Leigh Eleanore Higgins, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Albuquerque, NM
Leigh Eleanore Higgins, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and NPI 1326496340, issued on May 31, 2016. Check the license (New Mexico PA2016-0052, as entered in NPPES) with the New Mexico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Leigh Eleanore Higgins
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- PA2016-0052 NM
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4545 Alameda Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87113
- Phone
- (505) 896-2900
- Enumerated
- May 31, 2016
- Record last updated
- Mar 5, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20161004001297); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4545 Alameda Blvd NE
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Leigh Eleanore Higgins in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New Mexico board licenses this profession
Search for license PA2016-0052Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
66% more Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
1,377 Medicare Part D claims for 614 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Triamcinolone Acetonide267 claims
- Betamethasone Dipropionate220 claims
- Ketoconazole99 claims
- Dupixent Pen76 claims
- Clindamycin Phosphate74 claims
- Metronidazole54 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $2,168.54
118 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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
- Rio Grande Dermatology, PCAlbuquerque, NM
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Leigh Eleanore Higgins among 847 physician assistant records in New Mexico
Leigh Eleanore Higgins, PA-C is one of 847 physician assistant records with a practice address in New Mexico. 76% 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 51% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 51% of these records are older, 44% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2018 among the 521 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 41% 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 New Mexico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
494 physician assistant records list a practice address in Albuquerque
They are 494 of the 24,162 NPPES records with a practice address in Albuquerque, and 847 physician assistant records in New Mexico.
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Common questions
What is Leigh Eleanore Higgins, PA-C's NPI number?
Leigh Eleanore Higgins, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1326496340, issued on May 31, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Leigh Eleanore Higgins, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4545 Alameda Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87113. Phone: (505) 896-2900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Leigh Eleanore Higgins, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists New Mexico license number PA2016-0052, as entered by the provider. Search the New Mexico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Leigh Eleanore Higgins, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Leigh Eleanore Higgins, PA-C had 1,377 Medicare Part D claims for 614 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Leigh Eleanore Higgins, PA-C's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.