PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1750543237

Thomas HigginsMD

PRACTICEENT CARE CENTERS PLLCSee all providers at this practice →

OtolaryngologyLouisville, KYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,112

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

5,265

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$251K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 116 Otolaryngology providers in KY — top quintile (cohort median 890).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

867

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$137K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

24.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Fluticasone Propionate137 claims

Prednisone113 claims

Azelastine Hcl102 claims

Doxycycline Hyclate80 claims

Ipratropium Bromide65 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$58K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$49K

Travel and Lodging$4K

Consulting Fee$3K

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Thomas 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). 11 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
JEWISH HOSPITAL & ST. MARY'S HEALTHCARE, INC.	60	241
Kerrie Roberts Audiologist · Louisville, KY	42	60
Melanie Spann Audiologist · Jeffersonville, IN	37	59
BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC.	25	54
NORTON CLARK HOSPITAL, LLC	25	88
Sameet Sohi Otolaryngology · Louisville, KY	25	102
Sean Miller Otolaryngology · Louisville, KY	21	72
Patricia Hansen Internal Medicine · Louisville, KY	17	29
SILK, KENNETH	12	34
NORTON HOSPITALS INC	11	52
BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC.	11	33

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