What is Carla Higbee's specialty?

Carla Higbee (NPI 1225076763) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nurse Practitioner in Whittier, CA.

Where does Carla Higbee practice?

Carla Higbee practices in Whittier, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1225076763.

How much does Medicare pay Carla Higbee?

Carla Higbee (NPI 1225076763) received approximately $7K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 97 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1225076763

Carla HigbeeFNP

PRACTICEKURT KAMEL MD INCSee all providers at this practice →

Nurse PractitionerWhittier, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$5K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 8,685 Nurse Practitioner providers in CA — below median (cohort median 222).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

393

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

17.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Amoxicillin58 claims

Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim57 claims

Ibuprofen49 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium25 claims

Baclofen24 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$73

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$73

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$73

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (2)

CCN 050586

Hospital

CCN 050709

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Carla Higbee's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 2 inbound referrers · 1 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
AHMC WHITTIER HOSPITAL MEDICAL	17	20
DIGNITY HEALTH	11	18

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Bay Ngo Diagnostic Radiology · Whittier, CA	12	17

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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