HOWARD CHARLES EDWARDS MD NPI 1952557209

NPI Details

Howard Charles Edwards, MD is a hospice and palliative medicine family medicine in Omaha, NE with 17 years of experience. The provider is a family medicine physician with special knowledge and skills to prevent and relieve the suffering experienced by patients with life-limiting illnesses. This specialist works with an interdisciplinary hospice or palliative care team to maximize quality of life while addressing physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of both patient and family throughout the course of the disease, through the dying process, and beyond for the family. This specialist has expertise in the assessment of patients with advanced disease; the relief of distressing symptoms; the coordination of interdisciplinary patient and family-centered care in diverse venues; the use of specialized care systems including hospice; the management of the imminently dying patient; and legal and ethical decision making in end-of-life care. Howard Charles Edwards, MD NPI is 1952557209. The provider is registered as an individual entity type.

The NPPES NPI record indicates the provider is a male.

Education
Medical School: WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY BOONSHOFT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduation Year:2008

The provider's business location address is:

12565 W CENTER RD
SUITE 100
OMAHA, NE
ZIP 68144-802
Phone: (402) 342-5566
Fax: (402) 930-4110

The NPI 1952557209 is registered in the Medicare Provider, Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS). The provider is legally eligible to order and refer Part B (Clinical Laboratory and Imaging), Durable Medical Equipment, Part A Home Health Agency (HHA), Power Mobility Devices.

The following top HCPCS codes were publicly reported for this provider under the Medicare program for the year 2016. The reported codes are based on the top codes for each available Medicare specialty, excluding evaluation and management codes.

• Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 25 minutes (HCPCS:99232)
• Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 35 minutes (HCPCS:99233)
• Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 15 minutes (HCPCS:99231)
• Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes (HCPCS:99223)
• Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 50 minutes (HCPCS:99222)
• Extended inpatient or observation hospital service, first hour (HCPCS:99356)

The enumeration date for this NPI number is 8/18/2008 and was last updated on 8/15/2012.

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