NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Leah R. Higginbotham, DO

Pediatrics Physician · Elizabethton, TN

Leah R. Higginbotham, DO is a pediatrics physician with a practice address in Elizabethton, Tennessee, and NPI 1023227584, issued on May 22, 2007. Check the license (Tennessee D01857, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1023227584
Name
Leah R. Higginbotham
Credential
DO
Primary taxonomy
Pediatrics Physician 208000000X
License number
D01857 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1503 W Elk Ave Ste 12, Elizabethton, TN 37643
Phone
(423) 547-9400
Enumerated
May 22, 2007
Record last updated
Feb 19, 2025
Fax
(423) 547-9401
Medicaid ID
Q000368 TN
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1503 W Elk Ave Ste 12

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Whitney Hollifield, APNFamily Nurse Practitioner1437611480
  2. Laurie Trosin, MDPediatrics Physician1801948427
  3. Rebecca Walker, PA-CPhysician Assistant1588362651

Verify Leah R. Higginbotham in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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Industry payments in 2024: $125.00

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 21,580 providers of this specialty with any payment received $842.05 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Leah Higginbotham$125.00
  2. Specialty average$842.05

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

10 pediatrics physician records list a practice address in Elizabethton

They are 10 of the 377 NPPES records with a practice address in Elizabethton, and 1,255 pediatrics physician records in Tennessee.

Other pediatrics physician records in Tennessee

  1. Seema Abbasi, MDMemphis, TN1225169097
  2. Emad Abdel-Fattah, M.D.Union City, TN1164430872
  3. Michael Abdelmisseh, MDDyersburg, TN1225529241
  4. Faria Abdullah, M.DMemphis, TN1417280835
  5. Ma Irene Abillar, MDMadison, TN1467690834
  6. Angel Acevedo, MDKnoxville, TN1174506968
  7. Elizabeth Acevedo Zapata, MDNashville, TN1639869282
  8. Vandita Acharya, MDNashville, TN1801320080
  9. Barbara Achuff, MDNashville, TN1780769851
  10. Joseph Adams, MDJohnson City, TN1962525535

Common questions

What is Leah R. Higginbotham, DO's NPI number?

Leah R. Higginbotham, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1023227584, issued on May 22, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Leah R. Higginbotham, DO located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1503 W Elk Ave Ste 12, Elizabethton, TN, 37643. Phone: (423) 547-9400. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Leah R. Higginbotham, DO's license?

NPPES lists Tennessee license number D01857, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

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.