Valerie Rusko, PA
Medical Physician Assistant · Berkeley Heights, NJ
Valerie Rusko, PA is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, and NPI 1235147190, issued on Aug 4, 2006. Check the license (New Jersey 25MP00187500, as entered in NPPES) with the New Jersey board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Valerie Rusko
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License numbers
- 25MP00187500 NJ
009135 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1 Diamond Hill RD, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
- Phone
- (908) 277-8880
- Enumerated
- Aug 4, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 19, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080104000240); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Valerie Rusko in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New Jersey board licenses this profession
Search for license 25MP00187500Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
73% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
313 Medicare Part D claims for 153 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims. 19 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin19 claims
- Ibuprofen19 claims
- Methocarbamol18 claims
- Methylprednisolone18 claims
- Azithromycin16 claims
- Famotidine16 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
- Summit Medical Group PABerkeley Heights, NJ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Valerie Rusko among 794 medical physician assistant records in New Jersey
Valerie Rusko, PA is one of 794 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in New Jersey. 82% 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 1% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 1% of these records are older, 87% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 2015 among the 513 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AM0700X and a New Jersey practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
35 medical physician assistant records list a practice address in Berkeley Heights
They are 35 of the 672 NPPES records with a practice address in Berkeley Heights, and 794 medical physician assistant records in New Jersey.
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The 8 medical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Lauren Baron, P.A.Berkeley Heights, NJ 079221023361201
- Shayamala Baskaran, PA-CBerkeley Heights, NJ 079221710132659
- Elisabete Da Silva, PA-CBerkeley Heights, NJ 079221750333886
- Omolayo Darlene, RPA-CBerkeley Heights, NJ 079221598917973
- Erin Groel, PA-CBerkeley Heights, NJ 079221396004396
- Mirette Habib, PA-CBerkeley Heights, NJ 079221598188823
Common questions
What is Valerie Rusko, PA's NPI number?
Valerie Rusko, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1235147190, issued on Aug 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Valerie Rusko, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1 Diamond Hill RD, Berkeley Heights, NJ, 07922. Phone: (908) 277-8880. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Valerie Rusko, PA's license?
NPPES lists New Jersey license number 25MP00187500, as entered by the provider. Search the New Jersey board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Valerie Rusko, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Valerie Rusko, PA had 313 Medicare Part D claims for 153 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. 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.