Ruth Berger, PA
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician · Newburyport, MA
Ruth Berger, PA is an interventional pain medicine physician with a practice address in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and NPI 1649501545, issued on Jan 18, 2010. Check the license (Massachusetts PA6249, as entered in NPPES) on the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ruth Berger
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Interventional Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0014X
- License numbers
- PA6249 MA
0753 NH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 25 Highland Ave, Newburyport, MA 01950
- Phone
- (978) 463-1045
- Enumerated
- Jan 18, 2010
- Record last updated
- Sep 27, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20171109000248); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 25 Highland Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Brittney Armour, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1831656958
- Alexey Belevich, DOHospitalist Physician1174228878
- Bethany Bishop Daniels, M.D.Emergency Medicine Physician1043286255
- Katherine Bourne, MDAnesthesiology Physician1205036712
- Natasha Boydstun, DOEmergency Medicine Physician1902268469
- Donna Brezinski, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1174561245
Verify Ruth Berger in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMassachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
Search for license PA6249Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
81% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average interventional pain medicine physician in 2024
428 Medicare Part D claims for 120 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,306 among the 2,100 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims. 327 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen109 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl70 claims
- Methadone Hcl50 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen44 claims
- Morphine Sulfate Er26 claims
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl22 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $200.80
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Nevro Corp. The 1,966 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,889.53 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
- Simon Faynzilberg MD PCNewburyport, MA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician providers in Massachusetts
There are 29 interventional pain medicine physician records in Massachusetts.
Other interventional pain medicine physician records in Massachusetts
- Nicholas Barnes, M.D.Waltham, MA1578806170
- Erica Bial, M.D., M.S.Burlington, MA1982663332
- Christopher Britt, D.O.North Andover, MA1750779328
- Chris Cary, MDNorth Chelmsford, MA1326466525
- Anthony Dahi, DOBrighton, MA1316630494
- Elena Desillier, MDBrighton, MA1548365554
- David Dibenedetto, M.D.Waltham, MA1770599029
- Omar El Abd, MDWellesley, MA1831189364
- Corey Gatewood, MDBoston, MA1700528338
- Frederic Gerges, MDBoston, MA1235310111
Common questions
What is Ruth Berger, PA's NPI number?
Ruth Berger, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649501545, issued on Jan 18, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ruth Berger, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 25 Highland Ave, Newburyport, MA, 01950. Phone: (978) 463-1045. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ruth Berger, PA's license?
NPPES lists Massachusetts license number PA6249, as entered by the provider. Search the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine at https://findmydoctor.mass.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ruth Berger, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ruth Berger, PA had 428 Medicare Part D claims for 120 beneficiaries; the average among interventional pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,306. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.