Richard T. Rutherford, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Carthage, TN
Richard T. Rutherford, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Carthage, Tennessee, and NPI 1184619124, issued on Sep 15, 2005. Check the license (Tennessee 015146, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard T. Rutherford
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 015146 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 133 Hospital Dr, Carthage, TN 37030
- Phone
- (615) 735-0700
- Enumerated
- Sep 15, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 31, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (615) 735-5480
- Medicaid ID
- 3019574 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070825000124); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 133 Hospital Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Ginger Cook, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner1265529929
- Stormiee Eldred, FNP- BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1750687422
- Sabra Gentry, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1164827218
- Larry Turner, M.D.General Practice Physician1871589473
Verify Richard T. Rutherford in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 015146Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
8.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
28,498 Medicare Part D claims for 1,123 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 1,693 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium1,342 claims
- Omeprazole849 claims
- Lisinopril835 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium827 claims
- Gabapentin824 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate706 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $562.49
31 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Sumner Physician Practices LLCCarthage, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard T. Rutherford among 2,674 family medicine physician records in Tennessee
Richard T. Rutherford, M.D. is one of 2,674 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 83% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1982 · median 2004 among the 1,685 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 54% 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 Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
10 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Carthage
They are 10 of the 91 NPPES records with a practice address in Carthage, and 2,674 family medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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- Robert Roy, M.D.Carthage, TN 370301912902495
- Sarah Rutherford, DOCarthage, TN 370301881270791
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Common questions
What is Richard T. Rutherford, M.D.'s NPI number?
Richard T. Rutherford, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1184619124, issued on Sep 15, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard T. Rutherford, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 133 Hospital Dr, Carthage, TN, 37030. Phone: (615) 735-0700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard T. Rutherford, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 015146, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Richard T. Rutherford, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard T. Rutherford, M.D. had 28,498 Medicare Part D claims for 1,123 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Richard T. Rutherford, M.D.'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.