Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Laura Schmid Howle

Individual provider Physician Assistant · NPI 1316537251

Laura Schmid Howle is a Physician Assistant in Florence, South Carolina. Qualified in 2020, 6 years ago. Practices with Hopehealth, Inc, a 78-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in South Carolina.

Years since qualifying
6
Licensed in
SC
In the registry since
2021
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Practice location Address checks out

360 N Irby St
Florence, SC 29501-2808
Phone: (843) 667-9414
Fax: (843) 667-1362
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Specialties & licences

Physician Assistant (primary) Taxonomy 363A00000X · Licence 3538 (SC)

Record details

NPI number1316537251
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJanuary 25, 2021
Last updated in NPPESMarch 23, 2021
Certification dateMarch 23, 2021

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2020 (6 years in practice)
Group practice Hopehealth, Inc. — 78 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations2 on file with Medicare

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 patients14
Services billed 21 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age55

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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.

Food and Beverage $1,486 56 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Colleagues at Hopehealth, Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 78 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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