Ruth Bush, MD
Vascular Surgery Physician · Galveston, TX
Ruth Bush, MD is a vascular surgery physician with a practice address in Galveston, Texas, and NPI 1316027741, issued on Oct 17, 2006. Check the license (Texas L6810, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ruth Bush
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Vascular Surgery Physician 2086S0129X
- License number
- L6810 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1005 Harborside Dr 5TH Floor, Galveston, TX 77555
- Phone
- (409) 772-6787
- Enumerated
- Oct 17, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 19, 2022
- Fax
- (713) 798-8367
- Medicaid ID
- 148049301 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051013000642); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine, 1992
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1005 Harborside Dr 5TH Floor
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Verify Ruth Bush in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L6810Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 75 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: $950.90
13 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 4,059 providers of this specialty with any payment received $6,178.00 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
- Utmb Faculty Group PracticeWebster, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ruth Bush among 368 vascular surgery physician records in Texas
Ruth Bush, MD is one of 368 vascular surgery physician records with a practice address in Texas. 91% 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 13% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 13% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 91% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 79% of these records are
- Graduated1992 · median 2004 among the 290 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 39% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2086S0129X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Vascular Surgery Physician providers in Texas
There are 368 vascular surgery physician records in Texas.
All 368 in Texas → Every provider in Galveston → Vascular Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 vascular surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Nathalie Barsoum, DOGalveston, TX 775551114760758
- Channa BlakelyGalveston, TX 775551275190084
- Charlie Cheng, M.D.Galveston, TX 775551073770038
- Annie ChernerGalveston, TX 775551669115580
- Jean Clark, PA-CGalveston, TX 775551841382819
- Mitchell Cox, M.D.Galveston, TX 775551962571919
- Aman Kankaria, D.O.Galveston, TX 775551538900741
- Benjamin Mason, MDGalveston, TX 775551033047279
Common questions
What is Ruth Bush, MD's NPI number?
Ruth Bush, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1316027741, issued on Oct 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ruth Bush, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1005 Harborside Dr 5TH Floor, Galveston, TX, 77555. Phone: (409) 772-6787. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ruth Bush, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L6810, 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.
What is Ruth Bush, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 75 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.