Jennifer Higa, DO, MPH
Hospitalist Physician · Riverhead, NY
Jennifer Higa, DO, MPH is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Riverhead, New York, and NPI 1366899221, issued on May 20, 2016. Check the license (New York 300556, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jennifer Higa
- Credential
- DO, MPH
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- 300556 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1300 Roanoke Ave, Riverhead, NY 11901
- Phone
- (631) 548-6446
- Enumerated
- May 20, 2016
- Record last updated
- Sep 10, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20191008002672); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Jennifer Higa in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 300556Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
44% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
293 Medicare Part D claims for 110 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 13 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium20 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate15 claims
- Eliquis13 claims
- Furosemide13 claims
- Prednisone13 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium12 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 91.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- North Shore-Lij Medical PCNew Hyde Park, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Jennifer Higa among 2,067 hospitalist physician records in New York
Jennifer Higa, DO, MPH is one of 2,067 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in New York. 93% 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 53% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 53% of these records are older, 42% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 93% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 83% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2013 among the 1,716 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 37% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Jennifer Higa, DO, MPH's NPI number?
Jennifer Higa, DO, MPH's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1366899221, issued on May 20, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jennifer Higa, DO, MPH located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1300 Roanoke Ave, Riverhead, NY, 11901. Phone: (631) 548-6446. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jennifer Higa, DO, MPH's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 300556, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Jennifer Higa, DO, MPH prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jennifer Higa, DO, MPH had 293 Medicare Part D claims for 110 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Jennifer Higa, DO, MPH's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.3 of 100. 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.