Walter Rucker, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Cleveland, TN
Walter Rucker, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Cleveland, Tennessee, and NPI 1386644094, issued on Jul 22, 2005. Check the license (Tennessee 28924, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Walter Rucker
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 28924 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2535 Georgetown RD NW, Cleveland, TN 37311
- Phone
- (423) 389-8000
- Enumerated
- Jul 22, 2005
- Record last updated
- Oct 4, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (615) 216-8538
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20071204000841); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Kentucky College Of Medicine, 1993
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2535 Georgetown RD NW
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Regina Brown, FNP-C, CPNP-PCFamily Nurse Practitioner1114545050
- Michael Conar, P.AP-CMedical Physician Assistant1790879310
- Lauryn Smith, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner1215447990
Verify Walter Rucker in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 28924Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
10,467 Medicare Part D claims for 671 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 446 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium479 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate375 claims
- Alprazolam315 claims
- Lisinopril270 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium264 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium259 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: $36.13
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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 2 group practices
- AT Home Primary Care IncCleveland, TN
- Comprehensive Wellness Center LLCCleveland, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Walter Rucker among 2,674 family medicine physician records in Tennessee
Walter Rucker, MD is one of 2,674 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 83% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 2004 among the 1,685 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
26 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Cleveland
They are 26 of the 1,283 NPPES records with a practice address in Cleveland, and 2,674 family medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Walter Rucker, MD's NPI number?
Walter Rucker, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1386644094, issued on Jul 22, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Walter Rucker, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2535 Georgetown RD NW, Cleveland, TN, 37311. Phone: (423) 389-8000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Walter Rucker, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 28924, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Walter Rucker, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Walter Rucker, MD had 10,467 Medicare Part D claims for 671 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.