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Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD

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(Ronald Perrone, MD)

(2 Ratings)

Specializes in: General Practice and Nephrology (Kidney Disease)

MCP Hahnemann University Medical School (1975)

Professional interests include: polycystic kidney disease

35 Kneeland Street 6th floor
Boston, MA 02111

(617) 636-5000

Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD is a general practitioner in Boston, MA specializing in general practice and nephrology (kidney disease). He graduated from MCP Hahnemann University Medical School in 1975 and has 51 years of experience. Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD is affiliated with Tufts Medicine and Tufts Medical Center Nephrology.

Office Locations

35 Kneeland Street 6th floor
Boston, MA 02111

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In The News

“Dr. Ronald Perrone, MD is Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts.”—"XORTX Announces New Clinical Advisory Board Member", FOX 2, March 2024

“The parallel-group, randomized trial of 97 participants found no significant increase in gastrointestinal symptoms over 24 months, according to Ronald Perrone, MD, of Tufts Medical Center in...”—"Metformin Well Tolerated in Polycystic Kidney Disease", MedPage Today, April 2021

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD treated as a general practitioner in Boston, MA during 2012 were hospital care, inpatient care, dialysis and hemofiltration.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD for Medicare patients.

dialysis	193
doctor visit	217
hemofiltration	62
hospital care	382
inpatient care	382

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD treated as a general practitioner in Boston, MA during 2013 were hospital care, inpatient care, dialysis and hemofiltration.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD for Medicare patients.

dialysis	140
doctor visit	299
hemofiltration	57
hospital care	334
inpatient care	334

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD.

**Gender**
Male	151
Female	97

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	175
Black	23
Hispanic	0
Asian	29
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	92
From 75 to 84	49
85 and over	17
Less than 65	90

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	63
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	24
Heart Failure	53
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	23
Diabetes	49
Dementia	7
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD treated as a general practitioner in Boston, MA during 2014 were hospital care, inpatient care, dialysis and hemofiltration.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD for Medicare patients.

dialysis	131
doctor visit	302
hemofiltration	50
hospital care	377
inpatient care	377

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD.

**Gender**
Male	178
Female	106

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	203
Black	30
Hispanic	11
Asian	29
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	106
From 75 to 84	48
85 and over	21
Less than 65	109

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	66
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	23
Heart Failure	53
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	22
Diabetes	56
Dementia	10
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD treated as a general practitioner in Boston, MA during 2015 were hospital care, inpatient care and dialysis.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD for Medicare patients.

dialysis	62
doctor visit	250
hospital care	246
inpatient care	246

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD.

**Gender**
Male	234
Female	194

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	298
Black	50
Hispanic	0
Asian	52
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	158
From 75 to 84	84
85 and over	32
Less than 65	154

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	61
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	27
Heart Failure	50
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	19
Diabetes	53
Dementia	13
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD treated as a general practitioner in Boston, MA during 2016 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	247
hospital care	210
inpatient care	210

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD.

**Gender**
Male	101
Female	76

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	126
Black	12
Hispanic	0
Asian	18
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	69
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	65

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	64
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	54
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	24
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	20
Heart Failure	44
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	47
Dementia	15
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD treated as a general practitioner in Boston, MA during 2017 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	230
hospital care	80
inpatient care	80

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD.

**Gender**
Male	73
Female	58

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	94
Black	11
Hispanic	0
Asian	15
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	45
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	47

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	57
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	52
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	18
Heart Failure	38
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	17
Diabetes	51
Dementia	15
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD treated as a general practitioner in Boston, MA during 2018 were hospital care, inpatient care and dialysis.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD for Medicare patients.

dialysis	37
doctor visit	215
hospital care	101
inpatient care	101

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD.

**Gender**
Male	66
Female	59

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	97
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	12
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	47
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	39

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	12
Ischemic Heart Disease	54
Depression	34
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	22
Heart Failure	38
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	17
Diabetes	44
Dementia	14
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	188

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD.

**Gender**
Male	48
Female	47

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	75
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	35
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	34

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	56
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	43
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	22
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	36
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	50

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD.

