NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Heather Piland Higdon, PA-C

Physician Assistant · Cairo, GA

Heather Piland Higdon, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Cairo, Georgia, and NPI 1013184811, issued on May 12, 2008. Check the license (Georgia 3276, as entered in NPPES) with the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1013184811
Name
Heather Piland Higdon
Credential
PA-C
Primary taxonomy
Physician Assistant 363A00000X
License number
3276 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1178 5TH St SE, Cairo, GA 39828
Phone
(229) 377-2002
Enumerated
May 12, 2008
Record last updated
May 12, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(229) 377-0930
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20180822003751); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1178 5TH St SE

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Ronald Atwater, M.D.Surgery Physician1104056951
  2. Noemi Lefranc Matta, M.D.Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician1437410255
  3. Jonathan Lynch, MDFamily Medicine Physician1477578599
  4. Maria Zita Magloire, MDFamily Medicine Physician1407141872
  5. Wendy Pearce, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1073968574
  6. Garland RegisterFamily Medicine Physician1538138094

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  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Georgia board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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74% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024

218 Medicare Part D claims for 62 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims.

  1. Heather Higdon218
  2. Specialty average830

Most prescribed

  1. Famotidine13 claims
  2. Amlodipine Besylate12 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: $14.90

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Dexcom, Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Heather Higdon$14.90
  2. Specialty average$841.65

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

  1. Cairo Medical Care, LLCCairo, GA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Heather Piland Higdon among 4,662 physician assistant records in Georgia

Heather Piland Higdon, PA-C is one of 4,662 physician assistant records with a practice address in Georgia. 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 2008, is newer than 21% of them.

  • NPI issued2008 · 21% of these records are older, 76% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
  • Graduated1998 · median 2018 among the 2,761 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2008 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

4 physician assistant records list a practice address in Cairo

They are 4 of the 124 NPPES records with a practice address in Cairo, and 4,662 physician assistant records in Georgia.

The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Alton Dinkins, PA-CCairo, GA 398281588627632
  2. Kyara SmithCairo, GA 398281568385649
  3. Devon Thompson, PA-CCairo, GA 398281528892247
  4. Robert Cibiras, PA-CBlakely, GA 398231740479104
  5. Jennifer Ross, PA-CBlakely, GA 398231851660815
  6. William Strickland, PABlakely, GA 398231396714408
  7. Lanie BradfordColquitt, GA 398371851013650
  8. Katherine Bridges, PABainbridge, GA 398191134779770

Common questions

What is Heather Piland Higdon, PA-C's NPI number?

Heather Piland Higdon, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1013184811, issued on May 12, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Heather Piland Higdon, PA-C located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1178 5TH St SE, Cairo, GA, 39828. Phone: (229) 377-2002. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Heather Piland Higdon, PA-C's license?

NPPES lists Georgia license number 3276, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Heather Piland Higdon, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Heather Piland Higdon, PA-C had 218 Medicare Part D claims for 62 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.