Sara Marie Higginson, M.D.
Surgical Critical Care Physician · Fresno, CA
Sara Marie Higginson, M.D. is a surgical critical care physician with a practice address in Fresno, California, and NPI 1578852471, issued on Mar 31, 2011. Check the license (California A123464, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sara Marie Higginson
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgical Critical Care Physician 2086S0102X
- License number
- A123464 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2823 Fresno St, Fresno, CA 93721
- Phone
- (559) 459-5194
- Enumerated
- Mar 31, 2011
- Record last updated
- Aug 5, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (559) 459-3719
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 2823 Fresno St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Shahrin Abdalian, NPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1043716186
- Mariam Abdelkader, MDCritical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1689022824
- Majdi Abdulmaula, M.DInternal Medicine Physician1295260529
- Reema Aboelrish, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1376466144
- Reem Aboushaar, MDPediatrics Physician1013543933
- Inas Abukraa, M.DFamily Medicine Physician1376115881
Verify Sara Marie Higginson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A123464Check 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): 85 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: $131.32
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was PolyNovo North America LLC. The 1,092 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,183.62 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.
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Common questions
What is Sara Marie Higginson, M.D.'s NPI number?
Sara Marie Higginson, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578852471, issued on Mar 31, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sara Marie Higginson, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2823 Fresno St, Fresno, CA, 93721. Phone: (559) 459-5194. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sara Marie Higginson, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A123464, 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 Sara Marie Higginson, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 85 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.