Kara Marie Higgins, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Fort Worth, TX
Kara Marie Higgins, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Fort Worth, Texas, and NPI 1326662131, issued on Jun 8, 2020. Check the license (Texas PA14343, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kara Marie Higgins
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- PA14343 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 10840 Texas Health Trl Ste 110, Fort Worth, TX 76244
- Phone
- (682) 212-6437
- Enumerated
- Jun 8, 2020
- Record last updated
- Jan 20, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210226001963); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kara Marie Higgins in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license PA14343Check 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 physician assistant in 2024
43 Medicare Part D claims for 17 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 75.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $812.74
34 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Biogen, 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.
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
- Texas Health Physicians GroupFort Worth, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kara Marie Higgins among 10,999 physician assistant records in Texas
Kara Marie Higgins, PA-C is one of 10,999 physician assistant records with a practice address in Texas. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 65% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 65% of these records are older, 31% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 55% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2017 among the 6,096 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
599 physician assistant records list a practice address in Fort Worth
They are 599 of the 15,511 NPPES records with a practice address in Fort Worth, and 10,999 physician assistant records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Kara Marie Higgins, PA-C's NPI number?
Kara Marie Higgins, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1326662131, issued on Jun 8, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kara Marie Higgins, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 10840 Texas Health Trl Ste 110, Fort Worth, TX, 76244. Phone: (682) 212-6437. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kara Marie Higgins, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number PA14343, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kara Marie Higgins, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kara Marie Higgins, PA-C had 43 Medicare Part D claims for 17 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kara Marie Higgins, PA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 75.3 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.