Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

KARA MARIE HIGGINS

Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers Physician Assistant

NPI
1326662131
CMS profile
10693182
Location
FORT WORTH, TX

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$2,561.93

  • Reported across 107 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$812.74

34 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $812.74 34

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Biogen, Inc. $238.95 13
SHIELD THERAPEUTICS INC $218.67 4
Astellas Pharma US Inc $88.33 4
Exeltis, USA Inc. $76.89 4
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. $72.01 3
Organon LLC $50.68 2
Agile Therapeutics, Inc. $32.28 2
MIMEDX Group, Inc. $21.85 1
PFIZER INC. $13.08 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $209.34 11
PY2022 $592.43 26
PY2023 $947.42 36
PY2024 $812.74 34

Payment records · PY2024 (34)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Agile Therapeutics, Inc. $15.28 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154840718 CMS
Agile Therapeutics, Inc. $17.00 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154843829 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $21.66 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139512617 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $21.27 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139464448 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $22.70 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139546889 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $22.70 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139559869 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $19.13 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104811307 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $25.33 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104866170 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $21.40 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104823526 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $24.11 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104844418 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $2.15 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104874690 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $20.26 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104814615 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $20.71 08/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104813509 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $22.63 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104807987 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $19.15 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104871830 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $0.32 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104826336 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $19.54 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104828096 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $24.03 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104809023 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $20.19 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104854686 CMS
Exeltis, USA Inc. $22.73 01/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150013691 CMS
Exeltis, USA Inc. $17.82 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150013693 CMS
Exeltis, USA Inc. $19.06 08/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150013695 CMS
Exeltis, USA Inc. $17.28 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150013697 CMS
MIMEDX Group, Inc. $21.85 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140274490 CMS
Organon Llc $27.07 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1136251455 CMS
Organon Llc $23.61 11/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1136251451 CMS
PFIZER INC. $13.08 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131628793 CMS
SHIELD THERAPEUTICS INC $71.24 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150138523 CMS
SHIELD THERAPEUTICS INC $69.51 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150147827 CMS
SHIELD THERAPEUTICS INC $11.17 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150149827 CMS
SHIELD THERAPEUTICS INC $66.75 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150156568 CMS
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. $20.73 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148967413 CMS
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. $24.32 09/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148967415 CMS
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. $26.96 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148967417 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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