NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ruth Gay Lawton, APRN

Gerontology Nurse Practitioner · Louisville, KY

Ruth Gay Lawton, APRN is a gerontology nurse practitioner with a practice address in Louisville, Kentucky, and NPI 1720384522, issued on Jan 27, 2011. Check the license (Kentucky 3006777, as entered in NPPES) with the Kentucky board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1720384522
Name
Ruth Gay Lawton
Credential
APRN
Primary taxonomy
Gerontology Nurse Practitioner 363LG0600X
License number
3006777 KY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1431 Hepburn Ave Apt 1, Louisville, KY 40204
Phone
(502) 498-4977
Enumerated
Jan 27, 2011
Record last updated
Feb 27, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20110223000633); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine, 2010
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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4.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average gerontology nurse practitioner in 2024

5,474 Medicare Part D claims for 252 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,369 among the 6,165 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 181 claims were for opioids.

  1. Ruth Gay Lawton5,474
  2. Specialty average1,369

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium224 claims
  2. Levothyroxine Sodium211 claims
  3. Amlodipine Besylate192 claims
  4. Furosemide162 claims
  5. Potassium Chloride148 claims
  6. Metoprolol Tartrate146 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: $335.87

3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Mylan Specialty L.P. The 3,903 providers of this specialty with any payment received $742.05 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Ruth Gay Lawton$335.87
  2. Specialty average$742.05

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Ruth Gay Lawton among 106 gerontology nurse practitioner records in Kentucky

Ruth Gay Lawton, APRN is one of 106 gerontology nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Kentucky. 87% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 8% of them.

  • NPI issued2011 · 8% of these records are older, 92% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
  • Graduated2010 · median 2020 among the 73 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2014 · 33% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LG0600X and a Kentucky practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Gerontology Nurse Practitioner providers in Kentucky

There are 106 gerontology nurse practitioner records in Kentucky.

The 8 gerontology nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Alisha Roethemeyer, APRNLouisville, KY 402051841062544
  2. Angela Urhammer, APRNLouisville, KY 402031881839108
  3. Misti Alsop, APRNLouisville, KY 402021578152815
  4. Devan Costelle, RN, APRN, AGACNP-BCLouisville, KY 402021962055319
  5. Kristen Downey, APRNLouisville, KY 402021114810793
  6. Melissa Elzey, RNLouisville, KY 402021487471579
  7. Crystal Frye, APRNLouisville, KY 402021174363568
  8. Ashley HigdonLouisville, KY 402021194318766

Common questions

What is Ruth Gay Lawton, APRN's NPI number?

Ruth Gay Lawton, APRN's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720384522, issued on Jan 27, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ruth Gay Lawton, APRN located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1431 Hepburn Ave Apt 1, Louisville, KY, 40204. Phone: (502) 498-4977. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ruth Gay Lawton, APRN's license?

NPPES lists Kentucky license number 3006777, as entered by the provider. Search the Kentucky board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Ruth Gay Lawton, APRN prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Ruth Gay Lawton, APRN had 5,474 Medicare Part D claims for 252 beneficiaries; the average among gerontology nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,369. 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.