Shearin Nkrumah D. Higgs, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Fayetteville, GA
Shearin Nkrumah D. Higgs, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Fayetteville, Georgia, and NPI 1740258896, issued on Mar 14, 2006. Check the license (Georgia 67348, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Shearin Nkrumah D. Higgs
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- 67348 GA
MD418863 PA
0101235177 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 105 Carnegie PL, Fayetteville, GA 30214
- Phone
- (770) 716-7999
- Enumerated
- Mar 14, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 27, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (770) 716-8444
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20130710000169); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Ohio State University College Of Medicine, 1999
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Shearin Nkrumah D. Higgs in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 67348Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
12,012 Medicare Part D claims for 778 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 532 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium748 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate462 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium303 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium256 claims
- Ozempic247 claims
- Alprazolam243 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: $1,061.73
61 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Southeast Medical Group, P.C.Stockbridge, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Shearin Nkrumah D. Higgs among 3,911 internal medicine physician records in Georgia
Shearin Nkrumah D. Higgs, MD is one of 3,911 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 81% 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 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 57% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2005 among the 2,535 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 51% 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 Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
39 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Fayetteville
They are 39 of the 1,527 NPPES records with a practice address in Fayetteville, and 3,911 internal medicine physician records in Georgia.
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Common questions
What is Shearin Nkrumah D. Higgs, MD's NPI number?
Shearin Nkrumah D. Higgs, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740258896, issued on Mar 14, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Shearin Nkrumah D. Higgs, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 105 Carnegie PL, Fayetteville, GA, 30214. Phone: (770) 716-7999. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Shearin Nkrumah D. Higgs, MD's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 67348, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia Composite Medical Board at https://medicalboard.georgia.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Shearin Nkrumah D. Higgs, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Shearin Nkrumah D. Higgs, MD had 12,012 Medicare Part D claims for 778 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.