Dr. Bernice Ruo, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 596
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 191
- Part D claims, 2024
- 1,633
- Publications
- 35
- Hospital affiliations
- 1
- Practice address
- 200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103
- Practice phone
- Call (619) 543-6222
- Professional email
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- Personal email
- Get personal email
- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center
San Diego, California
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Dr. Bernice Ruo is an internist in San Diego, California
Dr. Ruo practices at UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California.
Dr. Ruo's NPI, 1093748881, was assigned on July 8, 2006. Dr. Ruo graduated from Yale School of Medicine in 1998. Dr. Ruo holds California license A75047.
- NPI
- 1093748881NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 4284696352
- NPI enumeration date
- July 8, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (619) 543-6222
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 54
- Medical school graduation
- 1998
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Bernice Ruo practices at UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California
Dr. Ruo's primary practice is UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center, at 200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103 in San Diego County. The practice phone is (619) 543-6222.
- UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103 · San Diego CountyPhone(619) 543-6222
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Bernice Ruo is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Ruo's primary practice is UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California. Dr. Ruo is also affiliated with Hillcrest Medical Center. The medical group on file is UC San Diego Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ruo to 1 more home health agency, named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Bernice Ruo's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ruo practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center | Available with a free account |
| +2 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Bernice Ruo is one of 16,751 internists in California
Internal medicine is Dr. Ruo's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Ruo is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Ruo's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Illinois.
Specialties and state licenses
- Internal medicine, CaliforniaPrimary
- Illinois license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists acute skin infection, aneurysm, arthritis, asthma, atrial fibrillation and flutter, carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic anemia and chronic diabetes among the conditions Dr. Ruo treats.
Internists near Dr. Ruo
Counts of internists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Bernice Ruo billed Medicare for 596 services in 2024
CMS data shows 596 Medicare services from Dr. Ruo across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 191 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $25,855 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Ruo's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 3412024: 26821%
- Other services
- 2023: 1012024: 265162%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 292024: 63117%
Dr. Ruo compared with the California median for internists, 2024
- Dr. Ruo
- California median
- Medicare services
- 596vs 36165% above
- Medicare patients
- 191vs 15126% above
- Part D claims
- 1,250vs 4213.0 times
Medians across 15,815 internists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Ruo'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. Bernice Ruo treated 191 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 191 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ruo in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 99 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 68% have high blood pressure. 13% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.41, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ruo's median patient age at 56, with 62% women.
Dr. Ruo's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Ruo's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women12465%
- Men6735%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Ruo's Medicare patients, 2024
- High cholesterol75%
- High blood pressure68%
- Arthritis47%
- Osteoporosis30%
- Mood disorders28%
- Depression25%
- Anxiety24%
- Chronic kidney disease23%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Ruo's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 56
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women62%
- Men37%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Bernice Ruo wrote 1,633 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Ruo wrote 1,633 Medicare Part D claims for 175 patients. 91% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,250 of them, across 37 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $76,398 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,438 claims across 43 drugs.
Dr. Ruo's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic1,488 claims91%
- Brand-name and other145 claims9%
Dr. Ruo's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
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. Ruo's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids1%12 of 1,633 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, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 1,4382024: 1,25013%
Drugs named by CMS: 37 in 2024, 43 in 2023.
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. Bernice Ruo offers telehealth to Medicare patients
Dr. Ruo accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Ruo as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
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Dr. Bernice Ruo has 35 publications on record
Dmand AI links 35 papers to Dr. Ruo, published from 2007 to 2025. 2024 was the busiest year, with 5. The most frequent topics are Heart Failure, Self Care and Heart-Assist Devices. Dr. Ruo has published most often in J Card Fail. Dr. Ruo's most frequent co-authors are Michael P. Pignone, MD, David Baker, MD and Larry A. Allen, MD.
Dr. Ruo's papers by year, 2009 to 2025
Topics Dr. Ruo writes about most
- Heart Failure
- Self Care
- Heart-Assist Devices
- Patient Education as Topic
- Depression
- Patient Reported Outcome Measures
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Educational Status
Dr. Ruo's most frequent co-authors
- Michael P. Pignone, MD10 shared papers
- David Baker, MD7 shared papers
- Larry A. Allen, MD6 shared papers
Recent publications by Dr. Ruo
JAMA Health Forum
J Cardiovasc Nurs
J Heart Lung Transplant
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Bernice Ruo received $7 in industry payments in 2020
CMS Open Payments shows 1 general payment to Dr. Ruo from 1 drug or device company in 2020. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Optos, Inc. paid the most, $7.
Companies that paid Dr. Ruo the most, 2020 to 2020
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Bernice Ruo has 1 award and honors on record
Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Ruo, most recently CMS Stage 1 2012 in 2011.
Awards and honors for Dr. Ruo
- 2011
- CMS Stage 1 2012
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Bernice Ruo graduated from Yale School of Medicine
Dr. Ruo graduated from Yale School of Medicine in 1998.
- Medical school
- Board certified in internal medicine
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Bernice Ruo accepts plans from 16 insurance carriers
Dr. Ruo is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Elevance
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
- United Healthcare
- HCSC
- Humana
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- +8 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Ruo accepts, by number of carriers
- Medicare11
- PPO11
- HMO8
- EPO5
- POS5
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Bernice Ruo's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Awards and committee roles | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Bernice Ruo's NPI number?
Dr. Bernice Ruo's NPI number is 1093748881. It was assigned on July 8, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Bernice Ruo?
Dr. Bernice Ruo is an internist in San Diego, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).
Where does Dr. Bernice Ruo practice?
Dr. Ruo practices at 200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103. Dr. Ruo's primary practice is UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ruo to 1 home health agency.
What is Dr. Bernice Ruo's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Ruo is (619) 543-6222.
What is Dr. Bernice Ruo's medical license number?
Dr. Ruo holds California license A75047, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Bernice Ruo been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Ruo in California (2016 to 2026) and Illinois (2004 to 2017).
Which hospitals is Dr. Bernice Ruo affiliated with?
Dr. Ruo is affiliated with Hillcrest Medical Center.
What medical group is Dr. Bernice Ruo part of?
Dr. Ruo is linked to UC San Diego Health.
Does Dr. Bernice Ruo accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Ruo billed Medicare for 596 services in 2024, and Dr. Ruo accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Bernice Ruo offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Ruo as offering telehealth services.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Bernice Ruo see?
CMS counts 191 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ruo in 2024, with an average age of 75.
Is Dr. Bernice Ruo board certified?
Yes. Dr. Ruo is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
What services does Dr. Bernice Ruo bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Ruo's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), medicare service (G2211) and medicare service (G0439).
Where did Dr. Bernice Ruo go to medical school?
Dr. Ruo graduated from Yale School of Medicine in 1998.
What drugs does Dr. Bernice Ruo prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Ruo's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Amlodipine Besylate and Levothyroxine Sodium.
Has Dr. Bernice Ruo received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $7 in general payments to Dr. Ruo from 1 company from 2020 to 2020. The largest total came from Optos, Inc.
How long has Dr. Bernice Ruo been practicing?
Dr. Ruo graduated from medical school in 1998, 28 years ago.
Does Dr. Bernice Ruo do research?
Dmand AI links 35 publications to Dr. Ruo, published from 2007 to 2025.
Who does Dr. Bernice Ruo publish with?
Dr. Ruo's most frequent co-authors are Michael P. Pignone, MD (10 shared papers), David Baker, MD (7 shared papers) and Larry A. Allen, MD (6 shared papers).
What insurance does Dr. Bernice Ruo accept?
Dr. Ruo is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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