Michael Ruggiero
Emergency Medicine Physician · Toms River, NJ
Michael Ruggiero is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Toms River, New Jersey, and NPI 1053367136, issued on May 26, 2006. Check the license (New Jersey 25MB05782300, as entered in NPPES) on the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael Ruggiero
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 25MB05782300 NJ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 970 Hooper Ave # 2, Toms River, NJ 08753
- Phone
- (732) 228-4146
- Enumerated
- May 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 19, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 6042309 NJ
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040426001527); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Midwestern University, Chicago College Of Osteopathic Med, 1983
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 970 Hooper Ave # 2
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Bhaskara Changala, NPNurse Practitioner1699289983
- Laurence Desrochers, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1861437295
- Natalie Frey, PAMedical Physician Assistant1518527019
- Elizabeth Godfrey, PA-CPhysician Assistant1366106031
Verify Michael Ruggiero in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNew Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 25MB05782300Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
1,179 Medicare Part D claims for 585 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone318 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate123 claims
- Dexamethasone88 claims
- Azelastine Hcl78 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass44 claims
- Azithromycin43 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: $108.73
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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
- Bayfront Urgent Care PA.Northfield, NJ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michael Ruggiero among 1,754 emergency medicine physician records in New Jersey
Michael Ruggiero is one of 1,754 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in New Jersey. 83% 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 4% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1983 · median 2011 among the 1,167 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a New Jersey practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
44 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Toms River
They are 44 of the 2,671 NPPES records with a practice address in Toms River, and 1,754 emergency medicine physician records in New Jersey.
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The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Laurence Desrochers, MDToms River, NJ 087531861437295
- Valerie McLaughlin, MDToms River, NJ 087531861448540
- Jacob Meredith, MDToms River, NJ 087531275578122
- John Minetti, MDToms River, NJ 087531720026065
- Vicente Rodriguez, M.D.Toms River, NJ 087531912978602
- Mohammed El Kharboutly, MDToms River, NJ 087551134165137
- Thomas FowlieToms River, NJ 087551770528168
- Thomas Giles, MDToms River, NJ 087551366470767
Common questions
What is Michael Ruggiero's NPI number?
Michael Ruggiero's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1053367136, issued on May 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael Ruggiero located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 970 Hooper Ave # 2, Toms River, NJ, 08753. Phone: (732) 228-4146. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael Ruggiero's license?
NPPES lists New Jersey license number 25MB05782300, as entered by the provider. Search the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners at https://newjersey.mylicense.com/verification/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Michael Ruggiero prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michael Ruggiero had 1,179 Medicare Part D claims for 585 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.