Derek Higgins, DO
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Gilbert, AZNPI 1568611655
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (52.4%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 37.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,307 and has fallen 91.3% since, to $114 in 2025.
Across 83 payments — averaging $43.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1K
- Nevro Corp.$1K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$215
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$137
- Almatica Pharma LLC$121
- Stimwave Technologies Incorporated$109
- plus $544 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,89252%
- Food & beverage$1,66146%
- Education$592%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 15 | $1,352 |
| Nevro Corp. | 8 | $1,133 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 13 | $215 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 10 | $137 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 8 | $121 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $109 |
| Protega Pharmaceutials Inc | 2 | $72 |
| Piramal Critical Care | 4 | $61 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $37 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Otto Bock Healthcare LP | 1 | $23 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $17 |
| Emergent Biosolutions Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Metacel Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Orthogenrx Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $12 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $12 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- Omnia$1,041
- SYNCHROMEDII$166
How this compares
$3,611 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 162 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Arizona.
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Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 62 | $2,293 |
| Fentanyl | 11 | $1,604 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 69 | $1,550 |
| Gabapentin | 49 | $1,446 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 73 | $1,168 |
| Baclofen | 20 | $624 |
| Pregabalin | 36 | $624 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 18 | $436 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 16 | $384 |
| Methocarbamol | 13 | $363 |
| Celecoxib | 12 | $342 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 19 | $325 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 26 | $243 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 36 | $216 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 12 | $96 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Gilbert
- Anuj DaftariGilbert$9K
- Arlene LazaroGilbert$4K
- Marshall MeierFlagstaff$63K
- Azmi NasserPhoenix$46K
- Christina KwasnicaPhoenix$33K
- Thomas CouryTucson$29K
- Nathan SwainFlagstaff$24K
- Keikhosrow MosallaiePhoenix$11K
- Jacob RohrsScottsdale$10K
- Paul OverdorfScottsdale$10K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.