Christine Rufaro Ngara, M.D
Family Medicine Physician · Youngstown, OH
Christine Rufaro Ngara, M.D is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Youngstown, Ohio, and NPI 1528743721, issued on Jun 16, 2023. Check the license (Ohio 57.255244, as entered in NPPES) on the State Medical Board of Ohio; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christine Rufaro Ngara
- Credential
- M.D
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 57.255244 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2031 Belmont Avenue, Youngstown, OH 44505
- Phone
- (380) 480-3605
- Enumerated
- Jun 16, 2023
- Record last updated
- Sep 18, 2023
- Fax
- (330) 480-2948
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christine Rufaro Ngara in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersState Medical Board of Ohio
Search for license 57.255244Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
88% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
424 Medicare Part D claims for 72 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 18 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate48 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium30 claims
- Lisinopril16 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa14 claims
- Ozempic14 claims
- Losartan Potassium13 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $21.38
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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.
Christine Rufaro Ngara among 5,606 family medicine physician records in Ohio
Christine Rufaro Ngara, M.D is one of 5,606 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Ohio. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2023, is newer than 96% of them.
- NPI issued2023 · 96% of these records are older, 2% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 63% of these records are
- Record last updated2023 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Ohio practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
70 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Youngstown
They are 70 of the 4,790 NPPES records with a practice address in Youngstown, and 5,606 family medicine physician records in Ohio.
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Common questions
What is Christine Rufaro Ngara, M.D's NPI number?
Christine Rufaro Ngara, M.D's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1528743721, issued on Jun 16, 2023. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christine Rufaro Ngara, M.D located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2031 Belmont Avenue, Youngstown, OH, 44505. Phone: (380) 480-3605. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christine Rufaro Ngara, M.D's license?
NPPES lists Ohio license number 57.255244, as entered by the provider. Search the State Medical Board of Ohio at https://elicense.ohio.gov/oh_verifylicense. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Christine Rufaro Ngara, M.D prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christine Rufaro Ngara, M.D had 424 Medicare Part D claims for 72 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.