What is Sharon Ruggiero's specialty?

Sharon Ruggiero (NPI 1629068390) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in St Cloud, MN.

Where does Sharon Ruggiero practice?

Sharon Ruggiero practices in St Cloud, MN, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1629068390.

How much does Medicare pay Sharon Ruggiero?

Sharon Ruggiero (NPI 1629068390) received approximately $79K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 526 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1629068390

Sharon RuggieroMD

Internal MedicineSt Cloud, MNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

905

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,193

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$72K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,849 Internal Medicine providers in MN — top quintile (cohort median 405).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,158

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$421K

Distinct drugs

102

Brand share

18.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Amlodipine Besylate302 claims

Lisinopril286 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium243 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium242 claims

Metoprolol Succinate181 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Sharon Ruggiero's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 18 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ST. CLOUD HOSPITAL	199	755
Centracare Health Systems Clinical Laboratory · Saint Cloud, MN	169	858
Bharath Manu Akkara Veetil Internal Medicine · Saint Cloud, MN	25	45
Tracy Napp Interventional Radiology · Sartell, MN	23	81
Rochelle Wolfe Interventional Radiology · Port St Lucie, FL	21	72
Bryan Brindley Diagnostic Radiology · Sartell, MN	21	80
Kevin Smith Diagnostic Radiology · Sartell, MN	19	56
Stephen Kuehne Diagnostic Radiology · Sartell, MN	19	49
Nathan Danielson Diagnostic Radiology · Sartell, MN	19	38
Francis Kigozi Diagnostic Radiology · Sartell, MN	16	38
Karen Then Nurse Practitioner · St Cloud, MN	16	80
Timothy Schuchard Cardiology · Saint Cloud, MN	15	26

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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