What is Robert Higginson's specialty?

Robert Higginson (NPI 1619053659) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Physician Assistant in Richmond, VA.

Where does Robert Higginson practice?

Robert Higginson practices in Richmond, VA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1619053659.

How much does Medicare pay Robert Higginson?

Robert Higginson (NPI 1619053659) received approximately $3K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 51 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1619053659

Robert HigginsonP.A.

Physician AssistantRichmond, VAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$3K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 3,062 Physician Assistant providers in VA — bottom quintile (cohort median 318).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,141

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$5.5M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

60.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Bictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala578 claims

Dolutegravir Sodium317 claims

Darunavir/Cob/Emtri/Tenof Alaf147 claims

Darunavir/Cobicistat141 claims

Emtricitabine/Tenofov Alafenam139 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.0

Quality

69.9

Cost

77.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

99.0

Payment adjustment

0.38%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$12K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$9K

Travel and Lodging$3K

Food and Beverage$970

Top paying entities

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$9K

Travel and Lodging$3K

Food and Beverage$970

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Robert 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). 4 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM AUTHORITY	71	297
Veronica Ayala-Sims Internal Medicine · Richmond, VA	32	53
Gonzalo Bearman Infectious Disease · Richmond, VA	27	37
Daniel Nixon Infectious Disease · Richmond, VA	25	43

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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