Julie Anne Comella Higgins, NP
Nurse Practitioner · Buffalo, NY
Julie Anne Comella Higgins, NP is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Buffalo, New York, and NPI 1285876136, issued on Mar 24, 2009. Check the license (New York 381999, as entered in NPPES) with the New York board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Julie Anne Comella Higgins
- Credential
- NP
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License number
- 381999 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 219 Bryant St, Buffalo, NY 14222
- Phone
- (716) 878-7349
- Enumerated
- Mar 24, 2009
- Record last updated
- Feb 17, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (716) 888-3801
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170207000375); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Julie Anne Comella Higgins in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New York board licenses this profession
Search for license 381999Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
99% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024
16 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of 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: $350.03
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Alexion Pharmaceuticals, 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
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Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Julie Anne Comella Higgins among 3,097 nurse practitioner records in New York
Julie Anne Comella Higgins, NP is one of 3,097 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in New York. 64% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 42% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 42% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 64% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 44% of these records are
- Graduated2008 · median 2017 among the 1,360 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 58% 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 New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
221 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Buffalo
They are 221 of the 13,287 NPPES records with a practice address in Buffalo, and 3,097 nurse practitioner records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Julie Anne Comella Higgins, NP's NPI number?
Julie Anne Comella Higgins, NP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1285876136, issued on Mar 24, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Julie Anne Comella Higgins, NP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 219 Bryant St, Buffalo, NY, 14222. Phone: (716) 878-7349. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Julie Anne Comella Higgins, NP's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 381999, as entered by the provider. Search the New York board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Julie Anne Comella Higgins, NP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Julie Anne Comella Higgins, NP had 16 Medicare Part D claims; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. 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.