Dr. Gregory D. Rushing, MD

Dr. Rushing practices at Southwest General Health Center in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, part of Southwest General.

Dr. Rushing's NPI, 1801057203, was assigned on June 19, 2008. Dr. Rushing graduated from University of South Florida College of Medicine in 2002. Dr. Rushing holds Ohio license 35099354.

Dr. Rushing's primary practice is Southwest General Health Center, at 18697 Bagley Road, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130 in Cuyahoga County. The practice phone is (440) 816-8000.

Dr. Rushing's primary practice is Southwest General Health Center in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, part of Southwest General. Dr. Rushing is also affiliated with University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. The medical group on file is University Hospitals Medical Practices. Dmand AI also links Dr. Rushing to 3 more hospitals and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.

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

Thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) is Dr. Rushing's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208G00000X. Dr. Rushing is licensed in Ohio.

CMS data shows 280 Medicare services from Dr. Rushing across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 224 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $80,907 for them.

CMS counts 224 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Rushing in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 97 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.72, 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. Rushing's median patient age at 73, with 38% women.

In 2024, Dr. Rushing wrote 150 Medicare Part D claims for 50 patients. 96% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 100 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,826 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 41 claims across 2 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 81 out of 100 for Dr. Rushing for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Rushing accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Rushing as offering telehealth. CMS counts 11 procedures of coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) by Dr. Rushing, more than 43% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Pacemaker insertion or repair: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 24 papers to Dr. Rushing, published from 2013 to 2025. 2019 was the busiest year, with 6. The most frequent topics are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Aortic Valve. Dr. Rushing has published most often in Ann Thorac Surg. Dr. Rushing's most frequent co-authors are Guilherme F. Attizzani, Nahush A. Mokadam, MD and Juan Crestanello, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Rushing to 2 clinical trials. 1 is still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include Acute Kidney Injury, Mitral Valve Insufficiency and Heart Valve Diseases.

CMS Open Payments shows 399 general payments to Dr. Rushing from 35 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 63% of the total. AtriCure, Inc. paid the most, $70,213. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $5,200 in 2023.

Dr. Rushing graduated from University of South Florida College of Medicine in 2002.