George L. Higgins, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Portland, ME
George L. Higgins, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Portland, Maine, and NPI 1447378294, issued on Mar 27, 2007. Check the license (Maine 008697, as entered in NPPES) on the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- George L. Higgins
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 008697 ME
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 22 Bramhall St, Portland, ME 04102
- Phone
- (207) 662-2776
- Enumerated
- Mar 27, 2007
- Record last updated
- Sep 18, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080813000599); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Tufts University School Of Medicine, 1973
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify George L. Higgins in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMaine Board of Licensure in Medicine
Search for license 008697Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
95% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
12 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- MainehealthPortland, ME
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
George L. Higgins among 466 emergency medicine physician records in Maine
George L. Higgins, MD is one of 466 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Maine. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 38% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 38% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1973 · median 2011 among the 293 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 52% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Maine practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
105 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Portland
They are 105 of the 6,022 NPPES records with a practice address in Portland, and 466 emergency medicine physician records in Maine.
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Common questions
What is George L. Higgins, MD's NPI number?
George L. Higgins, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1447378294, issued on Mar 27, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is George L. Higgins, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 22 Bramhall St, Portland, ME, 04102. Phone: (207) 662-2776. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify George L. Higgins, MD's license?
NPPES lists Maine license number 008697, as entered by the provider. Search the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine at https://www.maine.gov/md/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does George L. Higgins, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, George L. Higgins, MD had 12 Medicare Part D claims; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.