Dr. Theodore A. Ruff, MD

  • Shawnee, OK
  • General surgeon
NPI1477529139PAC ID1456399831
Medicare services, 2024
473
Medicare patients, 2024
329
Part D claims, 2024
375
MIPS score, 2024
86
Hospital affiliations
3
Practice address
1102 W Macarthur, Shawnee, OK 74801
Practice phone
Call (405) 273-2270
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Primary practice

SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Shawnee

Hospital · Shawnee, Oklahoma

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Dr. Theodore A. Ruff is a general surgeon in Shawnee, Oklahoma

Dr. Ruff practices at SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Shawnee in Shawnee, Oklahoma, part of SSM Health Care.

Dr. Ruff's NPI, 1477529139, was assigned on February 23, 2006. Dr. Ruff graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1990. Dr. Ruff holds Oklahoma license 20876.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1456399831
NPI enumeration date
February 23, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(405) 273-2270
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
62
Medical school graduation
1990

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

Dr. Theodore A. Ruff practices at SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Shawnee in Shawnee, Oklahoma

Dr. Ruff's primary practice is SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Shawnee, at 1102 W Macarthur, Shawnee, OK 74801 in Pottawatomie County. The practice phone is (405) 273-2270.

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Dr. Theodore A. Ruff is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. Ruff's primary practice is SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Shawnee in Shawnee, Oklahoma, part of SSM Health Care. Dr. Ruff is also affiliated with SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma City. The medical group on file is SSM Health Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ruff to 1 more hospital, 2 medical groups and 1 community health center, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Theodore A. Ruff's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ruff practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - ShawneeAvailable with a free account
+3 more sites and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Theodore A. Ruff is one of 316 general surgeons in Oklahoma

Surgery is Dr. Ruff's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Ruff is licensed in Oklahoma.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, OklahomaPrimaryLicense 20876 · taxonomy 208600000X

General surgeons near Dr. Ruff

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Dr. Theodore A. Ruff billed Medicare for 473 services in 2024

CMS data shows 473 Medicare services from Dr. Ruff across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 329 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $58,270 for them.

Medicare services, 2024473
Medicare patients329
Paid by Medicare$58,270
Procedure codes16

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 4292024: 30728%
Surgery
2023: 1862024: 13428%
Other services
2023: 172024: 3288%

Where Dr. Ruff's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office4610%
  • In a facility42790%

Dr. Ruff compared with the Oklahoma median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Ruff
  • Oklahoma median
Medicare services
473vs 1902.5 times
Medicare patients
329vs 1452.3 times
Part D claims
324vs 615.3 times

Medians across 312 general surgeons in Oklahoma with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Ruff'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. Theodore A. Ruff treated 329 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 329 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ruff in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 157 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 23% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.55, 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. Ruff's median patient age at 67, with 53% women.

Medicare patients, 2024329
Average age72
Average risk score1.55
Also on Medicaid23%

Dr. Ruff's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Ruff's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women16450%
  • Men16550%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis49%
  4. Diabetes40%
  5. Ischemic heart disease40%
  6. Mood disorders30%
  7. Anxiety28%
  8. Chronic kidney disease28%

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

Dr. Ruff's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 67

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women53%
  • Men46%

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

Dr. Theodore A. Ruff wrote 375 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Ruff wrote 375 Medicare Part D claims for 269 patients. 79% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 324 of them, across 7 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $5,942 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 230 claims across 5 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024375
Drugs named by CMS7
Total drug cost$5,942
Part D patients269

Dr. Ruff's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic296 claims79%
  • Brand-name79 claims21%

Dr. Ruff'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. Ruff's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids45%168 of 375 claims
  • Antibiotics8%30 of 375 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: 2302024: 32441%

Drugs named by CMS: 7 in 2024, 5 in 2023.

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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. Theodore A. Ruff 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. Ruff for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Ruff accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 18 procedures of hernia repair (minimally invasive) by Dr. Ruff, more than 86% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Ruff's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 86of 100Final score
  • 80.4of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 73of 100Cost

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

Where Dr. Ruff ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
59th percentile39 procedures
Colonoscopy
55th percentile33 procedures
Hernia repair (minimally invasive)
86th percentile18 procedures

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

Hernia repair - groin (open): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Mastectomy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 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)

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. Theodore A. Ruff received $1,561 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 42 general payments to Dr. Ruff from 22 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 84% of the total. TELA Bio, Inc. paid the most, $284.

General payments to Dr. Ruff by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Ruff by kind, 2016 to 2025

$1.6Kin total
  • Food and beverage$1,31184%
  • Consulting fees$25016%

Companies that paid Dr. Ruff the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Theodore A. Ruff graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Dr. Ruff graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1990.

  1. Medical schoolVanderbilt University School of Medicine

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Sources for Dr. Theodore A. Ruff'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. Theodore A. Ruff's NPI number?

Dr. Theodore A. Ruff's NPI number is 1477529139. It was assigned on February 23, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Theodore A. Ruff?

Dr. Theodore A. Ruff is a general surgeon in Shawnee, Oklahoma. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Theodore A. Ruff practice?

Dr. Ruff practices at 1102 W Macarthur, Shawnee, OK 74801. Dr. Ruff's primary practice is SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Shawnee in Shawnee, Oklahoma, part of SSM Health Care. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ruff to 1 hospital, 2 medical groups and 1 community health center.

What is Dr. Theodore A. Ruff's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Ruff is (405) 273-2270.

What is Dr. Theodore A. Ruff's medical license number?

Dr. Ruff holds Oklahoma license 20876.

Which hospitals is Dr. Theodore A. Ruff affiliated with?

Dr. Ruff practices at SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Shawnee in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Dr. Ruff is also affiliated with SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma City. Dmand AI links Dr. Ruff to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Theodore A. Ruff part of?

Dr. Ruff is linked to SSM Health Medical Group. Dmand AI links Dr. Ruff to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Theodore A. Ruff accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Ruff billed Medicare for 473 services in 2024, and Dr. Ruff accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Theodore A. Ruff's MIPS score?

Dr. Ruff'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. Theodore A. Ruff see?

CMS counts 329 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ruff in 2024, with an average age of 72.

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What services does Dr. Theodore A. Ruff bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Ruff's most billed Medicare services were office visit, new patient (99204), hospital inpatient care (99222) and surgery: digestive system (45380).

Where did Dr. Theodore A. Ruff go to medical school?

Dr. Ruff graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1990.

What drugs does Dr. Theodore A. Ruff prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Ruff's most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone-Acetaminophen, Peg-3350 And Electrolytes and Gavilyte-G.

Has Dr. Theodore A. Ruff received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,561 in general payments to Dr. Ruff from 22 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from TELA Bio, Inc.

How long has Dr. Theodore A. Ruff been practicing?

Dr. Ruff graduated from medical school in 1990, 36 years ago.

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