Dr. Howard Kreger, MD

Neurology Concord, NC Male
NPI: 1174529879
Total Payments
$38,473
2024 Payments
$33.65
Companies
37
Transactions
319
Medicare Patients
1,929
Medicare Billing
$230,973

Payment Breakdown by Category

Other$26,494 (68.9%)
Travel$6,425 (16.7%)
Food & Beverage$5,386 (14.0%)
Education$167.13 (0.4%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $26,494 12 68.9%
Travel and Lodging $6,425 34 16.7%
Food and Beverage $5,386 264 14.0%
Education $167.13 9 0.4%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
ABBVIE INC. $11,862 68 $0 (2024)
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. $10,747 22 $0 (2017)
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. $10,102 42 $0 (2022)
LivaNova USA, Inc. $1,448 8 $0 (2022)
Abbott Laboratories $1,058 10 $0 (2020)
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. $449.22 9 $0 (2022)
Allergan, Inc. $383.71 36 $0 (2020)
UCB, Inc. $301.75 16 $0 (2023)
Lilly USA, LLC $200.38 11 $0 (2023)
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $191.89 6 $0 (2023)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $33.65 2 ABBVIE INC. ($18.45)
2023 $5,365 54 ABBVIE INC. ($4,856)
2022 $8,885 57 ABBVIE INC. ($6,941)
2021 $116.33 3 Biogen, Inc. ($82.63)
2020 $367.34 29 Allergan, Inc. ($202.00)
2019 $87.31 4 GE HEALTHCARE ($76.28)
2017 $23,618 170 Medtronic Vascular, Inc. ($10,747)

All Payment Transactions

319 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 13

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
08/29/2024 PFIZER INC. NURTEC ODT (Drug), ZAVZPRET Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.20 General
Category: PAIN
01/31/2024 ABBVIE INC. UBRELVY (Drug), BOTOX Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.45 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
11/16/2023 TG Therapeutics, Inc. BRIUMVI (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.47 General
Category: Immunology
11/07/2023 E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. ZEPOSIA (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $25.92 General
Category: Neuroscience
10/13/2023 ARGENX US, INC. VYVGART HYTRULO (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $29.42 General
Category: Neurology
09/28/2023 ABBVIE INC. UBRELVY (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.67 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
09/24/2023 Lilly USA, LLC EMGALITY (Drug), AMYVID Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.57 General
Category: Neuroscience
09/19/2023 Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. Austedo XR (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.97 General
Category: Central Nervous System
09/16/2023 ABBVIE INC. UBRELVY (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $6.97 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
08/30/2023 Lilly USA, LLC EMGALITY (Drug), AMYVID Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.84 General
Category: Neuroscience
08/29/2023 Biogen, Inc. VUMERITY (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.44 General
Category: Neurology
08/23/2023 ABBVIE INC. QULIPTA (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.32 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
08/09/2023 Celgene Corporation ZEPOSIA (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $22.97 General
Category: Neuroscience
08/02/2023 ABBVIE INC. UBRELVY (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $5.83 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
07/31/2023 TG Therapeutics, Inc. BRIUMVI (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.81 General
Category: Immunology
07/27/2023 ABBVIE INC. QULIPTA (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $30.09 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
07/25/2023 Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. Austedo XR (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.11 General
Category: Central Nervous System
07/25/2023 PFIZER INC. COMIRNATY (Biological), PAXLOVID, NURTEC ODT Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.86 General
Category: VACCINES
07/18/2023 Lilly USA, LLC EMGALITY (Drug), AMYVID Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.33 General
Category: Neuroscience
07/18/2023 ABBVIE INC. UBRELVY (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $6.97 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
06/27/2023 PFIZER INC. NURTEC ODT (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.59 General
Category: PAIN
06/26/2023 ABBVIE INC. QULIPTA (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $30.09 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
06/22/2023 Lundbeck LLC VYEPTI (Biological) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $28.50 General
Category: NEUROLOGY
06/20/2023 ABBVIE INC. BOTOX (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $8.89 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
06/12/2023 Lilly USA, LLC EMGALITY (Drug), AMYVID Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.44 General
Category: Neuroscience
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Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 5 499 685 $243,904 $59,091
2022 7 446 641 $200,330 $55,678
2021 9 485 615 $218,598 $61,628
2020 10 499 639 $219,736 $54,577
Total Patients
1,929
Total Services
2,580
Medicare Billing
$230,973
Procedure Codes
32

