What is Hugo Higa's specialty?

Hugo Higa (NPI 1740331867) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Honolulu, HI.

Where does Hugo Higa practice?

Hugo Higa practices in Honolulu, HI, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1740331867.

How much does Medicare pay Hugo Higa?

Hugo Higa (NPI 1740331867) received approximately $123K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 342 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1740331867

Hugo HigaM.D.

OphthalmologyHonolulu, HII

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

840

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,102

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$112K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 103 Ophthalmology providers in HI — below median (cohort median 1,487).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,011

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$72K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

38.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Erythromycin Base295 claims

Latanoprost252 claims

Prednisolone Acetate167 claims

Ofloxacin125 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate43 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

89.0

Quality

92.5

Cost

73.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.59%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$796

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$796

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$796

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Hugo Higa'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). 6 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc Clinical Laboratory · Aiea, HI	126	297
Surgery Center Of The Pacific, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Honolulu, HI	60	127
PALI MOMI MEDICAL CENTER	39	62
Clinical Laboratories Of Hawaii Llp Clinical Laboratory · Ewa Beach, HI	31	67
Bradley Hall Anesthesiology · Honolulu, HI	30	38
THE QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER	15	31

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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