John Thomas Ruxer, DO
Pain Medicine Physician · Paducah, KY
John Thomas Ruxer, DO is a pain medicine physician with a practice address in Paducah, Kentucky, and NPI 1205078987, issued on Mar 27, 2009. Check the license (Kentucky 03360, as entered in NPPES) on the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- John Thomas Ruxer
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0000X
- License number
- 03360 KY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5925 Old Hwy 60 West, Paducah, KY 42001
- Phone
- (270) 228-0118
- Enumerated
- Mar 27, 2009
- Record last updated
- Jul 24, 2025
- Fax
- (270) 228-0120
- Medicaid ID
- 7100136190 KY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20121101000105); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 5925 Old Hwy 60 West
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify John Thomas Ruxer in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKentucky Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 03360Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.9 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average pain medicine physician in 2024
6,035 Medicare Part D claims for 995 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,095 among the 944 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims. 5,315 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen2,441 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen1,512 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl384 claims
- Morphine Sulfate Er246 claims
- Gabapentin241 claims
- Buprenorphine165 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $3,024.85
49 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. The 769 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,397.95 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
- Southern Pain And Rehabilitation IncPaducah, KY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
John Thomas Ruxer among 19 pain medicine physician records in Kentucky
John Thomas Ruxer, DO is one of 19 pain medicine physician records with a practice address in Kentucky. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 68% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 68% of these records are older, 21% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated2009 · median 2001 among the 13 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208VP0000X and a Kentucky practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pain Medicine Physician providers in Kentucky
There are 19 pain medicine physician records in Kentucky.
All 19 in Kentucky → Every provider in Paducah → Pain Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 pain medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Ferdinand Salvacion, M.D.Paducah, KY 420011710958640
- Shammi Patel, DOGlasgow, KY 421411154825289
- Michael Vories, MDHazard, KY 417011427053289
- Demosthenes Sarlis, MDPrestonsburg, KY 416531407004880
- Lashagiorgi Esebua, MDHenderson, KY 424201013486273
- Benjamin Smith, DOHenderson, KY 424201235363839
- Bradly Newcom, M.D.Madisonville, KY 424311912004649
- Rano Bofill, MDPaintsville, KY 412401699762914
Common questions
What is John Thomas Ruxer, DO's NPI number?
John Thomas Ruxer, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1205078987, issued on Mar 27, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is John Thomas Ruxer, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5925 Old Hwy 60 West, Paducah, KY, 42001. Phone: (270) 228-0118. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify John Thomas Ruxer, DO's license?
NPPES lists Kentucky license number 03360, as entered by the provider. Search the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure at https://web1.ky.gov/GenSearch/LicenseSearch.aspx?AGY=5. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does John Thomas Ruxer, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, John Thomas Ruxer, DO had 6,035 Medicare Part D claims for 995 beneficiaries; the average among pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,095. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is John Thomas Ruxer, DO'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.