Stephen Anthony Hightower, M.D.

Primary specialty

Urology PhysicianTaxonomy code 208800000X

License

G084688 Issued in CA

Practice address

2888 Long Beach Blvd.
Suite #340
Long Beach, CA 90806-1552

Phone

(562) 595-6891

Fax

(562) 490-7271

NPI assigned

Sep 25, 2006

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 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in CA

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

Urology

Education

University of Vermont College of Medicine, 1993

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Grant County Public Hospital District No. 3Group PAC ID 8325937675, shared by 2 NPIs, 19 clinicians

Coast Urological Medical Group, Inc.Group PAC ID 7719871490, 2 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Uci Health-Orange Hospital, Orange, CA, CCN 050348
• Memorialcare Long Beach Medical Center Hospital, Long Beach, CA, CCN 050485

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

75 of 100Reported as group

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Networks

• BSC 65 PLUS INDIVIDUAL MAPD

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.

• Coast Urological Medical Group, Inc.

  • Urology Physician
  • Los Alamitos, CA
  • NPI 1194816892
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group Authorized official

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

• Long Beach Memorial Medical

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Long Beach, CA
  • NPI 1962442012
  Care Compare affiliation
• University of California Irvine

  • Urgent Care Clinic/Center
  • Irvine, CA
  • NPI 1518739309

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• University of California Irvine

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Orange, CA
  • NPI 1689608150
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Lisa Higgins-King
• Erica Antoinette Higgins
• Teresa Lee Higgins, PHD
• Chanel Renee Higgs
• Mathew Highland
• Sayde I Higuera I
• Ruth Isip Hilario, NP-C
• Rachel Hildrey, MS, RD
• Linda Hiles
• Adrian Hill

• Urology Physician in Long Beach, CA
• Providers in Long Beach, CA by specialty
• Urology Physician in California

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 8, 2007; 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.