James B. Higgs, M.D

Primary specialty

Infectious Disease PhysicianTaxonomy code 207RI0200X

License

1457783383 Issued in MA

Practice address

800 Washington St
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA 02111

Phone

(617) 636-8877

NPI assigned

Aug 2, 2013

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in RI

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

Specialty

Infectious DiseaseAlso: Internal Medicine

Education

Other, 2013

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Affinity Physicians LLC.Group PAC ID 0244413391, 723 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Kent County Memorial Hospital Hospital, Warwick, RI, CCN 410009

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

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

• Affinity Physicians LLC.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Warwick, RI
  • NPI 1184944662
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Affinity Physicians LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Providence, RI
  • NPI 1053038471
  NPD

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

• Kent County Memorial Hospital

  • Rehabilitation Hospital Unit
  • Warwick, RI
  • NPI 1023017944
  Care Compare affiliation
• Kent County Memorial Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Warwick, RI
  • NPI 1386643294
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Lily Higgins, FNP-C
• Michaela Jane Higgins, MD
• Sara Higgins, MD
• Sharon Marie Higgins, NP-C
• Tessa Higgins, MD
• Walter R Higgs III
• Frances Arianwen High, M.D., PH.D.
• Zach Highley-Gergel, MD
• Higuchi Medical Care, PLLC
• Leslie M Higuchi, MD

• Infectious Disease Physician in Boston, MA
• Providers in Boston, MA by specialty
• Infectious Disease Physician in Massachusetts

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Mar 12, 2020; 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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