Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Howard Ruscetti, MD

Individual provider Family Medicine Physician · NPI 1730281924

Howard Ruscetti, MD is registered under Family Practice in Carolina Beach, North Carolina. Graduated from University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver in 1999, 27 years ago. Practices with Wilmington Health PLLC, a 400-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in North Carolina.

Years since qualifying
27
Trained at
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver
Licensed in
NC
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

1300 Bridge Barrier Rd Ste 2
Carolina Beach, NC 28428-3939 Not confirmed with CMS for 12 years — call before visiting
Phone: (910) 458-4101
Fax: (910) 458-5617
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Specialties & licences

Family Medicine Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207Q00000X · Licence 200001427 (NC)

Record details

NPI number1730281924
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedSeptember 1, 2006
Last updated in NPPESAugust 13, 2014

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyFAMILY PRACTICE
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, DENVER
Graduated 1999 (27 years in practice)
Group practice Wilmington Health Pllc — 400 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations15 on file with Medicare

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 1–10 times
Removal or shaving of skin growth 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 patients465
Services billed 10,353 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age75

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.

Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Colleagues at Wilmington Health PLLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 400 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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