Richard Ruffing MD in Gaffney, South Carolina

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Richard Ruffing MD has Family Practice as his primary medical specialty. Their primary office is: 722 Hyatt St in Gaffney, South Carolina.

They're a part of the: Cherokee Medical Center medical group which has around 45 members. You can call their office at 864-487-2400 to schedule an appointment. They also accept the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full. They attended Wayne State University School Of Medicine and graduated in 1983 (around 41 years of experience). They are not listed as doing telehealth appointments, but this may have changed. It can't hurt to call and check. If anything it may encourage them to make them available if they are not currently.

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Richard Ruffing MD
Cherokee Medical Center
722 Hyatt St
Gaffney, South Carolina 29341
864-487-2400

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Phone: 864-487-2400

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Healthcare Info for Richard Ruffing MD

Medical School: Wayne State University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1983
The Primary Medical Specialty for Richard Ruffing MD is listed as: Family Practice
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 41
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7315923315
NPI #: 1689628646
NPI Created On: 05/22/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/14/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207Q00000X
License Number:
12817
Listed Gender: Male

Insurance, Services, Charges

Forms of insurance accepted by include, but are not limited to:

Humana
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

Services and Procedures include:

Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
X-ray of chest, 2 views
Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope
Blood glucose (sugar) level
Hemoglobin a1c level
Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
Blood test, clotting time
Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle
Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
Transitional care management services, moderately complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 14 days of discharge
Transitional care management services, highly complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 7 days of discharge
Administration of influenza virus vaccine
Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit

They took part in Medicare's Electronic Health Record Incentive Program which was designed to help move people over to electronic records and improve the systems that were already in place.
They took part in the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).