NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Richard Robert Rutherford, M.D.

Family Medicine Physician · Ceres, CA

Richard Robert Rutherford, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Ceres, California, and NPI 1811937832, issued on Jun 7, 2006. Check the license (California A80729, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1811937832
Name
Richard Robert Rutherford
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License number
A80729 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
3109 E Whitmore Ave, Ceres, CA 95307
Phone
(209) 541-2929
Enumerated
Jun 7, 2006
Record last updated
Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20040310001600); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Washington School Of Medicine, 2001
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 3109 E Whitmore Ave

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

  1. Yogitha Badam, M.DPediatrics Physician1548612302
  2. Navneet BahiaNurse Practitioner1427865187
  3. Parveen Bajwa, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1598525933
  4. Samta Batra, DPMPodiatrist1366024838
  5. Shanika Duliepe, MSN, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1881222560
  6. Betty Fraga, NPNurse Practitioner1457312498

Verify Richard Robert Rutherford in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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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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98% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024

86 Medicare Part D claims for 65 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Richard Rutherford86
  2. Specialty average3,544

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.

The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 87.2 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score84.1
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%56.5
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. County OF VenturaVentura, CA

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

Richard Robert Rutherford among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California

Richard Robert Rutherford, M.D. is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% 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, 59% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
  • Graduated2001 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2007 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

8 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Ceres

They are 8 of the 673 NPPES records with a practice address in Ceres, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.

The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Daniel Diep, MDCeres, CA 953071962454652
  2. Kerry Evnin, MDCeres, CA 953071356536973
  3. Elvis Fedalizo, MDCeres, CA 953071366491292
  4. Kim Goodsell, M.D.Ceres, CA 953071720226533
  5. Gustavo Gutierrez Colin, MDCeres, CA 953071427586825
  6. Pat May Limpiado, MDCeres, CA 953071134102452
  7. Obinna Nwachukwu, MDCeres, CA 953071790368967
  8. Irfan Haider, MDTracy, CA 953041013504109

Common questions

What is Richard Robert Rutherford, M.D.'s NPI number?

Richard Robert Rutherford, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1811937832, issued on Jun 7, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Richard Robert Rutherford, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3109 E Whitmore Ave, Ceres, CA, 95307. Phone: (209) 541-2929. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Richard Robert Rutherford, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number A80729, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Richard Robert Rutherford, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Richard Robert Rutherford, M.D. had 86 Medicare Part D claims for 65 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Richard Robert Rutherford, M.D.'s MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 87.2 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

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.