Christine Higham M.D.
About this NPIWhat this record shows.
NPI 1619292752 is registered to Christine Higham M.D., a Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Physician practising at Ucsf Benioff Children's Hospital, 1975 4th Street in San Francisco, California. Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Physician is a recognised medical specialty under the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) taxonomy. Christine Higham M.D. has been enumerated in the National Provider Identifier (NPI) registry since 2010.
Beyond the registryWhat this record adds.
It is enrolled in Medicare, linking to 1 PECOS enrollment record (with a public Medicare Enrollment ID) sourced from CMS, which the NPPES registry does not list. Within the directory it is one of 432 Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Physician providers on file in California.
Source: CMS NPPES and PECOS public files. snapshot, refreshed monthly.
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Medicare enrollment
This provider holds a Medicare enrollment on file with the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS). Each enrollment carries a public Medicare Enrollment ID (ENRLMT_ID) used by billers and intermediaries.
Practitioner
- I20170801002232Pediatric MedicineCA
Source: CMS PECOS public enrollment file.
Insurance & acceptsHow to confirm coverage.
The National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) registry does not include commercial insurance network data, so we cannot show which plans Christine Higham M.D. accepts. To confirm in-network status with your specific health plan, contact Christine Higham M.D. directly at (415) 476-2188.
Frequently asked
Yes. NPI 1619292752 is registered as Active in the CMS NPPES public registry and passes the Luhn check-digit validation that all 10-digit NPIs use.
Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Physician is a recognised medical specialty under the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) taxonomy.
The CMS NPPES Public Registry at npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov is the authoritative source. FindMyNPI mirrors this dataset and refreshes monthly. For real-time verification, you can also call the provider's office at (415) 476-2188.
An individual healthcare provider has a single Type-1 NPI for life. Organisations can hold separate Type-2 NPIs per location, specialty, or sub-entity. Christine Higham M.D. is a Type-1 individual NPI.
As of the latest monthly CMS NPPES snapshot, 432 Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Physician providers are registered in California, and Christine Higham M.D. is one of them. The figure refreshes each month from the federal source.