Colleen Karson Higdon, WHNP-BC

Primary specialty

Women's Health Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363LW0102X

License

HIGD-NIYUF Issued in NC

Practice address

1140 Carthage St
Sanford, NC 27330-4161

Phone

(919) 775-2305

NPI assigned

Jan 1, 2022

Last updated

Sep 4, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

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 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NC

Eligible to order & refer

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

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Other, 2021

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

DLP Central Carolina Medical Group LLCGroup PAC ID 3577840420, 38 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Central Carolina Hospital Hospital, Sanford, NC, CCN 340020

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: colleen.higdon.1@15593.direct.athenahealth.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.

• DLP Central Carolina Medical Group LLC

  dba Central Caroling Urology

  • Urology Physician
  • Sanford, NC
  • NPI 1184163883
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• DLP Central Carolina Medical Group LLC

  dba Central Carolina Sandhills Family Care

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Broadway, NC
  • NPI 1578254215
  NPD
• DLP Central Carolina Medical Group LLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Sanford, NC
  • NPI 1659810455

  Women's Health

  NPD
• DLP Central Carolina Medical Group LLC

  dba Central Carolina Community Family Care

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Sanford, NC
  • NPI 1417495516
  NPD (past)

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

• DLP Central Carolina Medical Center LLC

  dba Central Carolina Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Sanford, NC
  • NPI 1902836943
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
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            "address_1": "446 RIVER POINT RD",
            "city": "MONCURE",
            "state": "NC",
            "postal_code": "275599114",
            "telephone_number": "919-630-3616"
        },
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            "address_1": "1140 CARTHAGE ST",
            "city": "SANFORD",
            "state": "NC",
            "postal_code": "273304161",
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        }
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            "address_1": "781 Avent Ferry Rd Ste 106",
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        "first_name": "COLLEEN",
        "middle_name": "KARSON",
        "credential": "WHNP-BC",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2022-01-01",
        "last_updated": "2026-09-04",
        "certification_date": "2026-09-04",
        "status": "A"
    },
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        }
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            "affiliation": "N",
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            "contentOtherDescription": "CDA/CCD/TXT",
            "address_1": "781 Avent Ferry Rd Ste 106",
            "city": "Holly Springs",
            "state": "NC",
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• Jessica Rakes Heyse, NP
• Valentyna Hibbs
• Ariel Hickerson
• Amy Hilburn, PT
• Kristi Hildebrand, PNP-AC
• Kanisha Hill
• Rachel Hill, OTR/L
• Ed Everett Hillis, RPSGT

• Women's Health Nurse Practitioner in Sanford, NC
• Providers in Sanford, NC by specialty
• Women's Health Nurse Practitioner in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Sep 4, 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.
• 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.