James P. Higgins, M.D.

Primary specialty

Surgery of the Hand (Plastic Surgery) PhysicianTaxonomy code 2082S0105X

License

D0056925 Issued in MD

Practice address

3333 N Calvert St
2ND FL
Baltimore, MD 21218-2867

Phone

(410) 235-5405

NPI assigned

Apr 14, 2006

Last updated

Sep 12, 2023By 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

Other identifiers 5

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in MD, TX2 enrollments

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 2

Specialty

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Education

Other, 1996

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Greater Chesapeake Hand Specialists, P.a.Group PAC ID 5092727206, 10 clinicians

Medstar Medical Group II LLCGroup PAC ID 0547413825, 3,726 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Medstar Union Memorial Hospital Hospital, Baltimore, MD, CCN 210024

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

82.34 of 100Reported as group

Quality

67.9

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

69.47

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

75 of 100Reported as individual

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: jamesh@gchs1384.srs-direct.com

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.

• Greater Chesapeake Hand Specialists, P.a.

  • Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician
  • Lutherville, MD
  • NPI 1104852359

  Surgery of the Hand

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Medstar Medical Group II LLC

  • General Practice Physician
  • Baltimore, MD
  • NPI 1184046187
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Anchorage, AK
  • NPI 1437189339

  TX

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Frederick Health Hospital Inc

  dba Frederick Health Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Frederick, MD
  • NPI 1538165527
  NPD (past)
• Medstar Medical Group II LLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Washington, DC
  • NPI 1376887844
  NPD (past)

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• The Union Memorial Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Baltimore, MD
  • NPI 1487741427
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Molly Thurn Hierholzer
• Danielle Higginbotham
• Marvetta Higgins-Johnson
• Alice Kush Higgins, O.D.
• Heather Enright Higgins, LCSW-C
• Luke James Higgins, M.D., PH.D.
• Maria Higgins, CRNP
• Megan Daley Higgins, P.A.
• Michelle Higgins, MD
• Miriam Higgins, DPT

• Surgery of the Hand (Plastic Surgery) Physician in Baltimore, MD
• Providers in Baltimore, MD by specialty
• Surgery of the Hand (Plastic Surgery) Physician in Maryland

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Sep 12, 2023; 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.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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