Joel Edward Higgins, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Canton, GA
Joel Edward Higgins, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Canton, Georgia, and NPI 1336189414, issued on Jun 7, 2006. Check the license (Georgia 042055, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joel Edward Higgins
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License numbers
- 042055 GA
ME179402 FL
01097866A IN
35C.001300 OH
P8480 TX
and 1 more
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 450 Northside Cherokee Blvd, Canton, GA 30115
- Phone
- (404) 303-1224
- Enumerated
- Jun 7, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 8, 2026
- Fax
- (404) 303-1325
- Medicaid IDs
- 130392200 FL
300034164A GA
000858107C GA - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070424000203); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of South Carolina School Of Medicine, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joel Edward Higgins in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 042055Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $2,046.81
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was travel and lodging; the largest payer was Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- Obhg Georgia, P.C.Albany, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joel Edward Higgins among 967 hospitalist physician records in Georgia
Joel Edward Higgins, MD is one of 967 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 92% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 3% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 3% of these records are older, 77% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 92% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 88% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2008 among the 849 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 62% 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 Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
29 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Canton
They are 29 of the 1,331 NPPES records with a practice address in Canton, and 967 hospitalist physician records in Georgia.
All 967 in Georgia → Every provider in Canton → Hospitalist Physician nationwide →
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Common questions
What is Joel Edward Higgins, MD's NPI number?
Joel Edward Higgins, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1336189414, issued on Jun 7, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joel Edward Higgins, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 450 Northside Cherokee Blvd, Canton, GA, 30115. Phone: (404) 303-1224. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joel Edward Higgins, MD's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 042055, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia Composite Medical Board at https://medicalboard.georgia.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
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.