Douglas C. Diruggiero, PAC
Physician Assistant · Cartersville, GA
Douglas C. Diruggiero, PAC is a physician assistant with a practice address in Cartersville, Georgia, and NPI 1730145327, issued on Apr 24, 2006. Check the license (Georgia 003061, as entered in NPPES) with the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Douglas C. Diruggiero
- Credential
- PAC
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 003061 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 9 Medical Dr NE, Cartersville, GA 30121
- Phone
- (470) 227-1600
- Enumerated
- Apr 24, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 27, 2023
- Fax
- (470) 227-1606
- Medicaid IDs
- 534385262L GA
534385262C GA - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050215000209); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Duke University School Of Medicine, 1997
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Douglas C. Diruggiero in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Georgia board licenses this profession
Search for license 003061Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
35% more Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
1,119 Medicare Part D claims for 473 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Ketoconazole179 claims
- Triamcinolone Acetonide170 claims
- Clobetasol Propionate76 claims
- Mupirocin66 claims
- Dupixent Pen50 claims
- Minocycline Hcl39 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 90.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $390,302.19
528 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Genzyme Corporation. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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 one group practice
- Skin Cancer And Cosmetic Dermatology Center PCRome, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Douglas C. Diruggiero among 4,662 physician assistant records in Georgia
Douglas C. Diruggiero, PAC is one of 4,662 physician assistant records with a practice address in Georgia. 75% 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 3% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 3% of these records are older, 85% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 2018 among the 2,761 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
31 physician assistant records list a practice address in Cartersville
They are 31 of the 938 NPPES records with a practice address in Cartersville, and 4,662 physician assistant records in Georgia.
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Common questions
What is Douglas C. Diruggiero, PAC's NPI number?
Douglas C. Diruggiero, PAC's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1730145327, issued on Apr 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Douglas C. Diruggiero, PAC located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9 Medical Dr NE, Cartersville, GA, 30121. Phone: (470) 227-1600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Douglas C. Diruggiero, PAC's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 003061, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Douglas C. Diruggiero, PAC prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Douglas C. Diruggiero, PAC had 1,119 Medicare Part D claims for 473 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Douglas C. Diruggiero, PAC's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 90.1 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.