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.
- 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
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Verify Thomas Higgins in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKansas State Board of Healing Arts
Search for license 0432725Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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.
Most prescribed
- 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Cep America - Kansas LLCWichita, KS
- 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.
All 459 in Kansas → Every provider in Wichita → Emergency Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Robert Dillard, MDWichita, KS 672141750463196
- Francie Ekengren, MDWichita, KS 672141780774430
- Kathy Forred, MDWichita, KS 672141376633032
- David Hartig, D.O.Wichita, KS 672141942248265
- Aaron Lentz, MDWichita, KS 672141922012996
- 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.