Richard Joseph Ruggieri, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Providence, RI
Richard Joseph Ruggieri, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Providence, Rhode Island, and NPI 1700883055, issued on Jul 1, 2005. Check the license (Rhode Island 07821, as entered in NPPES) on the Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Joseph Ruggieri
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 07821 RI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 160 Wayland Ave, Providence, RI 02906
- Phone
- (401) 521-1221
- Enumerated
- Jul 1, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jun 25, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (401) 454-4189
- Medicaid ID
- RR31278 RI
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040726000055); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Warren Alpert Medical School Of Brown University, 1987
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Joseph Ruggieri in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersRhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline
Search for license 07821Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
9.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
28,779 Medicare Part D claims for 1,469 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 890 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium1,958 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate1,553 claims
- Losartan Potassium963 claims
- Gabapentin847 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium791 claims
- Lisinopril790 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: $3,638.17
184 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Richard J Ruggieri MD IncProvidence, RI
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Joseph Ruggieri among 1,033 internal medicine physician records in Rhode Island
Richard Joseph Ruggieri, M.D. is one of 1,033 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Rhode Island. 80% 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, 90% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated1987 · median 2006 among the 590 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Rhode Island practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
511 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Providence
They are 511 of the 9,647 NPPES records with a practice address in Providence, and 1,033 internal medicine physician records in Rhode Island.
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Common questions
What is Richard Joseph Ruggieri, M.D.'s NPI number?
Richard Joseph Ruggieri, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1700883055, issued on Jul 1, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Joseph Ruggieri, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 160 Wayland Ave, Providence, RI, 02906. Phone: (401) 521-1221. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Joseph Ruggieri, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Rhode Island license number 07821, as entered by the provider. Search the Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline at https://healthri.mylicense.com/Verification/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Richard Joseph Ruggieri, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Joseph Ruggieri, M.D. had 28,779 Medicare Part D claims for 1,469 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.