James Chester Rucinski, MD
Surgery Physician · Brooklyn, NY
James Chester Rucinski, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Brooklyn, New York, and NPI 1508912973, issued on Jan 26, 2007. Check the license (New York 171852, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Chester Rucinski
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 171852 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 506 6TH St, Brooklyn, NY 11215
- Phone
- (718) 780-3288
- Enumerated
- Jan 26, 2007
- Record last updated
- Apr 30, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (718) 780-3154
- Medicaid ID
- 01441001 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100628000448); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Michigan Medical School, 1979
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify James Chester Rucinski in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 171852Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
69% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
46 Medicare Part D claims for 24 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 30% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Arimidex12 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): 90.4 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: $53.36
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was education; the largest payer was Csl Behring. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Kings Physician Services PCBrooklyn, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James Chester Rucinski among 2,053 surgery physician records in New York
James Chester Rucinski, MD is one of 2,053 surgery physician records with a practice address in New York. 74% 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 49% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 49% of these records are older, 43% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1979 · median 2002 among the 1,212 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in New York
There are 2,053 surgery physician records in New York.
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- Minerva Romero Arenas, MD, MPH, FACSBrooklyn, NY 112151215165691
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Common questions
What is James Chester Rucinski, MD's NPI number?
James Chester Rucinski, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1508912973, issued on Jan 26, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Chester Rucinski, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 506 6TH St, Brooklyn, NY, 11215. Phone: (718) 780-3288. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Chester Rucinski, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 171852, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does James Chester Rucinski, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James Chester Rucinski, MD had 46 Medicare Part D claims for 24 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is James Chester Rucinski, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 90.4 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.