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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1679531925

J. Chris HigginsMD

PRACTICESCOTT ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPINE CENTER LLCSee all providers at this practice →
CardiologyVidalia, GAI
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MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
624
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
743
Distinct HCPCS
11
Medicare payment
$27K
Peer benchmark
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q5
Total Medicare services vs. 554 Cardiology providers in GA — bottom quintile (cohort median 2,370).
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
315
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$17K
Distinct drugs
14
Brand share
19.7%
Top prescribed drugs
Losartan Potassium51 claims
Metoprolol Succinate37 claims
Atorvastatin Calcium31 claims
Isosorbide Mononitrate28 claims
Metoprolol Tartrate25 claims
QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
Final MIPS score
85.0
Quality
60.0
Cost
74.3
Improvement activities
40.0
Promoting interop.
99.0
Payment adjustment
0.42%
Group
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$61
Payment records
1
By payment type
Food and Beverage$61
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where J. Chris 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). 39 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
Charles Brown
Diagnostic Radiology · Savannah, GA
123344
Tosaporn Krasaeath
Diagnostic Radiology · Vidalia, GA
95254
Timothy Osborne
Emergency Medicine · Vidalia, GA
64254
Brick Acosta
Internal Medicine · Vidalia, GA
58237
Charles Gordon
Internal Medicine · Vidalia, GA
57220
Ian Munger
Emergency Medicine · Statesboro, GA
53211
James Jackson
Nephrology · Statesboro, GA
50198
Mark Hoerman
Pulmonary Disease · Vidalia, GA
48291
Bernard Oddi
Internal Medicine · Roswell, GA
44149
SMITH, MARTHA44198
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC43335
Cardionet, Llc.
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) · Pleasanton, CA
4294
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.