William J Higgins, MD

Primary specialty

Internal Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207R00000X

License

173685 Issued in NY

Practice address

1756 Route 9D
Cold Spring, NY 10516-2619

Phone

(845) 809-5661

Fax

(845) 809-5663

NPI assigned

Jul 26, 2006

Last updated

Jan 16, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 3

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NY

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

Practice roles

Locations

Networks

• Healthfirst Medicare Network H5989
• Healthfirst Medicare Network H1722
• Healthfirst Medicare Network H9678
• Healthfirst Medicare Network H3359

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: wih9028@direct.nyp.org

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• The Westchester Medical Practice, PC

  dba NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group/Hudson Valley

  • Specialist
  • Yorktown Heights, NY
  • NPI 1225222953
  Medicare reassignment NPD Authorized official
• The Westchester Medical Practice, PC

  dba Newyork-Presbyterian Medical Group/Hudson Valley

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Cortlandt Manor, NY
  • NPI 1982109120
  NPD Authorized official
• Becker Medical, PC

  • Specialist
  • Cortlandt Manor, NY
  • NPI 1265478150
  NPD (past)
• Hudson Valley Center for Digestive Health, LLC

  • Endoscopy Clinic/Center
  • Cortlandt Manor, NY
  • NPI 1164793725
  NPD (past)

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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            "address_1": "2649 STRANG BLVD STE 304",
            "city": "YORKTOWN HEIGHTS",
            "state": "NY",
            "postal_code": "105982938",
            "telephone_number": "646-745-6369",
            "fax_number": "646-697-7865"
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    "practiceLocations": [],
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        "enumeration_date": "2006-07-26",
        "last_updated": "2026-01-16",
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    },
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        },
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• Lauren Groth, M.S., CCC-SLP
• Haldane CSD
• Head in the Right Direction Counseling Services LCSW PC
• Jayne Henderson, LCAT
• Ellen M Higgins, FNP
• Highland Transit Corp
• Martin Ingber, RPH
• Lawrence Alan Kelmenson, MD
• Nadav K Klein, MD
• John Sidney Knapp, RN

• Internal Medicine Physician in Cold Spring, NY
• Providers in Cold Spring, NY by specialty
• Internal Medicine Physician in New York

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jan 16, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.