Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician providers in the U.S.
1,222 NPPES records list advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology physician as their primary taxonomy, about 0.4 per 100,000 residents; District of Columbia and Pennsylvania have the most per resident. 1,124 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 207RA0001X means
207RA0001X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 1,222 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
Specialists in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology would participate in the inpatient and outpatient management of patients with advanced heart failure across the spectrum from consideration for high-risk cardiac surgery, cardiac transplantation, or mechanical circulatory support, to pre-and post-operative evaluation and management of patients with cardiac transplants and mechanical support devices, and end-of-life care for patients with end-stage heart failure.
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RA0001X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
New York has the most, 60
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RA0001X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 49 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 7 | 0.1 |
| Alaska | 2 | 0.3 |
| Arizona | 13 | 0.2 |
| Arkansas | 6 | 0.2 |
| California | 115 | 0.3 |
| Colorado | 19 | 0.3 |
| Connecticut | 15 | 0.4 |
| Delaware | 1 | 0.1 |
| District of Columbia | 12 | 1.8 |
| Florida | 59 | 0.3 |
| Georgia | 44 | 0.4 |
| Hawaii | 2 | 0.1 |
| Idaho | 2 | 0.1 |
| Illinois | 63 | 0.5 |
| Indiana | 21 | 0.3 |
| Iowa | 14 | 0.4 |
| Kansas | 12 | 0.4 |
| Kentucky | 15 | 0.3 |
| Louisiana | 18 | 0.4 |
| Maine | 4 | 0.3 |
| Maryland | 20 | 0.3 |
| Massachusetts | 38 | 0.5 |
| Michigan | 28 | 0.3 |
| Minnesota | 40 | 0.7 |
| Mississippi | 4 | 0.1 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 28 | 0.5 |
| Montana | 1 | 0.1 |
| Nebraska | 8 | 0.4 |
| Nevada | 1 | 0.0 |
| New Hampshire | 3 | 0.2 |
| New Jersey | 25 | 0.3 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 0.0 |
| New York | 105 | 0.5 |
| North Carolina | 34 | 0.3 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 0.1 |
| Ohio | 64 | 0.5 |
| Oklahoma | 10 | 0.2 |
| Oregon | 12 | 0.3 |
| Pennsylvania | 98 | 0.8 |
| Rhode Island | 5 | 0.5 |
| South Carolina | 31 | 0.6 |
| South Dakota | 4 | 0.4 |
| Tennessee | 37 | 0.5 |
| Texas | 83 | 0.3 |
| Utah | 9 | 0.3 |
| Virginia | 42 | 0.5 |
| Washington | 22 | 0.3 |
| West Virginia | 5 | 0.3 |
| Wisconsin | 16 | 0.3 |
In federal data
- NUCC code207RA0001X · Internal Medicine
- Size rank249th of 688 specialties by records (0.02% of all)
- In its family17th of 31 Internal Medicine codes, 0.4% of the family
- Part D prescribers1,124 (92% of records)
- Part D claims1,965 a year per prescriber, on average (32nd of 496)
- Industry payments1,027 physicians paid $10.5M in 2024, $10K each on average
- Concentration8 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology physician records
- Jacob Kelly, MDAnchorage, AK1851551949
- Suneet Purohit, M.D.Anchorage, AK1760781553
- Jose TallajBirmingham, AL1790705978
- Ayman Haj AsaadBirmingham, AL1144348632
- Heriberto Matos Santana, M.D.Birmingham, AL1487020897
- David Smull, DODecatur, AL1386603934
- Kaushik Jain, DOHuntsville, AL1306134358
- Kenneth Burnham, MDMobile, AL1164462321
- Luanda Grazette, M.D.Mobile, AL1013223064
- Steven HutchinsLittle Rock, AR1942315379
- Jennifer Cook, MDLittle Rock, AR1619075363
- Muhammad Waqas, MDLittle Rock, AR1609060334
- Patrick Campbell, MDLittle Rock, AR1215113154
- Kruti Patel, DOLittle Rock, AR1760898373
- Linnea Lebaron, D.O.Little Rock, AR1104287747
- Radha Gopalan, MDPhoenix, AZ1043280787
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
How should I read Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician's mid-pack national roster?
1,222 CMS-registered Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician providers sit across 51 states; California leads with 115. Leading metros: New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Chicago, IL; Nashville, TN. Rank 249th of 688 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1,027 Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician physicians receiving $10.5M across 26,864 payments (average $10K; 40th of 470 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician NPIs, 1,124 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,965 claims and $1.9M drug cost per prescriber; 32nd of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.