Charles Michael Higgins, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · New Orleans, LA
Charles Michael Higgins, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in New Orleans, Louisiana, and NPI 1932476199, issued on Nov 16, 2011. Check the license (Louisiana 23114, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Charles Michael Higgins
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 23114 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2800 Gravier St, New Orleans, LA 70119
- Phone
- (504) 827-8519
- Enumerated
- Nov 16, 2011
- Record last updated
- Nov 16, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (504) 827-8584
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210607002867); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2800 Gravier St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Charles Michael Higgins in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 23114Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
27% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
734 Medicare Part D claims for 75 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Alprazolam81 claims
- Fluoxetine Hcl61 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate52 claims
- Clonazepam37 claims
- Dextroamphetamine-Amphetamine36 claims
- Lorazepam35 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $690.95
56 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Iti, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.). The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- NeurojustMetairie, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Charles Michael Higgins among 583 psychiatry physician records in Louisiana
Charles Michael Higgins, M.D. is one of 583 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Louisiana. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 64% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 64% of these records are older, 33% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 48% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2005 among the 279 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
226 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in New Orleans
They are 226 of the 13,668 NPPES records with a practice address in New Orleans, and 583 psychiatry physician records in Louisiana.
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Common questions
What is Charles Michael Higgins, M.D.'s NPI number?
Charles Michael Higgins, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1932476199, issued on Nov 16, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Charles Michael Higgins, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2800 Gravier St, New Orleans, LA, 70119. Phone: (504) 827-8519. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Charles Michael Higgins, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 23114, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.lsbme.la.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Charles Michael Higgins, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Charles Michael Higgins, M.D. had 734 Medicare Part D claims for 75 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.