PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1730251661

Michael HigginsM.D.

Internal MedicineNorfolk, MAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,010

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,524

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$88K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 3,978 Internal Medicine providers in MA — top quintile (cohort median 564).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,030

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$299K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

16.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium449 claims

Amlodipine Besylate314 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium273 claims

Lisinopril239 claims

Simvastatin225 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$120

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$120

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$120

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael 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). 10 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Massachusetts Llc Clinical Laboratory · Marlborough, MA	258	855
Primex Clinical Laboratories Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Van Nuys, CA	41	182
Mohamad El-Zaru Interventional Cardiology · Norfolk, MA	28	104
Kevin Loughlin Diagnostic Radiology · Norwood, MA	26	63
MILFORD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC	21	97
John Kinch Cardiology · Norwood, MA	19	103
SEMINE, SAMIR	18	37
QUEST DIAGNOSTICS MASSACHUSETTS LLC	18	118
Jeffrey Potter Diagnostic Radiology · Warwick, RI	15	35
Christopher Baker Diagnostic Radiology · Worcester, MA	11	16

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

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