Donald Higgins in Westchester, Illinois

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY

Medical School: Midwestern University, Chicago College Of Osteopathic Med
Graduation Year: 1985
The Primary Medical Specialty for Donald Higgins is listed as: Family Practice
Approximate Years of Experience: 39
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8921081845
NPI #: 1548211956
NPI Created On: 05/12/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/18/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207Q00000X
License Number:
36073445
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.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Polish, Spanish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Destruction of up to 14 skin growths
2. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
3. Removal of impact ear wax, one ear
4. Bone density measurement using dedicated x-ray machine
5. Automated urinalysis test
6. Hemoglobin a1c level
7. Hemoglobin a1c level
8. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
9. Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle
10. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
11. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
12. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
13. Application of ultrasound to 1 or more areas, each 15 minutes
14. Osteopathic manipulative treatment to 1-2 body regions
15. Osteopathic manipulative treatment to 3-4 body regions
16. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 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).