**Gender**
Male	28
Female	22

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	39
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	25
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD in 2020

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	60
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	58
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	26
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	46
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2020

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD treated as a general practitioner in Boston, MA were hospital care, inpatient care, dialysis and hemofiltration.

dialysis	112
doctor visit	222
hemofiltration	56
hospital care	247
inpatient care	247

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2020

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD.

**Gender**
Female	73
Male	97

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	14
Asian / Pacific Islander	17
Non-Hispanic White	123
Hispanic	1
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	0

**Age**
85 and over	7
75 to 84	20
Less than 65	59
65 to 74	64

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD From 2012 - 2020

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD treated were chronic kidney disease, hypertension, high cholesterol and ischemic heart disease.

Hypertension	66
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	50
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	66
Asthma	7
Osteoporosis	5
Heart Failure	36
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	42
Atrial Fibrillation	16
Cancer	7
Dementia	8

Education & Training

Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD graduated from MCP Hahnemann University Medical School in 1975. He completed residency at Grady General Hospital - Internal Medicine. He is certified by the Board Certification: Nephrology and has a state license in Massachusetts.

Medical School: MCP Hahnemann University Medical School (1975)

Residency: Grady General Hospital - Internal Medicine

Board Certification: Board Certification: Nephrology

Licensed In: Massachusetts

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Tufts Medicine

Tufts Medical Center Nephrology

Insurance Information

Please note: Insurance information may change at any time, and the provider may accept your insurance plan even if it is not listed below. Please contact the provider's office to confirm that your insurance is accepted.

Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD appears to accept the following insurance providers: TMIN Cigna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, TMIN United Healthcare SCO, TMIN Unicare, Medicaid Wellforce Care Plan ACO (Fallon), Tufts Health Plan, TMIN Fallon Med Adv, Commonwealth Care Alliance, TMIN AllaraCare, TMIN Fallon, TMIN Fallon Navicare SCO, TMIN Aetna, TMIN Mass General Brigham Health Plan, Senior Whole Health and Wellforce MSSP ACOMedicare ACO.

Insurance Accepted by Provider includes:

According to our sources, Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD accepts the following insurance providers:

TMIN Cigna

Blue Cross Blue Shield

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

TMIN United Healthcare SCO

TMIN Unicare

Medicaid Wellforce Care Plan ACO (Fallon)

Tufts Health Plan

TMIN Fallon Med Adv

Commonwealth Care Alliance

TMIN AllaraCare

TMIN Fallon

TMIN Fallon Navicare SCO

TMIN Aetna

TMIN Mass General Brigham Health Plan

Senior Whole Health

Wellforce MSSP ACOMedicare ACO

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD has an exceptional overall rating with an average of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 2 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD from all over the web to help you find the right in Boston, MA.

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.	$57,838 TOLVAPTAN $34,050	JYNARQUE $23,621	$167
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.	$27,017 TOLVAPTAN $21,797	JYNARQUE $5,031	$189
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.	$23,754 SAMSCA $23,754
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	$15,648 $15,648
GENZYME CORPORATION	$11,191 FABRAZYME $5,264	NO PRODUCT DISCUSSED $122	$5,805
Other	$11,628 NO PRODUCT DISCUSSED $8,080	SANDOSTATIN $630	DEFIBRILLATOR $508	GZ402671 $345	RENVELA $91	Other $1,974

**Types of Payments**
Consulting Fee	$99,826
Travel and Lodging	$30,924
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program	$14,005
Food and Beverage	$2,319
Education	$3

Research Payments

Dr. Ronald D. Perrone, MD has received 74 research payments totaling $1,198,053.

Biography

Dr. Ronald Perrone's specialties are general practice and nephrology (kidney disease). Areas of particular interest for Dr. Perrone include polycystic kidney disease. He is professionally affiliated with Tufts Medicine. He attended medical school at MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine. He appears to be in-network for Blue California, Cigna, Medicaid, and more. Dr. Perrone has received the following distinctions: "Top Doctor," Boston Magazine; Nephrology Honoree at the National Kidney Foundation Honors Event; and Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize, International Society of Nephrology2016. His practice in Boston, MA is open to new patients as reported by Tufts Medicine.