Darla Higginbotham, CRNP
Nurse Practitioner · Birmingham, AL
Darla Higginbotham, CRNP is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Birmingham, Alabama, and NPI 1689121170, issued on Sep 1, 2016. Check the license (Alabama 1126483, as entered in NPPES) with the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Darla Higginbotham
- Credential
- CRNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License number
- 1126483 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 48 Medical Park Drive East, Birmingham, AL 35235
- Phone
- (205) 838-3800
- Enumerated
- Sep 1, 2016
- Record last updated
- Sep 1, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (205) 838-3206
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20160914001733); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 48 Medical Park Drive East
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Darla Higginbotham in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Alabama board licenses this profession
Search for license 1126483Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average nurse practitioner in 2024
6,016 Medicare Part D claims for 486 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 94 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium224 claims
- Pravastatin Sodium206 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate205 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium203 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium185 claims
- Metformin Hcl154 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): 56.7 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: $121.84
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. The 38,884 providers of this specialty with any payment received $791.64 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
- Eastern Medical Specialists, P.C.Birmingham, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Darla Higginbotham among 1,442 nurse practitioner records in Alabama
Darla Higginbotham, CRNP is one of 1,442 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Alabama. 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 2016, is newer than 46% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 46% of these records are older, 50% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2017 among the 848 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363L00000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
302 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Birmingham
They are 302 of the 15,795 NPPES records with a practice address in Birmingham, and 1,442 nurse practitioner records in Alabama.
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Common questions
What is Darla Higginbotham, CRNP's NPI number?
Darla Higginbotham, CRNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1689121170, issued on Sep 1, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Darla Higginbotham, CRNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 48 Medical Park Drive East, Birmingham, AL, 35235. Phone: (205) 838-3800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Darla Higginbotham, CRNP's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 1126483, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Darla Higginbotham, CRNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Darla Higginbotham, CRNP had 6,016 Medicare Part D claims for 486 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Darla Higginbotham, CRNP's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 56.7 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.