NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ronald W. Bruce, D.O.

Internal Medicine Physician · Rockport, TX

Ronald W. Bruce, D.O. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Rockport, Texas, and NPI 1922145168, issued on Jan 30, 2007. Check the license (Texas G8675, 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
1922145168
Name
Ronald W. Bruce
Credential
D.O.
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
G8675 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1121 Highway 35 N, Rockport, TX 78382
Phone
(361) 729-5388
Enumerated
Jan 30, 2007
Record last updated
May 7, 2024
Fax
(361) 729-5917
Medicaid ID
137192408 TX
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20040525000753); 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 1121 Highway 35 N

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

  1. Samantha Mayfield, FNP-CNurse Practitioner1366220725
  2. Katharine McNamara, D.O.Family Medicine Physician1558621334
  3. Randall Samberson, M.D.Surgery Physician1588677801

Verify Ronald W. Bruce 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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6.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024

19,532 Medicare Part D claims for 1,113 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 602 claims were for opioids.

  1. Ronald Bruce19,532
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Levothyroxine Sodium1,010 claims
  2. Atorvastatin Calcium828 claims
  3. Amlodipine Besylate826 claims
  4. Rosuvastatin Calcium643 claims
  5. Losartan Potassium618 claims
  6. Lisinopril575 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: $164.66

4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Merz North America, 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.

  1. Ronald Bruce$164.66
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Aransas Internal And Family Medicine PLLCRockport, TX
  2. Internal Medicine AssociatesAransas Pass, TX

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

Ronald W. Bruce among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas

Ronald W. Bruce, D.O. is one of 9,175 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 41% of them.

  • NPI issued2007 · 41% of these records are older, 50% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
  • Graduated1981 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 49% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

3 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Rockport

They are 3 of the 145 NPPES records with a practice address in Rockport, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Sarah Aloudat, MDRockport, TX 783821053563445
  2. Abdur Rauf, M.D.Rockport, TX 783821497726202
  3. Marco Elizondo, MDRobstown, TX 783801386679058
  4. David BenitezPortland, TX 783741396495818
  5. Jerome Lee Sang, MDPortland, TX 783741164449948
  6. Rachel Polasek, PAPortland, TX 783741215561295
  7. Laura Soler, M.D.Portland, TX 783741619165123
  8. James GeddesKingsville, TX 783631447308010

Common questions

What is Ronald W. Bruce, D.O.'s NPI number?

Ronald W. Bruce, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1922145168, issued on Jan 30, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ronald W. Bruce, D.O. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1121 Highway 35 N, Rockport, TX, 78382. Phone: (361) 729-5388. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ronald W. Bruce, D.O.'s license?

NPPES lists Texas license number G8675, 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 Ronald W. Bruce, D.O. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Ronald W. Bruce, D.O. had 19,532 Medicare Part D claims for 1,113 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Ronald W. Bruce, D.O.'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.