Dr. Benjamin G. Rueda, MD

Dr. Rueda practices at Mount St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, New York, part of Catholic Health System.

Dr. Rueda's NPI, 1891767786, was assigned on February 3, 2006. Dr. Rueda holds New York license 181946-1.

Dr. Rueda's primary practice is Mount St. Mary's Hospital, at 5300 Military Road, Lewiston, NY 14092 in Niagara County. The practice phone is (716) 297-4800.

Dr. Rueda's primary practice is Mount St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, New York, part of Catholic Health System. Dr. Rueda is also affiliated with Sisters of Charity Hospital. The medical group on file is Trinity Medical. Dmand AI also links Dr. Rueda to 3 more hospitals, 5 medical groups and 2 group practices and clinics, each named with a free account. Dr. Rueda's employer is on file too: a hospital.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Rueda practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Internal medicine is Dr. Rueda's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Rueda is licensed in New York.

CMS data shows 3,046 Medicare services from Dr. Rueda across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,326 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $68,697 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 1,326 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Rueda in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 449 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 27% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.66, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Rueda's median patient age at 74, with 49% women.

In 2024, Dr. Rueda wrote 1,242 Medicare Part D claims for 431 patients. 68% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,024 of them, across 22 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $399,637 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,380 claims across 29 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 78 out of 100 for Dr. Rueda for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Rueda accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

CMS Open Payments shows 188 general payments to Dr. Rueda from 34 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 83% of the total. HeartFlow, Inc. paid the most, $1,076.