Dr. Robert L. Highhouse, MD

  • Kalamazoo, MI
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1013951508PAC ID0143117150
Medicare services, 2024
274
Medicare patients, 2024
138
Part D claims, 2024
35
MIPS score, 2024
86
Hospital affiliations
4
Practice address
601 John Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Practice phone
Call (269) 341-6000
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Primary practice

Bronson Methodist Hospital

Hospital · Kalamazoo, Michigan

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Dr. Robert L. Highhouse is an orthopedic surgeon in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Dr. Highhouse practices at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, Michigan, part of Bronson Healthcare Group.

Dr. Highhouse's NPI, 1013951508, was assigned on June 15, 2006. Dr. Highhouse graduated from University of South Florida College of Medicine in 1994. Dr. Highhouse holds Michigan license 4301064289.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0143117150
NPI enumeration date
June 15, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(269) 341-6000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
58
Medical school graduation
1994

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Robert L. Highhouse practices at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Dr. Highhouse's primary practice is Bronson Methodist Hospital, at 601 John Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49007 in Kalamazoo County. The practice phone is (269) 341-6000.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Robert L. Highhouse is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Highhouse's primary practice is Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, Michigan, part of Bronson Healthcare Group. Dr. Highhouse is also affiliated with Beacon Kalamazoo. The medical group on file is Bronson Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Highhouse to 2 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Robert L. Highhouse's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Highhouse practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Bronson Methodist HospitalAvailable with a free account
+5 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Robert L. Highhouse is one of 823 orthopedic surgeons in Michigan

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Highhouse's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Highhouse is licensed in Michigan.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, MichiganPrimaryLicense 4301064289 · taxonomy 207X00000X

Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Highhouse

Counts of orthopedic surgeons with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

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Dr. Robert L. Highhouse billed Medicare for 274 services in 2024

CMS data shows 274 Medicare services from Dr. Highhouse across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 138 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $12,049 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2024274
Medicare patients138
Paid by Medicare$12,049
Procedure codes6

Dr. Highhouse's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2312024: 20910%
Imaging
2023: 1062024: 6539%
Surgery
2023: 332024: 0100%

Dr. Highhouse compared with the Michigan median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Highhouse
  • Michigan median
Medicare services
274vs 52348% below
Medicare patients
138vs 17220% below
Part D claims
30vs 8063% below

Medians across 781 orthopedic surgeons in Michigan with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Highhouse's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Robert L. Highhouse treated 138 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 70

CMS counts 138 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Highhouse in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 70 patients. 72% of them have high cholesterol, and 71% have arthritis. 12% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.92, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Highhouse's median patient age at 57, with 49% women.

Medicare patients, 2024138
Average age70
Average risk score0.92
Also on Medicaid12%

Dr. Highhouse's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Highhouse's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women7655%
  • Men6245%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Highhouse's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol72%
  2. Arthritis71%
  3. High blood pressure56%
  4. Mood disorders28%
  5. Depression27%
  6. Anxiety26%
  7. Diabetes24%
  8. Asthma15%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Highhouse's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 57

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women49%
  • Men51%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Robert L. Highhouse wrote 35 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Highhouse wrote 35 Medicare Part D claims for 25 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 30 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $34 in total drug cost. In 2022, CMS named 36 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 202435
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$34
Part D patients25

Dr. Highhouse's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2023

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Highhouse's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics54%19 of 35 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2022 to 2023

  • 2022
  • 2023
Claims for drugs CMS names
2022: 362023: 3017%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2023, 1 in 2022.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Robert L. Highhouse scored 86 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 86 out of 100 for Dr. Highhouse for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Highhouse accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 38 procedures of upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) by Dr. Highhouse, more than 80% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Highhouse's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 86of 100Final score
  • 75.4of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 79of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Highhouse ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
80th percentile38 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Robert L. Highhouse received $1,950 in industry payments from 2016 to 2023

CMS Open Payments shows 5 general payments to Dr. Highhouse from 4 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2023. Education make up the largest share, 96% of the total. Medwest Associates paid the most, $1,881.

General payments to Dr. Highhouse by program year, 2016 to 2023

General payments to Dr. Highhouse by kind, 2016 to 2023

$1.9Kin total
  • Education$1,88196%
  • Food and beverage$694%

Companies that paid Dr. Highhouse the most, 2016 to 2023

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Robert L. Highhouse graduated from University of South Florida College of Medicine

Dr. Highhouse graduated from University of South Florida College of Medicine in 1994.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of South Florida College of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Robert L. Highhouse's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Robert L. Highhouse's NPI number?

Dr. Robert L. Highhouse's NPI number is 1013951508. It was assigned on June 15, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Robert L. Highhouse?

Dr. Robert L. Highhouse is an orthopedic surgeon in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. Robert L. Highhouse practice?

Dr. Highhouse practices at 601 John Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49007. Dr. Highhouse's primary practice is Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, Michigan, part of Bronson Healthcare Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Highhouse to 2 hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Robert L. Highhouse's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Highhouse is (269) 341-6000.

What is Dr. Robert L. Highhouse's medical license number?

Dr. Highhouse holds Michigan license 4301064289.

Which hospitals is Dr. Robert L. Highhouse affiliated with?

Dr. Highhouse practices at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Dr. Highhouse is also affiliated with Beacon Kalamazoo. Dmand AI links Dr. Highhouse to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Robert L. Highhouse part of?

Dr. Highhouse is linked to Bronson Medical Group. Dmand AI links Dr. Highhouse to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Robert L. Highhouse accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Highhouse billed Medicare for 274 services in 2024, and Dr. Highhouse accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Robert L. Highhouse's MIPS score?

Dr. Highhouse's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 86 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Robert L. Highhouse see?

CMS counts 138 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Highhouse in 2024, with an average age of 70.

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What services does Dr. Robert L. Highhouse bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Highhouse's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), office visit, new patient (99204) and diagnostic imaging (73030).

Where did Dr. Robert L. Highhouse go to medical school?

Dr. Highhouse graduated from University of South Florida College of Medicine in 1994.

What drugs does Dr. Robert L. Highhouse prescribe most?

In 2023 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Highhouse's most prescribed drugs by claims were Amoxicillin.

Has Dr. Robert L. Highhouse received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,950 in general payments to Dr. Highhouse from 4 companies from 2016 to 2023. The largest total came from Medwest Associates.

How long has Dr. Robert L. Highhouse been practicing?

Dr. Highhouse graduated from medical school in 1994, 32 years ago.

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