NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Jaime E. Ruiz Montero, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · East Chicago, IN

Jaime E. Ruiz Montero, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in East Chicago, Indiana, and NPI 1245360726, issued on Mar 6, 2007. Check the license (Indiana 01052348A, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1245360726
Name
Jaime E. Ruiz Montero
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License numbers
01052348A IN
01052348 IN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
4320 Fir Street, East Chicago, IN 46312
Phone
(219) 397-8965
Enumerated
Mar 6, 2007
Record last updated
Jan 4, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(219) 397-9351
Medicaid ID
200287720B IN
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20050228000981); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 4320 Fir Street

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Virginia Hyland, MS, CNSCritical Care Medicine Clinical Nurse Specialist1831473685
  2. Priyanka KumarUrology Physician1295078418
  3. Ralph Richter, MDOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1831294727

Verify Jaime E. Ruiz Montero in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Licensing Board of Indiana
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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3.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024

10,276 Medicare Part D claims for 736 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 79 claims were for opioids.

  1. Jaime Ruiz Montero10,276
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Rosuvastatin Calcium678 claims
  2. Metformin Hcl615 claims
  3. Atorvastatin Calcium550 claims
  4. Levothyroxine Sodium508 claims
  5. Amlodipine Besylate438 claims
  6. Losartan Potassium380 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: $1,601.29

64 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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.

  1. Jaime Ruiz Montero$1,601.29
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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

  1. 219 Health Network IncEast Chicago, IN

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Jaime E. Ruiz Montero among 2,109 internal medicine physician records in Indiana

Jaime E. Ruiz Montero, MD is one of 2,109 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Indiana. 85% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 46% of them.

  • NPI issued2007 · 46% of these records are older, 48% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
  • Graduated1991 · median 2005 among the 1,448 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2012 · 43% 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 Indiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

5 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in East Chicago

They are 5 of the 376 NPPES records with a practice address in East Chicago, and 2,109 internal medicine physician records in Indiana.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Alfonso Blum, M.East Chicago, IN 463121790810448
  2. Kantilal Patel, M.D.East Chicago, IN 463121316015944
  3. Jose Prieto Jordan, MDEast Chicago, IN 463121871224501
  4. Ahmed Sabry, M.DEast Chicago, IN 463121730564246
  5. Cheryl Anthony Worix, MDDyer, IN 463111528028693
  6. Kidanu Birhanu, M.D.Dyer, IN 463111710073952
  7. Nancy Gamarra Flores, M.D.Dyer, IN 463111710094685
  8. Huma Mulk, M.D.Dyer, IN 463111497884027

Common questions

What is Jaime E. Ruiz Montero, MD's NPI number?

Jaime E. Ruiz Montero, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245360726, issued on Mar 6, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Jaime E. Ruiz Montero, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4320 Fir Street, East Chicago, IN, 46312. Phone: (219) 397-8965. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Jaime E. Ruiz Montero, MD's license?

NPPES lists Indiana license number 01052348A, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana at https://www.in.gov/pla/professions/physicians-home/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Jaime E. Ruiz Montero, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Jaime E. Ruiz Montero, MD had 10,276 Medicare Part D claims for 736 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.