Cortney Jean Higdon, APRN
Family Nurse Practitioner · Owensboro, KY
Cortney Jean Higdon, APRN is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Owensboro, Kentucky, and NPI 1760076863, issued on Mar 1, 2021. Check the license (Kentucky 3015590, as entered in NPPES) with the Kentucky board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cortney Jean Higdon
- Credential
- APRN
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- 3015590 KY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1901 Freeman Ave, Owensboro, KY 42301
- Phone
- (270) 929-3691
- Enumerated
- Mar 1, 2021
- Record last updated
- Mar 1, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220825002950); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Cortney Jean Higdon in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Kentucky board licenses this profession
Search for license 3015590Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
31% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
896 Medicare Part D claims for 312 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Ketoconazole233 claims
- Clobetasol Propionate136 claims
- Triamcinolone Acetonide124 claims
- Mupirocin82 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate61 claims
- Hydrocortisone33 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 85.8 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,081.93
51 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Biotech, Inc. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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
- Kentucky Skin Cancer Center PLLCOwensboro, KY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cortney Jean Higdon among 5,545 family nurse practitioner records in Kentucky
Cortney Jean Higdon, APRN is one of 5,545 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Kentucky. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 68% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 68% of these records are older, 24% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2018 among the 3,839 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 39% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a Kentucky practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
147 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Owensboro
They are 147 of the 1,877 NPPES records with a practice address in Owensboro, and 5,545 family nurse practitioner records in Kentucky.
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Common questions
What is Cortney Jean Higdon, APRN's NPI number?
Cortney Jean Higdon, APRN's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1760076863, issued on Mar 1, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cortney Jean Higdon, APRN located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1901 Freeman Ave, Owensboro, KY, 42301. Phone: (270) 929-3691. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cortney Jean Higdon, APRN's license?
NPPES lists Kentucky license number 3015590, as entered by the provider. Search the Kentucky board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Cortney Jean Higdon, APRN prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cortney Jean Higdon, APRN had 896 Medicare Part D claims for 312 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Cortney Jean Higdon, APRN's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 85.8 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.