NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Family Medicine Physician NPI 1497742936 MD
Verify on CMS → Ralph Tucker, MD
Family Medicine Physician in Lehigh Acres, Florida.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 150,125 in Family Medicine Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
Federal data, no proprietary rating.
We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
12K
Medicare Part D claims · 717 beneficiaries · Family Medicine Physician avg: 4K
Generic prescribing
88%
generic claims · 11% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
Industry payments
$2.0K
84 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Ralph Tucker, MD filed 11,964 Medicare Part D claims in 2024 as a Family Medicine Physician in Lehigh Acres, Florida, prescribing 88% generic.
- 12K
- Part D claims, 2024
- 88%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥98th
- pct by Part D claim volume (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Ralph Tucker, MD
Federal records show an active NPI with Medicare Part D prescribing activity — verifiable registry data, not a proprietary rating.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1497742936), first enumerated 09/30/2005.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 11,964 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$2.0K in reported industry payments (84 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
Florida statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Ralph Tucker, MD's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: FLDOH annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.
Source: State medical board / FSMB
This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.
CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1497742936 · Family Medicine Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MEGA · RX-HEAVY · BOOK-MID · PHOTO-ENUM
- NPI-10 1497742936
- ENUM-LEGACY 2005
- TAX-MEGA 150K Family Medicine
- RX-HEAVY 12K claims
- BOOK-MID 9,082 in Florida
- PHOTO-ENUM Mark Gillett · 2005
Ralph Tucker, MD's Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber
Total Medicare Part D claims, 2024, across all CMS prescribers nationally
11,964 ≥ 98th percentile 98% of 1,416,883 prescribers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative 100-claim band: it counts only prescribers in lower claim-volume bands. Medicare Part D claim volume is activity context, not a quality measure or recommendation. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2024
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Ralph Tucker, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + 1 hospital affiliation - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Ralph Tucker, MD?
Quality data not reportedPrimary specialty
Family Medicine Physician
Medicare Part D claims
11,964 240% vs specialty avg
Specialty distribution in Florida
How Family Medicine Physician compares to other specialties among Florida providers
Board certification
Not published by CMS
CMS does not publish a per-provider board-certification field in NPPES. PlainDoctor does not have a reliable per-specialty certification rate to show for Family Medicine Physician. Verify directly:
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1497742936 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Family Medicine Physician |
| Credentials | MD |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 09/30/2005 |
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Ralph Tucker, MD bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Millennium Physician Group LLC
Lehigh Acres, FL
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Ralph Tucker, MD. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$2.0K
Largest payer
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - Florida FLDOH 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~75K Florida medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Ralph Tucker, MD. To verify Ralph Tucker, MD's current license status, search the FLDOH public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
480
Total board actions, Florida 2023
Across 467 cases
6.40
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Florida statewide rate
monetary fine
Most common action type
138 cases
FLDOH publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Florida disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Typical
Ralph Tucker, MD - brand share 11.0%
Family Medicine Physician average
11% brand-name claims vs 88% generic, on 11,964 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
11,964
Total Claims
$948K
Total Drug Cost
717
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 26,142.3
- Total Day Supply
- 749,710
- Brand vs Generic
- 11% brand / 88% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $762K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $181K
- Opioid Claims
- 259 (2.2% rate)
- Antibiotic Claims
- 571
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 75.0 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.84
- Gender Split
- 54% female / 46% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 50, 65-74: 313, 75-84: 243, 85+: 111
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Ralph Tucker, MD prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Amlodipine Besylate
Amlodipine Besylate
531 claims
- Lisinopril
Lisinopril
407 claims
- Omeprazole
Omeprazole
361 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium
Levothyroxine Sodium
360 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium
Atorvastatin Calcium
352 claims
- Alprazolam
Alprazolam
340 claims
- Pravastatin Sodium
Pravastatin Sodium
326 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium
Rosuvastatin Calcium
242 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Amlodipine Besylate | 531 |
| Lisinopril | 407 |
| Omeprazole | 361 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 360 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 352 |
| Alprazolam | 340 |
| Pravastatin Sodium | 326 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 242 |
| Losartan Potassium | 237 |
| Gabapentin | 206 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Family Medicine Physician Overview
How Ralph Tucker, MD fits within the Family Medicine Physician landscape nationally.
150,125
Family Medicine Physician Providers in US
56
States with Family Medicine Physician
3,519
Avg Claims per Provider
Ralph Tucker, MD's 11,964 claims are above the specialty average of 3,519.
Nationwide Family Medicine Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Tucker, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Same NPPES enumeration year (2005)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Family Medicine Physician Providers in Florida
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Florida, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Tucker.
One of 9,082 Family Medicine Physician providers enrolled in Florida, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Kellie Aarons
MD
Tampa, FL
Dr. Zoilo Abad
MD
Miami, FL
Flor Abalos Escalona
APRN-FNP
Miami, FL
Dr. Aschanti Abarca Selva
M.D
Naples, FL
Dr. Syed Abbas
DO
Sebring, FL
Compare Family Medicine Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Ralph Tucker, MD's specialty? ▼
Ralph Tucker, MD specializes in Family Medicine Physician and practices in Lehigh Acres, Florida. Credentials: MD.
How much does Ralph Tucker, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Ralph Tucker, MD wrote 11,964 Medicare Part D claims totaling $948K in drug costs for 717 beneficiaries.
Where is Ralph Tucker, MD located? ▼
Ralph Tucker, MD is located at 60 WESTMINSTER ST N, Lehigh Acres, FL, 33936. Phone: (239) 368-1808.
What is Ralph Tucker, MD's NPI number? ▼
Ralph Tucker, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497742936, issued on 09/30/2005.
Does Ralph Tucker, MD prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Ralph Tucker, MD's prescribing is 11% brand-name and 88% generic drugs by claim count, with $762K in brand drug costs.
Does Ralph Tucker, MD prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Ralph Tucker, MD had 259 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 2.2%.
How many Family Medicine Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 150,125 Family Medicine Physician providers across 56 states in the US. The average Family Medicine Physician provider writes 3,519 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Ralph Tucker, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Ralph Tucker, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Amlodipine Besylate, Lisinopril, Omeprazole. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Ralph Tucker, MD accept Medicare? ▼
Ralph Tucker, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 11,964 Part D claims and 717 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Ralph Tucker, MD's credentials? ▼
Ralph Tucker, MD's NPI is 1497742936 with credentials MD. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Disclaimer: Data from CMS NPPES and Medicare Part D. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Provider information is self-reported and may not be current. Always verify information directly with the provider. About · Methodology
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