Ruchir Puri, M.D.
Surgery Physician · Waycross, GA
Ruchir Puri, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Waycross, Georgia, and NPI 1386800852, issued on Aug 4, 2008. Check the license (Georgia 071973, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ruchir Puri
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 071973 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1908 Alice Street, Waycross, GA 31501
- Phone
- (912) 338-6010
- Enumerated
- Aug 4, 2008
- Record last updated
- Oct 28, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20130730000551); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ruchir Puri in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 071973Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
88% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
18 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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): 81.9 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $105.14
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was W. L. Gore & Associates, 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
- University OF Florida Jacksonville Physicians, Inc.Jacksonville, FL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ruchir Puri among 991 surgery physician records in Georgia
Ruchir Puri, M.D. is one of 991 surgery physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 78% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 52% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 52% of these records are older, 41% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2004 among the 611 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 52% 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 Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Georgia
There are 991 surgery physician records in Georgia.
All 991 in Georgia → Every provider in Waycross → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Sigismund Lee, M.D.Waycross, GA 315011194974048
- David Wykstra, M.D.Waycross, GA 315011285855148
- Khaldon Al Saadi, M.D.Alma, GA 315101760433304
- Stephen Smith, MDAlma, GA 315101699352195
- David Cheney, M.D.Baxley, GA 315131467423699
- Vincent Arlauskas, M.D.Brunswick, GA 315201841357563
- Stephen Barrett, M.D.Brunswick, GA 315201609933308
- Harold Kent, M. D.Brunswick, GA 315201942300140
Common questions
What is Ruchir Puri, M.D.'s NPI number?
Ruchir Puri, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1386800852, issued on Aug 4, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ruchir Puri, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1908 Alice Street, Waycross, GA, 31501. Phone: (912) 338-6010. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ruchir Puri, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 071973, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia Composite Medical Board at https://medicalboard.georgia.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ruchir Puri, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ruchir Puri, M.D. had 18 Medicare Part D claims; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Ruchir Puri, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 81.9 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.