Kelcy Higa, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Physician · Tucson, AZ
Kelcy Higa, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Tucson, Arizona, and NPI 1023465630, issued on May 24, 2016. Check the license (Arizona R75733, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kelcy Higa
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- R75733 AZ
MD-20274 HI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3950 S Country Club RD, Tucson, AZ 85714
- Phone
- (520) 626-5582
- Enumerated
- May 24, 2016
- Record last updated
- May 21, 2025
- Fax
- (520) 626-2819
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190924003917); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Hawaii John A. Burns School Of Medicine, 2016
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kelcy Higa in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
Search for license R75733Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
89% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
427 Medicare Part D claims for 251 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims. 45 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone42 claims
- Ondansetron Odt34 claims
- Cephalexin33 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass27 claims
- Ibuprofen22 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen22 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: $32.30
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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
- Hawaii Emergency Physicians Associated IncHilo, HI
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kelcy Higa among 1,494 emergency medicine physician records in Arizona
Kelcy Higa, M.D. is one of 1,494 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 79% 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 67% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 67% of these records are older, 30% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 55% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2014 among the 828 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
422 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Tucson
They are 422 of the 18,788 NPPES records with a practice address in Tucson, and 1,494 emergency medicine physician records in Arizona.
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Common questions
What is Kelcy Higa, M.D.'s NPI number?
Kelcy Higa, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1023465630, issued on May 24, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kelcy Higa, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3950 S Country Club RD, Tucson, AZ, 85714. Phone: (520) 626-5582. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kelcy Higa, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Arizona license number R75733, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Kelcy Higa, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kelcy Higa, M.D. had 427 Medicare Part D claims for 251 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.