Richard Russell Hightower Jr., M.D.

Primary specialty

Family Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207Q00000X

License

39367 Issued in GA

Practice address

1000 Towne Center Blvd BLDG 1200
Pooler, GA 31322-4129

Phone

(912) 748-2280

Fax

(912) 748-4988

NPI assigned

Jul 14, 2005

Last updated

Feb 1, 2024By 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 GA

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

Family Practice

Education

Memphis Hospital Medical College, 1993

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Privia Medical Group of Georgia LLCGroup PAC ID 4284951542, 454 clinicians

Effingham Rehab Services, LLCGroup PAC ID 5597752063, shared by 3 NPIs, 143 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Amedisys Home Health Home health agency, Savannah, GA, CCN 117078
• Enhabit Home Health Home health agency, Pooler, GA, CCN 117150
• St Joseph's/ Candler Home Healthcare Home health agency, Hinesville, GA, CCN 117082
• St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah Hospital, Savannah, GA, CCN 110043
• Candler Hospital Hospital, Savannah, GA, CCN 110024
• Candler Skilled Nursing Unit Nursing home, Savannah, GA, CCN 115610

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://api.platform.athenahealth.com/8042/brand/1/csg/1/fhir/r4
• Direct secure messaging: richard.hightower.1@8042.direct.athenahealth.com
• Direct secure messaging: richardhightowerjr@scmgllc.allscriptsdirect.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.

• Privia Medical Group of Georgia LLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Fayetteville, GA
  • NPI 1013313857

  Family Medicine

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Privia Medical Group of Georgia LLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Savannah, GA
  • NPI 1356907273

  Family Medicine

  NPD
• Saint Joseph's Hospital, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Savannah, GA
  • NPI 1063406684
  NPD (past)
• Privia Medical Group, LLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Arlington, VA
  • NPI 1013042480

  Family Medicine

  NPD (past)

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

• Amedisys Georgia, L.L.C.

  dba Amedisys Home Health

  • Home Health Agency
  • Savannah, GA
  • NPI 1942483920
  Care Compare affiliation
• Candler Hospital Incorporated

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Savannah, GA
  • NPI 1275527889
  Care Compare affiliation
• Candler Hospital Incorporated

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Savannah, GA
  • NPI 1912992389

  Nursing home

  Care Compare affiliation
• Caresouth HHA Holdings of South Carolina, LLC

  dba Enhabit Home Health

  • Home Health Agency
  • Pooler, GA
  • NPI 1649796582
  Care Compare affiliation
• Saint Joseph's Hospital, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Savannah, GA
  • NPI 1063406684
  Care Compare affiliation
• SJC Home Health Services Inc

  dba St. Joseph's/Candler Home Healthcare

  • Home Health Agency
  • Hinesville, GA
  • NPI 1992799449
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "address_1": "1000 TOWNE CENTER BLVD BLDG 1200",
            "city": "POOLER",
            "state": "GA",
            "postal_code": "313224129",
            "telephone_number": "912-748-2280",
            "fax_number": "912-748-4988"
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}

• William Allen Herren, OD
• Shana K Herring
• Kelsey Hicks
• Lacy Hicks, LPC
• Jessika Beth Highers, MA, I-CADC, CADC
• Modest Hill
• Hilton Head Regional Physician Network - Georgia, LLC (Riverside Womens Care)
• Jo-Anna Hint
• HM RX LLC Dba Pooler Family Pharmacy
• Karli Holland, OTD, OTR/L

• Family Medicine Physician in Pooler, GA
• Providers in Pooler, GA by specialty
• Family Medicine Physician in Georgia

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Feb 1, 2024; 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.