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Dr. James W. Howell sees patients in Defuniak Springs as a family medicine physician with Doctors Medical Center of Walton County PA.
Dr. Howell earned his medical degree at Nova Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1994 — 32 years ago.
To book an appointment, call (850) 892-2888. Dr. Howell's office is at 21 W Main Ave, Defuniak Springs, FL 32435. Dr. Howell accepts Medicare assignment, which means he takes the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
Dr. Howell is affiliated with North Walton Doctors Hospital, North Okaloosa Medical Center, HCA Florida Twin Cities Hospital and Doctors Memorial Hospital.
About Dr. Howell's practice
- Specialty
- Family medicine physician
- Credentials
- DO
- Practice
- Doctors Medical Center of Walton County PA
- Address
- 21 W Main Ave, Defuniak Springs, FL 32435
- Phone
- (850) 892-2888
- Medical school
- Nova Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine (1994)
- Hospital affiliations
- North Walton Doctors Hospital, North Okaloosa Medical Center, HCA Florida Twin Cities Hospital, Doctors Memorial Hospital
- Medicare assignment
- Accepts
- NPI number
- 1134315443
- FL license no.
- OS0007047
Your review of Dr. Howell — wait times, how well things were explained, how you were treated — helps other patients decide.
Medicare, Medicaid and hospitals
- Medicare patients (2024)
- 746 people with traditional Medicare, average age 73
- Most common services billed to Medicare
- Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
- Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
- Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle
- Medicare quality score (MIPS 2024)
- 100 out of 100 — reported individually
- Hospital pages
- Doctors Memorial Hospital · HCA Florida Twin Cities Hospital · North Okaloosa Medical Center · North Walton Doctors Hospital
Medicare figures cover people with traditional (fee-for-service) Medicare only; services billed for fewer than 11 patients are not published.
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Frequently Asked Questions
With Doctors Medical Center of Walton County PA, at 21 W Main Ave, Defuniak Springs, FL 32435.
Call the office at (850) 892-2888.
Yes — Dr. Howell accepts Medicare assignment, taking the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
North Walton Doctors Hospital, North Okaloosa Medical Center, HCA Florida Twin Cities Hospital and Doctors Memorial Hospital.
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