Individual Healthcare Provider
Patrick M. Higgins, MD
Provider's NPPES record last updated: June 9, 2023
Overview
- Entity Type
- Individual Healthcare Provider
- NPI
- 1285642470
- Primary Specialty
- Ophthalmology
- Practice Location
- Bloomfield, New Jersey
- Sole Proprietor
- Yes
Federal Screening
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List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE)
HHS Office of Inspector General
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- Source data
- September 10, 2026
- Records indexed
- 84,001
- Screened
- Sep 18, 2026, 9:34 PM UTC
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SAM.gov Exclusions
U.S. General Services Administration
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- Screened
- Not checked
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Specialties & Taxonomies
- Primary
Ophthalmology
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
An ophthalmologist has the knowledge and professional skills needed to provide comprehensive eye and vision care. Ophthalmologists are medically trained to diagnose, monitor and medically or surgically treat all ocular and visual disorders. This includes problems affecting the eye and its component structures, the eyelids, the orbit and the visual pathways. In so doing, an ophthalmologist prescribes vision services, including glasses and contact lenses.
Taxonomy code 207W00000X
Provider-Reported License Information
- Ophthalmology (New Jersey)
- 25MA06558600
Practice Locations
Practice Location
1255 Broad St
Ste 104
Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003-3000
Phone: (973) 707-5632
Additional Practice Location
1086 Teaneck Rd Ste 2a
Teaneck, New Jersey 07666-4858
Phone: (201) 871-3414
Fax: (201) 871-4830
Additional Practice Location
1095 Morris Ave Ste 103a
Union, New Jersey 07083-7170
Phone: (908) 312-1001
Fax: (908) 312-1005
Additional Practice Location
500 N Franklin Tpke Ste 205
Ramsey, New Jersey 07446-1160
Phone: (201) 962-9396
Fax: (201) 474-7048
Additional Practice Location
6121 Kennedy Blvd
North Bergen, New Jersey 07047-3483
Phone: (201) 766-5151
Additional Practice Location
1 Corporate Dr
Wayne, New Jersey 07470-3112
Phone: (973) 987-3380
Fax: (973) 987-3379
Record Information
- Enumeration Date
- August 3, 2006
- Provider's NPPES Record Last Updated
- June 9, 2023
- Certification Date
- June 9, 2023
- NPISignal NPPES Dataset
- August 2026
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