Tina Higgins
Women's Health · Gulf Shores, ALNPI 1396259768
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 26 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novo Nordisk at 31.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $361 and has fallen 72.2% since, to $100 in 2025.
Across 26 payments — averaging $36.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$293
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$229
- AbbVie$210
- Lilly USA, LLC$39
- Millicent US Inc$24
- Bayer$20
- plus $123 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$938100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $293 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 2 | $229 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $210 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Millicent US Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Bayer | 1 | $20 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
| Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $8 |
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.
- Saxenda$122
- NEXTSTELLIS$120
- Wegovy$119
How this compares
$938 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 107 women's health providers in Alabama.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 22 | $23,654 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 14 | $13,446 |
| Estradiol | 136 | $3,732 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 54 | $2,045 |
| Estradiol (Twice Weekly)Estradiol | 20 | $1,026 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 20 | $692 |
| Fluconazole | 42 | $576 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 25 | $372 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 13 | $53 |
| Cyanocobalamin InjectionCyanocobalamin (Vitamin B-12) | 12 | $47 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $39 | $23,65422 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $293 | $13,44614 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 65th percentile of 107 women's health providers in Alabama.
Other women's health in Gulf Shores
- Ashton TureaudBirmingham$26K
- Mary MatteiMobile$10K
- Kathryn LyleBirmingham$7K
- Tracy BrownFoley$6K
- Kimberly PeekHuntsville$6K
- Karen HammondHoover$6K
- Jessica MorrisonBirmingham$5K
- Dawna FranklinBirmingham$5K
- Mitzi ThompsonSpanish Fort$3K
- Katie FainBirmingham$3K
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.