NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ricardo Ruiz, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · Wichita Falls, TX

Ricardo Ruiz, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Wichita Falls, Texas, and NPI 1992759856, issued on May 22, 2006. Check the license (Texas K1646, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1992759856
Name
Ricardo Ruiz
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
K1646 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1600 11TH St, Wichita Falls, TX 76301
Phone
(940) 763-1200
Enumerated
May 22, 2006
Record last updated
Oct 26, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(940) 763-1207
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20100714000325); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1600 11TH St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Chamine Abraham, DOInternal Medicine Physician1194468173
  2. Daniel Amador, NPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1063014934
  3. Pooja Amirneni, MDInternal Medicine Physician1245925379
  4. Selina Arnold, MSN, AGACNP-BCNurse Practitioner1801691258
  5. Kanwal Ashraf, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1982388039
  6. Matthew Baker, R.PH.Pharmacist1043432768

Verify Ricardo Ruiz in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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73% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

390 Medicare Part D claims for 232 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 5% of claims. 65 claims were for opioids.

  1. Ricardo Ruiz390
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Acetaminophen-Codeine50 claims
  2. Azithromycin31 claims
  3. Cefuroxime30 claims
  4. Meloxicam25 claims
  5. Methylprednisolone25 claims
  6. Levofloxacin19 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: $24.43

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abiomed. 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.

  1. Ricardo Ruiz$24.43
  2. Specialty average$953.79

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

  1. Observation Services OF Wichita Falls LLCWichita Falls, TX

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Ricardo Ruiz among 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas

Ricardo Ruiz, MD is one of 4,885 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 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 6% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 67% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
  • Graduated1990 · median 2013 among the 2,779 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2007 · 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Emergency Medicine Physician providers in Texas

There are 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Michael Boyd, MDWichita Falls, TX 763011194342287
  2. Eric Jackson, D.O.Wichita Falls, TX 763011518042233
  3. Jordan Memmott, DOWichita Falls, TX 763011942959366
  4. Rodrigo Menchaca, MDWichita Falls, TX 763011083672927
  5. Stuart Meyer, M.D.Wichita Falls, TX 763011578521373
  6. Armando Moreno, M.D.Wichita Falls, TX 763011083672885
  7. Alan Myers, MDWichita Falls, TX 763011588622450
  8. Nosakhare Okoro, M.D.Wichita Falls, TX 763011730479981

Common questions

What is Ricardo Ruiz, MD's NPI number?

Ricardo Ruiz, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1992759856, issued on May 22, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ricardo Ruiz, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1600 11TH St, Wichita Falls, TX, 76301. Phone: (940) 763-1200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ricardo Ruiz, MD's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number K1646, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Ricardo Ruiz, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Ricardo Ruiz, MD had 390 Medicare Part D claims for 232 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Ricardo Ruiz, MD'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.