PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1659630069

Laura HigginbothamN.P.

Nurse PractitionerLeander, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

632

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,487

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$43K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 14,200 Nurse Practitioner providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 248).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,960

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$234K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

19.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Levothyroxine Sodium262 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium154 claims

Gabapentin144 claims

Lisinopril144 claims

Losartan Potassium134 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

89.5

Quality

79.1

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.61%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Laura Higginbotham'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). 3 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	44	153
CEDAR PARK HEALTH SYSTEM LP	17	45
Luis Egelsee Family Practice · Leander, TX	17	27

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