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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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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:

  1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
  2. X-ray of chest, 2 views
  3. Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope
  4. Blood glucose (sugar) level
  5. Hemoglobin a1c level
  6. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
  7. Blood test, clotting time
  8. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
  9. Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle
  10. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
  11. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
  12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
  13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
  14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
  15. Transitional care management services, moderately complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 14 days of discharge
  16. Transitional care management services, highly complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 7 days of discharge
  17. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
  18. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
  19. Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit
  20. 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).

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Spartanburg Medical Center

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Spartanburg Medical Center

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Cherokee Medical Center

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Spartanburg Medical Center

1530 N Limestone St
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Providers in Cherokee Medical Center

1.Herbert Barnhill Ii Md

722 Hyatt St
Gaffney Sc 29341-2644
Cherokee Medical Center
Family Practice

2.Susan Bland Md

722 Hyatt St
Gaffney Sc 29341-2644
Cherokee Medical Center
Family Practice

3.Kathleen Bowling

139 Medical Ctr Dr
Gaffney Sc 29340-4823
Cherokee Medical Center
Nurse Practitioner

4.Kathleen Bowling

840 W Floyd Baker Blvd
Gaffney Sc 29341-1845
Cherokee Medical Center
Nurse Practitioner

5.Kathleen Bowling

517 Chesnee Hwy
Gaffney Sc 29341-2709
Cherokee Medical Center
Nurse Practitioner

6.Robert Britanisky Md

1506 N Limestone St
Gaffney Sc 29340-4747
Cherokee Medical Center
Urology

View all 45 members of Cherokee Medical Center medical group