Dr. Richard E. Ruffin, MD

Dr. Ruffin practices at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia, part of Carilion Clinic.

Dr. Ruffin's NPI, 1922079086, was assigned on January 27, 2006. Dr. Ruffin holds Virginia license 0101226873.

Dr. Ruffin's primary practice is Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, at 1906 Belleview Avenue, SE, Roanoke, VA 24014 in Roanoke City. The practice phone is (540) 981-7000.

Dr. Ruffin's primary practice is Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia, part of Carilion Clinic. Dr. Ruffin is also affiliated with Carilion New River Valley Medical Center. The medical group on file is Carilion Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ruffin to 3 more hospitals and 6 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ruffin practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

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

CMS data shows 817 Medicare services from Dr. Ruffin across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 379 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $66,484 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 379 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ruffin in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 126 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 20% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.54, 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. Ruffin's median patient age at 69, with 53% women.

In 2024, Dr. Ruffin wrote 196 Medicare Part D claims for 88 patients. 91% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 14 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $24 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 59 claims across 4 drugs.

Dr. Ruffin accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

CMS Open Payments shows 39 general payments to Dr. Ruffin from 13 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2022. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation paid the most, $127.