All Medicare Procedures & Services

32 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 292 454 $149,092 $38,055 25.5%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 126 126 $68,292 $13,973 20.5%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2023 32 34 $15,914 $4,044 25.4%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 23 40 $8,963 $2,585 28.8%
99406 Smoking and tobacco use intensive counseling, 4-10 minutes Office 2023 26 31 $1,643 $434.00 26.4%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 211 320 $103,800 $30,901 29.8%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 152 152 $75,447 $19,001 25.2%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2022 19 22 $9,934 $2,936 29.6%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 25 28 $6,180 $1,943 31.4%
96372 Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle Office 2022 12 50 $3,650 $548.07 15.0%
99406 Smoking and tobacco use intensive counseling, 4-10 minutes Office 2022 15 19 $969.00 $279.93 28.9%
J3420 Injection, vitamin b-12 cyanocobalamin, up to 1000 mcg Office 2022 12 50 $350.00 $68.35 19.5%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Office 2021 174 256 $87,040 $25,898 29.8%
99213 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes Office 2021 128 164 $37,720 $11,030 29.2%
99204 New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes Office 2021 81 81 $43,335 $10,467 24.2%
95816 Measurement and recording of brain wave (eeg) activity, awake and drowsy Office 2021 15 15 $14,415 $4,796 33.3%
99203 New patient outpatient visit, total time 30-44 minutes Office 2021 23 23 $7,981 $2,237 28.0%
99233 Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day Facility 2021 17 25 $8,275 $2,150 26.0%
99223 Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day Facility 2021 12 12 $7,824 $1,958 25.0%
99222 Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day Facility 2021 14 14 $6,258 $1,595 25.5%
99232 Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day Facility 2021 21 25 $5,750 $1,497 26.0%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes Office 2020 159 234 $79,560 $20,293 25.5%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes Office 2020 126 181 $41,630 $9,891 23.8%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes Office 2020 79 79 $42,265 $9,788 23.2%
95816 Measurement and recording of brain wave (eeg) activity, awake and drowsy Office 2020 16 16 $15,376 $4,622 30.1%
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About Dr. Howard Kreger, MD

Dr. Howard Kreger, MD is a Neurology healthcare provider based in Concord, North Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 06/27/2005. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1174529879.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Howard Kreger, MD has received a total of $38,473 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $33.65 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 319 transactions from 37 companies. The most common payment nature is "Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program" ($26,494).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Kreger has provided services to 1,929 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 2,580 services with total Medicare billing of $230,973. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 32 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Neurology
  • Location Concord, NC
  • Active Since 06/27/2005
  • Last Updated 07/15/2024
  • Taxonomy Code 2084N0400X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1174529879

Products in Payments

  • APTIOM (Drug) $10,081
  • UBRELVY (Drug) $7,478
  • QULIPTA (Drug) $4,471
  • VNS Therapy (Device) $1,524
  • Reveal LINQ (Device) $1,064
  • DBS IPGs (Device) $885.40
  • NURTEC ODT (Drug) $531.66
  • Briviact (Drug) $173.44
  • Infinity DBS Pulse Generators (Device) $151.69
  • APOKYN (Drug) $144.46
  • Fycompa (Drug) $133.37
  • EMGALITY (Drug) $130.84
  • Neupro (Drug) $128.31
  • NUEDEXTA (Drug) $126.32
  • RYTARY (Drug) $111.98
  • TROKENDI XR (Drug) $104.31
  • NAMZARIC (Drug) $83.30
  • ADUHELM (Biological) $82.63
  • Zembrace (Drug) $71.78
  • AMYVID (Drug) $69.54

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Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

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