What is Erica Hightower's specialty?

Erica Hightower (NPI 1629198726) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Houston, TX.

Where does Erica Hightower practice?

Erica Hightower practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1629198726.

How much does Medicare pay Erica Hightower?

Erica Hightower (NPI 1629198726) received approximately $68K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 192 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1629198726

Erica HightowerM.D.

PRACTICEPHARMACYTEXAS LLCSee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

614

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,138

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$66K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 6,183 Internal Medicine providers in TX — above median (cohort median 673).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,742

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.1M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

62.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Metformin Hcl334 claims

Semaglutide279 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium246 claims

Tirzepatide228 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium213 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

93.4

Quality

100.0

Cost

74.1

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.78%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$3K

Payment records

122

By payment type

Food and Beverage$3K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$3K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Erica Hightower'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
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	138	424
NORTH CYPRESS MEDICAL CENTER OPERATING COMPANY, LTD.	33	87
Ahnya Booze-Love Nurse Practitioner · Eugene, OR	27	49
ESPINOZA, LILIANA	24	39

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.

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