What is Ruy Cruz's specialty?

Ruy Cruz (NPI 1710137823) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in Pittsburgh, PA.

Where does Ruy Cruz practice?

Ruy Cruz practices in Pittsburgh, PA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1710137823.

How much does Medicare pay Ruy Cruz?

Ruy Cruz (NPI 1710137823) received approximately $26K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 53 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1710137823

Ruy CruzMD

PRACTICEUPMCSee all providers at this practice →

General SurgeryPittsburgh, PAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$4K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,055 General Surgery providers in PA — bottom quintile (cohort median 277).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,279

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.0M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

42.2%

Top prescribed drugs

0.9 % Sodium Chloride141 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium126 claims

Hydrocortisone Sodium Succ/Pf98 claims

Sodium Chloride 0.45 %75 claims

Famotidine71 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

80.9

Quality

61.9

Cost

74.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.25%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ruy Cruz'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). 4 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
UPMC PRESBYTERIAN SHADYSIDE	22	599
Joseph Talarico Anesthesiology · Pittsburgh, PA	16	188
Janet Durick Diagnostic Radiology · Pittsburgh, PA	13	239
MCGEE, JAMES	11	63

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.

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