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Ruth Marie Laughon, PA-C

Individual provider Medical Physician Assistant · NPI 1316626690

Ruth Marie Laughon, PA-C is a Physician Assistant in Durham, North Carolina. Graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 2023, 3 years ago. Practices with Wake Specialty Physicians LLC, a 178-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in North Carolina.

Years since qualifying
3
Trained at
Duke University School of Medicine
Licensed in
NC
In the registry since
2023
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
PA-C — Physician Assistant, Certified
A physician assistant who holds current national certification.

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Practice location Address checks out

7021 Nc Highway 751
Durham, NC 27707-5730
Phone: (919) 235-1600
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Specialties & licences

Medical Physician Assistant (primary) Taxonomy 363AM0700X · Licence 0010-13642 (NC)
Physician Assistant Taxonomy 363A00000X · Licence 0010-13642 (NC)

Record details

NPI number1316626690
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials PA-C
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 14, 2023
Last updated in NPPESDecember 22, 2023
Certification dateDecember 22, 2023

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
Medical schoolDUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2023 (3 years in practice)
Group practice Wake Specialty Physicians Llc — 178 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations5 on file with Medicare

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 patients34
Services billed 79 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age76

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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 $21 1 payment · 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 Wake Specialty Physicians LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 178 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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