Ruth Foss, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Physician · Aurora, CO
Ruth Foss, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Aurora, Colorado, and NPI 1578980553, issued on Mar 27, 2014. Check the license (Colorado DR.0060006, as entered in NPPES) on the Colorado Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ruth Foss
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- DR.0060006 CO
259613 MA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1501 S Potomac St, Aurora, CO 80012
- Phone
- (303) 695-2628
- Enumerated
- Mar 27, 2014
- Record last updated
- Dec 11, 2024
- Fax
- (303) 750-9438
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180809003976); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Tufts University School Of Medicine, 2014
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ruth Foss in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersColorado Medical Board
Search for license DR.0060006Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
30% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
159 Medicare Part D claims for 115 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Doxycycline Monohydrate17 claims
- Cephalexin14 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Denver Health And Hospital AuthorityDenver, CO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ruth Foss among 1,434 emergency medicine physician records in Colorado
Ruth Foss, M.D. is one of 1,434 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Colorado. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 77% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 77% of these records are older, 20% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2011 among the 810 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
246 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Aurora
They are 246 of the 17,400 NPPES records with a practice address in Aurora, and 1,434 emergency medicine physician records in Colorado.
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Common questions
What is Ruth Foss, M.D.'s NPI number?
Ruth Foss, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578980553, issued on Mar 27, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ruth Foss, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1501 S Potomac St, Aurora, CO, 80012. Phone: (303) 695-2628. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ruth Foss, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Colorado license number DR.0060006, as entered by the provider. Search the Colorado Medical Board at https://dpo.colorado.gov/Medical. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ruth Foss, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ruth Foss, M.D. had 159 Medicare Part D claims for 115 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.