Lawrence Anthony Higgins, DO MPH
Internal Medicine Physician · New York, NY
Lawrence Anthony Higgins, DO MPH is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1811032006, issued on Feb 21, 2007. Check the license (New York 156116, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lawrence Anthony Higgins
- Credential
- DO MPH
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 156116 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 251 West 19TH St, New York, NY 10011
- Phone
- (212) 741-2330
- Enumerated
- Feb 21, 2007
- Record last updated
- Nov 5, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (212) 366-0681
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Lawrence Anthony Higgins in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 156116Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
77% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
735 Medicare Part D claims for 32 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 13 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Finasteride45 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium37 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl33 claims
- Metformin Hcl31 claims
- Odefsey30 claims
- Triumeq27 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: $40.54
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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.
Lawrence Anthony Higgins among 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York
Lawrence Anthony Higgins, DO MPH is one of 12,067 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in New York. 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 2007, is newer than 47% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 47% of these records are older, 44% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 60% of these records are
- Record last updated2010 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
2,434 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in New York
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Common questions
What is Lawrence Anthony Higgins, DO MPH's NPI number?
Lawrence Anthony Higgins, DO MPH's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1811032006, issued on Feb 21, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lawrence Anthony Higgins, DO MPH located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 251 West 19TH St, New York, NY, 10011. Phone: (212) 741-2330. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lawrence Anthony Higgins, DO MPH's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 156116, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Lawrence Anthony Higgins, DO MPH prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lawrence Anthony Higgins, DO MPH had 735 Medicare Part D claims for 32 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.