Ruth Cherenfant, PA-C

Primary specialty

Physician AssistantTaxonomy code 363A00000X

Practice address

13731 Metropolis Ave
Fort Myers, FL 33912-7150

Phone

(239) 936-8555

Fax

(239) 936-5611

NPI assigned

Nov 11, 2024

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in FL

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: No

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Physician Assistant

Education

Other, 2024

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Surgical Specialists of Southwest Florida PAGroup PAC ID 7810958261, 7 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee Health Hospital, Fort Myers, FL, CCN 100220
• HCA Florida Lehigh Hospital Hospital, Lehigh Acres, FL, CCN 100107

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Physician Assistant

Networks

• Freedom Health HMO Network
• Optimum HealthCare HMO Network

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships and National Provider Directory roles.

• Surgical Specialists of Southwest Florida P.a.

  • Vascular Surgery Physician
  • Fort Myers, FL
  • NPI 1033103437
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Hope 97 LLC

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Lehigh Acres, FL
  • NPI 1982426615
  Care Compare affiliation
• Lee Health System Inc

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Fort Myers, FL
  • NPI 1366281750
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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• Hsiong Chen, MD
• Kayla Leann Chen
• Qinjin Chen, D.O
• Ricky Chen, M.D.
• Cherelle R. Simmons P.a.
• Ellenne Cherisol
• Georgy Cherkassky, M.D.
• Angela Chernyshov, MMS, PA-C
• Pamela Renee Cherrington, PTA
• Ketsia D Chery-Pierre

• Physician Assistant in Fort Myers, FL
• Providers in Fort Myers, FL by specialty
• Physician Assistant in Florida

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 16, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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