Ruth Covington, DO
Addiction Psychiatry Physician · Plymouth Meeting, PA
Ruth Covington, DO is an addiction psychiatry physician with a practice address in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1184781445, issued on Jan 3, 2007. Check the license (Pennsylvania OS005011L, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ruth Covington
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Addiction Psychiatry Physician 2084P0802X
- License number
- OS005011L PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 140 W Germantown Pike Ste 160, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
- Phone
- (610) 892-3800
- Enumerated
- Jan 3, 2007
- Record last updated
- Oct 7, 2025
- Medicaid ID
- 001052226 PA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20130619000299); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Rowan University School Of Osteopathic Medicine, 1981
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 140 W Germantown Pike Ste 160
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Verify Ruth Covington in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
Search for license OS005011LCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
58% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average addiction psychiatry physician in 2024
304 Medicare Part D claims for 24 beneficiaries, against an average of 716 among the 421 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Quetiapine Fumarate60 claims
- Alprazolam55 claims
- Clonazepam40 claims
- Lamotrigine22 claims
- Bupropion Xl16 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl16 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: $267.19
11 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. The 170 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,785.85 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
- Delaware County Professional Services, IncPlymouth Meeting, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ruth Covington among 29 addiction psychiatry physician records in Pennsylvania
Ruth Covington, DO is one of 29 addiction psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 59% 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, 38% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 59% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 31% of these records are
- Record last updated2025 · 45% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0802X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Addiction Psychiatry Physician providers in Pennsylvania
There are 29 addiction psychiatry physician records in Pennsylvania.
All 29 in Pennsylvania → Every provider in Plymouth Meeting → Addiction Psychiatry Physician nationwide →
The 8 addiction psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Barry Nelson, M.D.Spring House, PA 194771548390347
- Timothy Peters Strickland, MDNorristown, PA 194031467523159
- Altaf Kasmani, MDReading, PA 196011639329840
- Sergey Mirakov, M.D.Coatesville, PA 193201629347182
- Alla Fine, MDPhiladelphia, PA 191491497983563
- Hector Colon-Rivera, MBA, MDPhiladelphia, PA 191401508132119
- Fred Baurer, M.D.Philadelphia, PA 191391477676328
- Jesula Jean-Charles, CRNPPhiladelphia, PA 191341548079601
Common questions
What is Ruth Covington, DO's NPI number?
Ruth Covington, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1184781445, issued on Jan 3, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ruth Covington, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 140 W Germantown Pike Ste 160, Plymouth Meeting, PA, 19462. Phone: (610) 892-3800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ruth Covington, DO's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number OS005011L, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS) at https://www.pals.pa.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ruth Covington, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ruth Covington, DO had 304 Medicare Part D claims for 24 beneficiaries; the average among addiction psychiatry physician prescribers was 716. 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.