Mina K. Higgins, FNP
Nurse Practitioner · Gainesville, MO
Mina K. Higgins, FNP is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Gainesville, Missouri, and NPI 1285721043, issued on Oct 5, 2006. Check the license (Missouri 123728, as entered in NPPES) with the Missouri board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Mina K. Higgins
- Credential
- FNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License number
- 123728 MO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 87 Elm Street, Gainesville, MO 65655
- Phone
- (417) 679-2775
- Enumerated
- Oct 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 15, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 425435427 MO
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20071129000218); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 87 Elm Street
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Mina K. Higgins in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Missouri board licenses this profession
Search for license 123728Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average nurse practitioner in 2024
3,809 Medicare Part D claims for 187 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium145 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium135 claims
- Lisinopril131 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium121 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate118 claims
- Gabapentin100 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: $74.95
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 38,884 providers of this specialty with any payment received $791.64 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
- Douglas County Public Health Services Group, Inc.Gainesville, MO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Mina K. Higgins among 1,720 nurse practitioner records in Missouri
Mina K. Higgins, FNP is one of 1,720 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Missouri. 78% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 3% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 3% of these records are older, 82% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2017 among the 1,080 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 42% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363L00000X and a Missouri practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
2 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Gainesville
They are 2 of the 23 NPPES records with a practice address in Gainesville, and 1,720 nurse practitioner records in Missouri.
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Common questions
What is Mina K. Higgins, FNP's NPI number?
Mina K. Higgins, FNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1285721043, issued on Oct 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Mina K. Higgins, FNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 87 Elm Street, Gainesville, MO, 65655. Phone: (417) 679-2775. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Mina K. Higgins, FNP's license?
NPPES lists Missouri license number 123728, as entered by the provider. Search the Missouri board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Mina K. Higgins, FNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Mina K. Higgins, FNP had 3,809 Medicare Part D claims for 187 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. 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.