Thomas Nash Rusher, MD
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Raleigh, NC
Thomas Nash Rusher, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Raleigh, North Carolina, and NPI 1982135083, issued on Mar 21, 2017. Check the license (North Carolina 2022-02863, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Thomas Nash Rusher
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- 2022-02863 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3000 New Bern Ave, Raleigh, NC 27610
- Phone
- (919) 350-7270
- Enumerated
- Mar 21, 2017
- Record last updated
- Aug 17, 2023
- Fax
- (919) 350-7204
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230726003121); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine, 2017
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Thomas Nash Rusher in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2022-02863Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
84% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
234 Medicare Part D claims for 51 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 52% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone34 claims
- Trelegy Ellipta24 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa16 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate15 claims
- Stiolto Respimat13 claims
- Nucala11 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 95.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $49.08
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abiomed. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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
- Wakemed Specialists Group LLCRaleigh, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Thomas Nash Rusher among 429 pulmonary disease physician records in North Carolina
Thomas Nash Rusher, MD is one of 429 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 91% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 91% of these records are older, 7% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 78% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2001 among the 333 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 429 pulmonary disease physician records in North Carolina.
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The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jonathan Forbes, D.O.Raleigh, NC 276101174943153
- Stavros Garantziotis, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276101407930316
- Darrin Hursey, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276101609088970
- Saad Khan, MDRaleigh, NC 276101164686333
- Divyesh Mehta, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276101972954352
- Mohit Mody, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276101124413919
- Manjula Nagaraja, MDRaleigh, NC 276101770873044
- Vikas Pathak, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276101740474121
Common questions
What is Thomas Nash Rusher, MD's NPI number?
Thomas Nash Rusher, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982135083, issued on Mar 21, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Thomas Nash Rusher, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3000 New Bern Ave, Raleigh, NC, 27610. Phone: (919) 350-7270. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Thomas Nash Rusher, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2022-02863, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Thomas Nash Rusher, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Thomas Nash Rusher, MD had 234 Medicare Part D claims for 51 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Thomas Nash Rusher, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.4 of 100. 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.