Individual Healthcare Provider
Joel Edward Higgins, MD
Provider's NPPES record last updated: May 8, 2026
Overview
- Entity Type
- Individual Healthcare Provider
- NPI
- 1336189414
- Primary Specialty
- Hospitalist
- Practice Location
- Canton, Georgia
- Sole Proprietor
- No
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 20, 2026, 4:38 AM 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
Hospitalist
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Hospitalists are physicians whose primary professional focus is the general medical care of hospitalized patients. Their activities include patient care, teaching, research, and leadership related to Hospital Medicine. The term 'hospitalist' refers to physicians whose practice emphasizes providing care for hospitalized patients.
Taxonomy code 208M00000X Obstetrics & Gynecology
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
An obstetrician/gynecologist possesses special knowledge, skills and professional capability in the medical and surgical care of the female reproductive system and associated disorders. This physician serves as a consultant to other physicians and as a primary physician for women.
Taxonomy code 207V00000X
Provider-Reported License Information
- Hospitalist (Florida)
- ME179402
- Obstetrics & Gynecology (Indiana)
- 01097866A
- Obstetrics & Gynecology (Texas)
- P8480
- Obstetrics & Gynecology (Wyoming)
- TL#1399
- Obstetrics & Gynecology (Florida)
- ME179402
- Obstetrics & Gynecology (Georgia)
- 042055
- Obstetrics & Gynecology (Ohio)
- 35C.001300
Practice Locations
Practice Location
450 Northside Cherokee Blvd
Canton, Georgia 30115-8015
Phone: (404) 303-1224
Additional Practice Location
45 St Lawrence Dr
Tiffin, Ohio 44883-8310
Phone: (419) 455-7000
Fax: (419) 455-7227
Additional Practice Location
1205 Hadley Rd Ste 120
Mooresville, Indiana 46158-1934
Phone: (317) 834-8950
Fax: (317) 834-8951
Additional Practice Location
9981 S Healthpark Dr
Fort Myers, Florida 33908-3618
Phone: (239) 343-6097
Fax: (855) 818-4732
Additional Practice Location
815 S Washington Ave
Suite 304
Marshall, Texas 75670-5369
Phone: (903) 934-5320
Fax: (903) 934-5321
Record Information
- Enumeration Date
- June 7, 2006
- Provider's NPPES Record Last Updated
- May 8, 2026
- Certification Date
- May 8, 2026
- NPISignal NPPES Dataset
- August 2026
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