Paul Ruggle
Family Medicine · Newton, IANPI 1437187077
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.2% of the total across 378 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 39 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,396 and has fallen 97.8% since, to $31 in 2025. Among family medicine clinicians in IA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 378 payments — averaging $13.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$811
- Boehringer Ingelheim$459
- Novo Nordisk$362
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$324
- Johnson & Johnson$298
- Pfizer$272
- plus $2K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,88398%
- Education$902%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
How this compares
$4,973 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,357 family medicine providers in Iowa.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 16 | $184 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 21 | $95 |
| Omeprazole | 13 | $59 |
| Lisinopril | 11 | $51 |
| Metformin Hcl | 11 | $22 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Newton
- Min PakNewton$11K
- Mureema SolbergNewton$9K
- Steven HillNewton$9K
- Andrew CopeNewton$9K
- Patrick EdwardsNewton$9K
- Zacheriah AlexanderNewton$6K
- Kirk PetersonHuxley$576K
- Nicholas GoetschWaterloo$525K
- Stephen HarrisonClinton$249K
- Thomas RossDes Moines$170K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.