Michael Higgins MD in The Villages, Florida

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 2000
The Primary Medical Specialty for Michael Higgins MD is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 24
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0840220919
NPI #: 1760460570
NPI Created On: 01/03/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/31/2008
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207XS0114X
License Number:
0101237682
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Optima Health Plan
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
2. Aspiration and/or injection of major joint or joint capsule with recording and reporting using ultrasound guidance
3. Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint prosthesis
4. Open treatment of broken thigh bone with insertion of hardware or prosthetic replacement
5. Repair of knee joint
6. Repair of knee joint using an endoscope
7. Removal of both knee cartilages using an endoscope
8. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views
9. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
10. X-ray of hip with pelvis, 2-3 views
11. X-ray of both hips with pelvis, 2 views
12. X-ray of femur, minimum 2 views
13. X-ray of knee, 3 views
14. X-ray of knee, 4 or more views
15. Mri scan of leg joint
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
17. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
20. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day

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).