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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1659477685

Richard RuckerM.D.

PRACTICELOS ALAMITOS PULMONARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATES INCSee all providers at this practice →
Pulmonary DiseaseLos Alamitos, CAI
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PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
3,699
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$303K
Distinct drugs
90
Brand share
19.5%
Top prescribed drugs
Amlodipine Besylate228 claims
Atorvastatin Calcium194 claims
Losartan Potassium137 claims
Levothyroxine Sodium128 claims
Omeprazole102 claims
QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
Final MIPS score
22.3
Quality
0.0
Cost
74.4
Improvement activities
0.0
Promoting interop.
0.0
Payment adjustment
-6.32%
Individual
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$418
Payment records
13
By payment type
Food and Beverage$418
Top paying entities
Food and Beverage$418
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
1,328
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
3,064
Distinct HCPCS
9
Medicare payment
$292K
Peer benchmark
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Total Medicare services vs. 901 Pulmonary Disease providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 927).
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Richard Rucker'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). 40 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

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Inbound — who sends patients here
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112389
Bret Witter
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99509
Stuart Fischer
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88425
Steven Forman
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81314
Timothy O'neill
Cardiology · Los Alamitos, CA
79477
BROWN, KENNETH63205
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46254
Mario Curti
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46517
Gregory Moreno
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41125
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.