PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1578777017

Kristen HigginsMD

DermatologyGastonia, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,714

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

5,427

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$198K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 399 Dermatology providers in NC — top quintile (cohort median 2,602).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,190

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$405K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

6.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Ketoconazole216 claims

Triamcinolone Acetonide133 claims

Mupirocin104 claims

Clobetasol Propionate85 claims

Hydrocortisone82 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

89.7

Quality

91.9

Cost

78.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

94.0

Payment adjustment

0.62%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

135

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Education$100

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kristen Higgins'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). 18 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
GASTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INCORPORATED	140	332
PULITZER, DONALD	94	116
RUSHING, ERICA	88	118
NPI 1417942749	84	108
PHADKE, PUSHKAR	74	99
YAAR, RON	69	78
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	57	176
Muammar Arida Pathology · Pompano Beach, FL	55	73
NESS, DANIEL	19	21
Rodger Lefler Internal Medicine · Gastonia, NC	15	39
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	15	28
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	14	23

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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