Forster Gehring Ruhl, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Senatobia, MS
Forster Gehring Ruhl, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Senatobia, Mississippi, and NPI 1972606358, issued on Sep 7, 2006. Check the license (Mississippi 12463, as entered in NPPES) on the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Forster Gehring Ruhl
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 12463 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 104 N Robinson St, Senatobia, MS 38668
- Phone
- (662) 562-0411
- Enumerated
- Sep 7, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 15, 2023
- Fax
- (662) 560-0161
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110727000278); may accept Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 1987
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 104 N Robinson St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Forster Gehring Ruhl in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 12463Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
9,871 Medicare Part D claims for 475 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 741 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate346 claims
- Gabapentin290 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen278 claims
- Omeprazole272 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium243 claims
- Alprazolam208 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $17.00
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. 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.
Forster Gehring Ruhl among 1,165 family medicine physician records in Mississippi
Forster Gehring Ruhl, MD is one of 1,165 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Mississippi. 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 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1987 · median 2003 among the 748 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 60% 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 Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
5 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Senatobia
They are 5 of the 122 NPPES records with a practice address in Senatobia, and 1,165 family medicine physician records in Mississippi.
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The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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Common questions
What is Forster Gehring Ruhl, MD's NPI number?
Forster Gehring Ruhl, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972606358, issued on Sep 7, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Forster Gehring Ruhl, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 104 N Robinson St, Senatobia, MS, 38668. Phone: (662) 562-0411. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Forster Gehring Ruhl, MD's license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number 12463, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure at https://www.msbml.ms.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Forster Gehring Ruhl, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Forster Gehring Ruhl, MD had 9,871 Medicare Part D claims for 475 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Forster Gehring Ruhl, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.