Craig Higgs in Peoria, Illinois

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
PEDIATRIC MEDICINE

Medical School: Southern Illinois University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2003
The Primary Medical Specialty for Craig Higgs is listed as: Internal Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 21
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1557453032
NPI #: 1649488925
NPI Created On: 05/18/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 09/26/2008
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
036-116366
Listed Gender: Male

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Forms of insurance accepted by include, but are not limited to:

• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients in some locations.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Removal of impacted ear wax by washing
3. Urinalysis, manual test
4. Blood test, clotting time
5. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
6. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
7. Anti-clotting management for patient taking warfarin
8. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
11. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
12. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
13. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
14. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
15. Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg

They took part in Medicare's Electronic Health Record Incentive Program which was designed to help move people over to electronic records and improve the systems that were already in place.
They took part in the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).