Ronald P. Skipper, M.D.
Surgery Physician · Rugby, ND
Ronald P. Skipper, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Rugby, North Dakota, and NPI 1932143880, issued on Jun 15, 2006. Check the license (North Dakota 7733, as entered in NPPES) on the North Dakota Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ronald P. Skipper
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 7733 ND
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2975 Highway 2 E, Rugby, ND 58368
- Phone
- (017) 765-2617
- Enumerated
- Jun 15, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Medicaid ID
- 0147577 MT
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120306000560); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Ohio State University College Of Medicine, 1986
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2975 Highway 2 E
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Ronald P. Skipper in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Dakota Board of Medicine
Search for license 7733Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
27% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
107 Medicare Part D claims for 32 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 38 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen15 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium13 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass12 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 97.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $19.94
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Good Samaritan Hospital AssociationRugby, ND
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ronald P. Skipper among 142 surgery physician records in North Dakota
Ronald P. Skipper, M.D. is one of 142 surgery physician records with a practice address in North Dakota. 73% 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, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 53% of these records are
- Graduated1986 · median 2007 among the 75 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 44% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a North Dakota practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
2 surgery physician records list a practice address in Rugby
They are 2 of the 84 NPPES records with a practice address in Rugby, and 142 surgery physician records in North Dakota.
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Common questions
What is Ronald P. Skipper, M.D.'s NPI number?
Ronald P. Skipper, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1932143880, issued on Jun 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ronald P. Skipper, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2975 Highway 2 E, Rugby, ND, 58368. Phone: (017) 765-2617. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ronald P. Skipper, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Dakota license number 7733, as entered by the provider. Search the North Dakota Board of Medicine at https://www.ndbom.org/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ronald P. Skipper, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ronald P. Skipper, M.D. had 107 Medicare Part D claims for 32 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Ronald P. Skipper, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.6 of 100. 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.