NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thomas Higgins, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · Wichita, KS

Thomas Higgins, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Wichita, Kansas, and NPI 1487755088, issued on Sep 26, 2006. Check the license (Kansas 0432725, as entered in NPPES) on the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1487755088
Name
Thomas Higgins
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License numbers
0432725 KS
9369 NV
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
550 N Hillside St, Wichita, KS 67214
Phone
(316) 962-2000
Enumerated
Sep 26, 2006
Record last updated
Mar 17, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(303) 306-7753
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20080430000034); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Nevada School Of Medicine, 1995
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 550 N Hillside St

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

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  2. Keisuke AbePediatric Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine) Physician1972097848
  3. Nisha Agasthya, M.DPediatric Critical Care Medicine Physician1588070130
  4. Maisam Al PattyInternal Medicine Physician1396239257
  5. Tasneem AlaqzamHospitalist Physician1396024006
  6. Cristina Albright, APRNNurse Practitioner1205559770

Verify Thomas Higgins in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKansas State Board of Healing Arts
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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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73% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

61 Medicare Part D claims for 51 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 18 claims were for opioids.

  1. Thomas Higgins61
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen15 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.

The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 90.7 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score77.6
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%100.0
  3. Promoting interoperabilitynot scored (reweighted)
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Cep America - Kansas LLCWichita, KS
  2. Sound Physicians Emergency Medicine OF Kansas LLCPittsburg, KS

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Thomas Higgins among 459 emergency medicine physician records in Kansas

Thomas Higgins, MD is one of 459 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Kansas. 77% 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 8% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 60% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
  • Graduated1995 · median 2011 among the 270 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2018 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Kansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Emergency Medicine Physician providers in Kansas

There are 459 emergency medicine physician records in Kansas.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Maged Botros, MDWichita, KS 672141982651824
  2. Daniel Caliendo, MDWichita, KS 672141871683094
  3. Robert Dillard, MDWichita, KS 672141750463196
  4. Francie Ekengren, MDWichita, KS 672141780774430
  5. Kathy Forred, MDWichita, KS 672141376633032
  6. David Hartig, D.O.Wichita, KS 672141942248265
  7. Aaron Lentz, MDWichita, KS 672141922012996
  8. Curt Meinecke, MDWichita, KS 672141073560918

Common questions

What is Thomas Higgins, MD's NPI number?

Thomas Higgins, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487755088, issued on Sep 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Thomas Higgins, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 550 N Hillside St, Wichita, KS, 67214. Phone: (316) 962-2000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Thomas Higgins, MD's license?

NPPES lists Kansas license number 0432725, as entered by the provider. Search the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts at https://www.ksbha.ks.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Thomas Higgins, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Thomas Higgins, MD had 61 Medicare Part D claims for 51 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Thomas Higgins, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 90.7 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.