Benjamin Rueda, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Buffalo, NY
Benjamin Rueda, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Buffalo, New York, and NPI 1891767786, issued on Feb 3, 2006. Check the license (New York 181946-1, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Benjamin Rueda
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 181946-1 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3 Gates Cir, Buffalo, NY 14209
- Phone
- (716) 887-4180
- Enumerated
- Feb 3, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 25, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (716) 689-2238
- Medicaid IDs
- 01191684 NY
01248315 NY - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070702000486); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Benjamin Rueda in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 181946-1Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
61% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,242 Medicare Part D claims for 431 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 32% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Jardiance155 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate129 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium101 claims
- Entresto91 claims
- Eliquis71 claims
- Spironolactone64 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 58.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $470.95
21 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
3 hospitals and group practices
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Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Benjamin Rueda among 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York
Benjamin Rueda, MD is one of 12,067 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in New York. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1982 · median 2002 among the 7,221 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
293 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Buffalo
They are 293 of the 13,287 NPPES records with a practice address in Buffalo, and 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Benjamin Rueda, MD's NPI number?
Benjamin Rueda, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1891767786, issued on Feb 3, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Benjamin Rueda, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3 Gates Cir, Buffalo, NY, 14209. Phone: (716) 887-4180. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Benjamin Rueda, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 181946-1, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Benjamin Rueda, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Benjamin Rueda, MD had 1,242 Medicare Part D claims for 431 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Benjamin Rueda, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 58.1 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.