PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1508969387

Michelle HigginsonMD

DermatologyOld Saybrook, CTI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,428

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,342

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$130K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 185 Dermatology providers in CT — above median (cohort median 1,747).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,604

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$90K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

4.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Metronidazole485 claims

Ketoconazole274 claims

Doxycycline Hyclate192 claims

Triamcinolone Acetonide105 claims

Betamethasone Valerate79 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michelle Higginson'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). 9 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Cohen Dermatopathology, P.C. Clinical Laboratory · Needham, MA	336	590
Quest Diagnostics Llc Clinical Laboratory · Wallingford, CT	96	182
LAWRENCE AND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC.	38	75
Barry Richter Dermatology · Guilford, CT	17	30
Timothy Tobin Internal Medicine · Essex, CT	16	34
Nancy Rini Diagnostic Radiology · Middletown, CT	15	16
Ravi Jain Diagnostic Radiology · Middletown, CT	14	19
Michael Baldwin Family Practice · Essex, CT	13	26
Alicia Beck Physician Assistant · Old Saybrook, CT	12	13

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history