Kenneth Elliott Higgins, MD
Anesthesiology Physician · Los Angeles, CA
Kenneth Elliott Higgins, MD is an anesthesiology physician with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1255759254, issued on Apr 7, 2014. Check the license (California A143196, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kenneth Elliott Higgins
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Anesthesiology Physician 207L00000X
- License numbers
- A143196 CA
18865 NH
042-0014692 VT
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 757 Westwood Plz Ste 3325, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- Phone
- (310) 267-9850
- Enumerated
- Apr 7, 2014
- Record last updated
- Jun 1, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20191104002658); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Connecticut School Of Medicine, 2014
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kenneth Elliott Higgins in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A143196Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 97.3 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: $152.32
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Avanos Medical. The 17,774 providers of this specialty with any payment received $669.59 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
- Regents OF The University OF CaliforniaThousand Oaks, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kenneth Elliott Higgins among 7,571 anesthesiology physician records in California
Kenneth Elliott Higgins, MD is one of 7,571 anesthesiology physician records with a practice address in California. 71% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 76% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 76% of these records are older, 22% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 71% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2006 among the 4,868 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207L00000X and a California 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 Kenneth Elliott Higgins, MD's NPI number?
Kenneth Elliott Higgins, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1255759254, issued on Apr 7, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kenneth Elliott Higgins, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 757 Westwood Plz Ste 3325, Los Angeles, CA, 90095. Phone: (310) 267-9850. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kenneth Elliott Higgins, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A143196, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is Kenneth Elliott Higgins, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.3 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.