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Dr. Matthew David Ruston , DC

Chiropractor β€’ Schenectady, NY

Active NPI 1174381586 Individual Practitioner Male Practitioner Accepts Medicare assignment
Practice location in NPPES

1304 Grand Blvd
Schenectady, NY 123082614

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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location

Practice Address

1304 Grand Blvd

Schenectady, NY 123082614

Telephone 5183744373
Organization at the Same NPPES Address or Phone
Collins Chiropractic P.c Facility NPI 1114076908

Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.

Other Listings in Public Data

CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: Collins Chiropractic, Pc. See the list

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, release date unavailable.

Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.

Medicare Profile & Education

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File

Medical School

New York Chiropractic College

Graduation Year

2013

Industry payments (Open Payments)

No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2019–2025.

Guide: How to read an Open Payments record

Years since graduation

13 years (graduated 2013)

CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2013 as the year this clinician finished professional school.

What this does not show: Years since graduation

It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.

NPI first issued

2024

The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.

What this does not show: NPI first issued

NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.

Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.

Accepts Medicare assignment

CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.

Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, β€œDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”

Guide: What Medicare assignment means

No telehealth indicator

CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.

Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.

Guide: How Medicare covers telehealth

Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)

Dr. Ruston has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.

It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.

Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.

Guide: What Medicare enrollment (PECOS) means

Compared with the same specialty in Schenectady and New York

18 active clinicians are listed under Chiropractor with a practice address in Schenectady, NY (4,575 in New York).

Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.

Telehealth indicator in Schenectady

0% of these 18 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.

44.4% of these 18 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.

Sources: CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.

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Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES

Self-certified to NPPES: 2024-03-11
Chiropractor Primary Specialty

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 111N00000X

License # reported to NPPES NY 013802

A provider qualified by a Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.), licensed by the State and who practices chiropractic medicine -that discipline within the healing arts which deals with the nervous system and its relationship to the spinal column and its interrelationship with other body systems.

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Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility

Source: CMS PECOS
Medicare FFS Enrollment Status Medicare Enrollment on File
CMS Provider Specialty

PRACTITIONER - CHIROPRACTIC

Medicare Enrollment ID

I20240620000175

Enrollment State Jurisdiction

NY

PECOS Control ID

2668915547

Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.

Medicare Group Practice Enrollments

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File

Collins Chiropractic, Pc

1304 Grand Blvd, Schenectady, NY 123082614

Phone: 5183744373

Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone

Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.

1 listed
Michael Collins

Chiropractor

NPI 1366404055

Career & Practice History

NPI enumerated March 11, 2024.

No changes to the name, practice address, taxonomy or NPI status in this record have been observed in the monthly NPPES data files from April 2024 to August 2026.

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NPI Administrative Meta

NPI Number: 1174381586
Entity Type:
Individual Provider Physician, Nurse Practitioner, or Solo Healthcare Professional (Type 1 NPI)
Enumeration Date: March 11, 2024
Last Update: March 11, 2024
Sole Proprietor: No

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Mailing Address

1140 Barber Dr

Schenectady, NY 123034506

Phone: 5187299945

About This Data NPPES fields (address, phone, specialty, license) are self-reported and may be outdated; Medicare fields follow the CMS dataset named in each section. Correct directly at NPPES.