Kathleen A. Ruggero, DO
Infectious Disease Physician · Palos Heights, IL
Kathleen A. Ruggero, DO is an infectious disease physician with a practice address in Palos Heights, Illinois, and NPI 1861487464, issued on Sep 20, 2005. Check the license (Illinois 036102814, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kathleen A. Ruggero
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Infectious Disease Physician 207RI0200X
- License number
- 036102814 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7804 W College Dr, Palos Heights, IL 60463
- Phone
- (708) 361-5778
- Enumerated
- Sep 20, 2005
- Record last updated
- Dec 22, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (708) 361-5631
- Medicaid ID
- 036102814 IL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041123000447); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest infectious disease physician records → All 464 in Illinois → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 7804 W College Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- John Andreoni, MDInfectious Disease Physician1225024508
- Godofredo Carandang, MDInfectious Disease Physician1346235934
- Kiran Dhillon, M.D.Infectious Disease Physician1053383125
- Dana MuellerInfectious Disease Physician1770140915
- Corinne OlsonSocial Worker1508384553
- Charles Polcaster, PHDProfessional Counselor1811067408
Verify Kathleen A. Ruggero in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036102814Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
17% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average infectious disease physician in 2024
572 Medicare Part D claims for 196 beneficiaries, against an average of 689 among the 7,388 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 3% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Vancomycin Hcl84 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate46 claims
- Cefadroxil43 claims
- Cefdinir43 claims
- Amoxicillin33 claims
- Ceftriaxone31 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: $94.99
1 payment: education; the largest payer was Astellas Pharma US Inc. The 3,895 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,362.19 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
- Southwest Infectious Disease And Internal Medicine S CPalos Heights, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kathleen A. Ruggero among 464 infectious disease physician records in Illinois
Kathleen A. Ruggero, DO is one of 464 infectious disease physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 84% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2004 among the 311 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RI0200X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Infectious Disease Physician providers in Illinois
There are 464 infectious disease physician records in Illinois.
All 464 in Illinois → Every provider in Palos Heights → Infectious Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 infectious disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- John Andreoni, MDPalos Heights, IL 604631225024508
- Godofredo Carandang, MDPalos Heights, IL 604631346235934
- Ankur Dave, D.OPalos Heights, IL 604631225327919
- Kiran Dhillon, M.D.Palos Heights, IL 604631053383125
- Dana MuellerPalos Heights, IL 604631770140915
- Gregory Olson, M.D.Palos Heights, IL 604631326428103
- Bhagavatula Ramakrishna, MDPalos Heights, IL 604631629063243
- Muhammad Tabriz, M.D.Palos Heights, IL 604631174534564
Common questions
What is Kathleen A. Ruggero, DO's NPI number?
Kathleen A. Ruggero, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861487464, issued on Sep 20, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kathleen A. Ruggero, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7804 W College Dr, Palos Heights, IL, 60463. Phone: (708) 361-5778. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kathleen A. Ruggero, DO's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036102814, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Kathleen A. Ruggero, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kathleen A. Ruggero, DO had 572 Medicare Part D claims for 196 beneficiaries; the average among infectious disease physician prescribers was 689. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kathleen A. Ruggero, 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.