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Catherine C Cruz, RN, NP-C, MSN

Individual provider Adult Health Nurse Practitioner · NPI 1255529707

Catherine C Cruz, RN, NP-C, MSN is a Nurse Practitioner in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Qualified in 2006, 20 years ago. Practices with Rutgers Health-Rwj Scleroderma Program, a 387-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in New Jersey and New York.

Years since qualifying
20
Licensed in
NJ, NY
In the registry since
2007
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
RN — Registered Nurse
A licensed nurse who completed a nursing degree and passed the NCLEX-RN examination.
NP-C — Nurse Practitioner, Certified
A nurse practitioner certified by the AANP.
MSN — Master of Science in Nursing
A graduate nursing degree, usually held alongside an advanced practice licence.

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Practice location Address checks out

195 Little Albany St Rutgers Cancer Institute Of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1914
Phone: (732) 235-6455
Fax: (732) 235-6462
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Specialties & licences

Adult Health Nurse Practitioner (primary) Taxonomy 363LA2200X · Licence 26NJ00683400 (NJ)
Adult Health Nurse Practitioner Taxonomy 363LA2200X · Licence F304695 (NY)

Record details

NPI number1255529707
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials RN , NP-C , MSN
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedOctober 10, 2007
Last updated in NPPESFebruary 20, 2017

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyNURSE PRACTITIONER
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2006 (20 years in practice)
Group practice Rutgers Health-Rwj Scleroderma Program — 387 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients102
Services billed 369 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $137 3 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Rutgers Health-Rwj Scleroderma Program

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 387 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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