What is Laura Higginbotham's specialty?

Laura Higginbotham (NPI 1659630069) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nurse Practitioner in Leander, TX.

Where does Laura Higginbotham practice?

Laura Higginbotham practices in Leander, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1659630069.

How much does Medicare pay Laura Higginbotham?

Laura Higginbotham (NPI 1659630069) received approximately $49K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 214 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

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 · 2025

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Top paying entities

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.

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