Clinton Howard, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Mobile, ALNPI 1508954801
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by ownership interests: $23,342 of the $23,695 with a category attached, or 98.5%. S. Alabama Surgical Services, LLC accounts for 98.5% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $23,342 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $31 in 2025.
Across 7 payments — averaging $3384.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- S. Alabama Surgical Services, LLC$23K
- Spinal Elements, Inc.$173
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$125
- Novo Nordisk$24
- Smith+Nephew$17
- Medtronic$15
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3531%
- Ownership interest$23,34299%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| S. Alabama Surgical Services, LLC | 1 | $23,342 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 2 | $173 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $24 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $17 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $15 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- Medical Devices$202
How this compares
$23,695 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 319 orthopaedic surgery providers in Alabama.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 138 | $1,843 |
| Meloxicam | 371 | $1,083 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 337 | $893 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 111 | $880 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 219 | $827 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 158 | $685 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 106 | $628 |
| Methylprednisolone | 81 | $602 |
| Celecoxib | 28 | $282 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 15 | $215 |
| Gabapentin | 26 | $164 |
| Pregabalin | 11 | $133 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 26 | $115 |
| Diazepam | 20 | $20 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Mobile
- Matthew BarberMobile$158K
- Joseph ZarzourMobile$68K
- Russell GoodeMobile$43K
- Jess MullensMobile$33K
- Blake BowdenMobile$22K
- David DonahoeMobile$21K
- Albert HaasMobile$19K
- Jeffrey BrewerMobile$18K
- Robert HulickMobile$16K
- Jeffrey DugasBirmingham$11.5M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.