Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Mrs. Joanne Elizabeth Ruch, MD

Individual provider Internal Medicine Physician · NPI 1659447787

Mrs. Joanne Elizabeth Ruch, MD practises Internal Medicine in Lakewood, Colorado. Graduated from Rush Medical College of Rush University in 1992, 34 years ago. Practices with Internal Medicine Assoc of Wheat Ridge, PC, a 5-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Colorado.

Years since qualifying
34
Trained at
Rush Medical College of Rush University
Licensed in
CO
In the registry since
2006
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

1805 Kipling St
Lakewood, CO 80215 Not confirmed with CMS for 16 years — call before visiting
Phone: (303) 422-3727
Fax: (303) 467-9354
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Specialties & licences

Internal Medicine Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207R00000X · Licence 34629 (CO)

Record details

NPI number1659447787
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedNovember 28, 2006
Last updated in NPPESMarch 26, 2010

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyINTERNAL MEDICINE
Medical schoolRUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE OF RUSH UNIVERSITY
Graduated 1992 (34 years in practice)
Group practice Internal Medicine Assoc. Of Wheat Ridge, P.C. — 5 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Removal of skin lesions 21 times · 65th percentile
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 1–10 times
Skin biopsy 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

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 patients268
Services billed 1,850 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age77

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 $536 28 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.

  • Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital Hospital · Wheat Ridge, CO
  • Centerwell Home Health Home health agency · Colorado Springs, CO

Colleagues at Internal Medicine Assoc of Wheat Ridge, PC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice.

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