Nicole Ruhland
Physician Assistant · Des Moines, IA
Nicole Ruhland is a physician assistant with a practice address in Des Moines, Iowa, and NPI 1053996983, issued on Mar 11, 2021. Check the license (Iowa 115938, as entered in NPPES) with the Iowa board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nicole Ruhland
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 115938 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1221 Pleasant St Ste 400, Des Moines, IA 50309
- Phone
- (515) 875-9290
- Enumerated
- Mar 11, 2021
- Record last updated
- Dec 26, 2023
- Fax
- (515) 875-9384
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20221013000746); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nicole Ruhland in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Iowa board licenses this profession
Search for license 115938Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
83% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
138 Medicare Part D claims for 87 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Clobetasol Propionate38 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: $894.38
29 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- The Iowa Clinic PCOttumwa, IA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nicole Ruhland among 1,525 physician assistant records in Iowa
Nicole Ruhland is one of 1,525 physician assistant records with a practice address in Iowa. 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 2021, is newer than 71% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 71% of these records are older, 24% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated2022 · median 2017 among the 1,053 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 41% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Iowa practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
179 physician assistant records list a practice address in Des Moines
They are 179 of the 5,538 NPPES records with a practice address in Des Moines, and 1,525 physician assistant records in Iowa.
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Common questions
What is Nicole Ruhland's NPI number?
Nicole Ruhland's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1053996983, issued on Mar 11, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nicole Ruhland located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1221 Pleasant St Ste 400, Des Moines, IA, 50309. Phone: (515) 875-9290. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nicole Ruhland's license?
NPPES lists Iowa license number 115938, as entered by the provider. Search the Iowa board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Nicole Ruhland prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nicole Ruhland had 138 Medicare Part D claims for 87 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.