Payments through 2024 ↗Payment profile
Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.
Payment trend by year
Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Payments by company (2024)
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
Most payments (100%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians.
Geographic Context
4.1 mi
Data Sources
| Provider Registry | ✓ NPPES | Weekly updates |
| Medicare Enrollment | ✓ PECOS | Monthly updates |
| Practice Data | ✓ Medicare Util. | Annual (CY lag) |
| Industry Payments | ✓ Open Payments | CY 2024 |
| Disciplinary History | — Not public | N/A |
This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This measures how much public data is available about a provider — not how good they are. How we calculate this →
Summary
Dr. Howard is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 27% in TX), and high industry engagement (low-engagement, top 13%), with 20 years of practice experience.
This summary is auto-generated from federal data. It describes data availability and patterns — not clinical quality. Read our methodology →
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All data on this page is sourced verbatim from public federal records published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.
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