Bruce S. Ling, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Natrona Heights, PA
Bruce S. Ling, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1497729636, issued on Feb 15, 2006. Check the license (Pennsylvania MD068693L, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Bruce S. Ling
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- MD068693L PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1719 Union Ave Ste A, Natrona Heights, PA 15065
- Phone
- (724) 226-2128
- Enumerated
- Feb 15, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 1, 2023
- Fax
- (724) 226-2498
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110308000621); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Michigan Medical School, 1993
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Bruce S. Ling in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
Search for license MD068693LCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
7,935 Medicare Part D claims for 676 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 167 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium510 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium444 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate344 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate239 claims
- Losartan Potassium234 claims
- Omeprazole227 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): 93.8 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: $38.67
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. 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.
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Allegheny ClinicNatrona Heights, PA
- Phoenix Rehabilitation And Health Services IncCranberry Twp, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Bruce S. Ling among 7,300 internal medicine physician records in Pennsylvania
Bruce S. Ling, MD is one of 7,300 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 78% 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 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 64% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 2008 among the 4,208 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 56% 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 Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
10 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Natrona Heights
They are 10 of the 314 NPPES records with a practice address in Natrona Heights, and 7,300 internal medicine physician records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Bruce S. Ling, MD's NPI number?
Bruce S. Ling, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497729636, issued on Feb 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Bruce S. Ling, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1719 Union Ave Ste A, Natrona Heights, PA, 15065. Phone: (724) 226-2128. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Bruce S. Ling, MD's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MD068693L, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS) at https://www.pals.pa.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Bruce S. Ling, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Bruce S. Ling, MD had 7,935 Medicare Part D claims for 676 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Bruce S. Ling, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.8 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.