PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1659447787

Joanne RuchM.D.

PRACTICEINTERNAL MEDICINE ASSOC. OF WHEAT RIDGE, P.C.See all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineLakewood, COI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,112

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,671

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$113K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,144 Internal Medicine providers in CO — top quintile (cohort median 528).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,525

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$164K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

12.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Levothyroxine Sodium412 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium214 claims

Lisinopril207 claims

Gabapentin159 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium143 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$459

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$459

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Joanne Ruch'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). 6 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NPI 1396781134	64	303
CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO	29	82
Susan Schiff Internal Medicine · Lakewood, CO	15	46
Kathleen Sawada Dermatology · Golden, CO	12	22
HOULDER, NANCY	11	23
Anthony Valenti Podiatry · Wheat Ridge, CO	11	42

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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ProviderScore

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