Richard Ruffing
Family Medicine · Gaffney, SCNPI 1689628646
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 71 payments — averaging $17.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Exact Sciences$251
- Abbott$220
- Amgen$116
- Pfizer$108
- Dexcom, Inc.$92
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$80
- plus $408 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,276100%
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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Exact Sciences | 9 | $251 |
| Abbott | 9 | $220 |
| Amgen | 7 | $116 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $108 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 4 | $92 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $80 |
| Novo Nordisk | 6 | $75 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $43 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $41 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $34 |
| Stryker | 1 | $31 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $25 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $24 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $24 |
| GSK | 1 | $20 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Merck | 1 | $11 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $11 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$1,276 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 2,153 family medicine providers in South Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 133 | $105,669 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 107 | $101,460 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 75 | $79,305 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 44 | $38,849 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 53 | $29,801 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 1,067 | $23,145 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 129 | $20,394 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 18 | $17,039 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 17 | $16,885 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 13 | $13,990 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 12 | $12,834 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 13 | $12,146 |
| Novolog Mix 70-30 FlexpenInsulin Aspart Prot/Insuln Asp | 33 | $11,799 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 15 | $10,046 |
| Humalog Mix 75-25 KwikpenInsulin Lispro Protamin/Lispro | 28 | $8,095 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $108 | $105,669133 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $75 | $101,460107 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $24 | $79,30575 claims |
| GSKAnoro Ellipta, Trelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $20 | $45,27382 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $25 | $38,84944 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $41 | $20,61933 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $43 | $13,99013 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 65th percentile of 2,153 family medicine providers in South Carolina.
Other family medicine in Gaffney
- Richard CutchinGaffney$270K
- Cayce TangemanGoose Creek$8.4M
- Jeremy AckermannMoncks Corner$7.6M
- Kelly MoralesNorth Charleston$6.5M
- William ByarsGreer$4.8M
- James FranklinGreenville$3.5M
- Stephen GrubbLittle River$3.4M
- Jeffrey HarrisGreenville$3.4M
- Shannon ConradN Charleston$3.3M
- Tom ChristensenLittle River$3.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.