Laura J Ruffo, NP

1 location · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group

Hospitals listed: Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula · Stanford Health Care · Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

1 plan · 1 carrier

3 hospitals

These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.

• Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Montage HealthPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 84% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite: 1.48 (1.22 to 1.74), Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate: 3.12 (1.69 to 4.56) · 1,095 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 19.24 (14.17 to 24.3) · 1,118 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Postoperative sepsis rate: 9.62 (6.42 to 12.82) · 1,086 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.39, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
• Stanford Health CareStanford, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsHome of Stanford Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 83% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.317, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.446, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.241, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
• Stanford Health Care Tri-ValleyPleasanton, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 74% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.178, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.237, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025

$27,078

Medicare paid this office $27,078 for 351 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

Procedures year by year

Times billed to Original Medicare each year. A blank year means fewer than 11 people had it, or none: Medicare does not publish smaller counts. Medicare Advantage patients are not included.

Who their Medicare patients are

351 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Women 16% · Also on Medicaid 17% · Health risk score 1.52. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical nurse practitioner clinician is at 1.42.

Conditions among them: Cancer 74% · High blood pressure 72% · Chronic kidney disease 34% · Coronary heart disease 27% · Diabetes 26% · Atrial fibrillation 17% · Heart failure 15% · Depression 13% · COPD 11% · Stroke 7% · Dementia 3%.

The office billed $245,455, Medicare allowed $38,574 and paid $27,078; for 505 services of 10 kinds.

Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.

Year by year

Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.

$3,974 in 2019

Medicaid paid $3,974 for 37 billed services this clinician did in 2019, up to 13 people in a month for one service.

Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.

$29,801

Pharmacies billed $29,801 in 2024.

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

Opioids were 4% of their Part D prescriptions (17 of 461) in 2024. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical nurse practitioner clinician is at 0%.

425 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $29,801 in drug cost · 94 antibiotic prescriptions to 75 people.

Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.

Year by year

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

NPI

1023403896

Licence

CA 95008946, NY 340270, NY 672400-1

Group

Stanford Health Care

Video visits

Lists video visits

Gender

Female