Laine Higa, OD

Primary specialty

OptometristTaxonomy code 152W00000X

License

OEG002927 Issued in PA

Practice address

1200 W Godfrey Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19141-3323

Phone

(215) 276-6000

Fax

(215) 276-1329

NPI assigned

Jul 9, 2014

Last updated

Jul 9, 2014By 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

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in PA

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: No
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Optometry

Education

Illinois College of Optometry at Chicago, 2014

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Valley Eye Professionals LLCGroup PAC ID 9537179353, 5 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

93.09 of 100Reported as group

Quality

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

76.95

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://fhir.nextgen.com/nge/prod/fhir-api-r4/fhir/r4/
• Direct secure messaging: laine.higa.p1@direct.salusuhealth.nextgenshare.com
• Direct secure messaging: lhiga@valleyeye.intellechartdirect.net

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.

• Valley Eye Professionals LLC

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Huntingdon Valley, PA
  • NPI 1013964535

  Optometrist

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Drexel University

  dba The Eye Institute

  • Optometrist
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • NPI 1336160027
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Drexel University

  dba Drexel Psychology

  • Psychologist
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • NPI 1902900095
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Drexel University

  dba Pennsylvania Ear Institute

  • Audiologist
  • Elkins Park, PA
  • NPI 1104822253
  NPD
• Drexel University

  dba Drexel Caring Together Clinic

  • Public Health or Welfare Agency
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • NPI 1386779957
  NPD
• Salus University Hearing Vision Balance Clinic

  • Audiologist
  • Elkins Park, PA
  • NPI 1154785293

  Optometrist

  NPD
• Pennsylvania College of Optometry

  dba The Eye Institute

  • Optometrist
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • NPI 1134166572
  NPD (past)

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

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            "city": "PHILADELPHIA",
            "state": "PA",
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        "credential": "OD",
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        "status": "A"
    },
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• Sarah Nemeth Hicks, M.D.
• Sherwin Preston Hicks
• De Anna Nakia Hickson
• Hide and Speak Therapeutic Services
• Kalina Emiko Hieshima, MSS, LSW
• Lindsay Morgan Higdon, M.D.
• Eve Juliet Higginbotham, MD
• Dottie Higgins Klein, LMFT
• Kathleen Mary Higgins-Palamaro, CRNP
• Ashleigh Higgins-Smith

• Optometrist in Philadelphia, PA
• Providers in Philadelphia, PA by specialty
• Optometrist in Pennsylvania

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 9, 2014; 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.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.