NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Certified Respiratory Therapist in Louisiana

14 NPPES records list certified respiratory therapist with a practice address in Louisiana, 0.3 per 100,000 residents, the 22nd highest rate of 48. Shreveport and Gonzales have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Louisiana license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 227800000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Shreveport has the most, 9

  1. Shreveport9
  2. Gonzales1
  3. Greensburg1
  4. Monroe1
  5. Natchitoches1

Certified Respiratory Therapist records in Louisiana

  1. Chantez AshleyNatchitoches, LA 714571609474360
  2. Amanda Bolanos, CRTShreveport, LA 711011720244213
  3. Darla Bridges, CRTGreensburg, LA 704411013418078
  4. Glenn Brousseaur, RESPIRATORY THERAPYNew Orleans, LA 701121083798177
  5. Kevin BuckelsGonzales, LA 707371306196969
  6. Melissa Bynes Brooks, MBA, CRT, LRT, RPSGTMonroe, LA 712091972990109
  7. Jennifer ChambersShreveport, LA 711191235898677
  8. Karl Fortenberry, RRTShreveport, LA 711011518123017
  9. Valerie George, RTShreveport, LA 711011457517997
  10. Timothy Gilmore, R.T.Shreveport, LA 711031851475156
  11. Alfred Kisner, RTShreveport, LA 711011124284781
  12. Mary Morris, RTShreveport, LA 711011114183621
  13. Darhonda Vaughn, CRTShreveport, LA 711011154587681
  14. Kimberly Ward, CRTShreveport, LA 711011598921009

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 227800000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 22 of 48 per resident

  1. Washington0.4
  2. Maine0.4
  3. New Mexico0.3
  4. Louisiana0.3
  5. Illinois0.3
  6. New Hampshire0.3
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.5

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 227800000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 0.0% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Louisiana0.0%
  2. United States0.0%

Certified Respiratory Therapist records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 14 · 0.0% here, 0.0% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.3% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more14 · 100.0% here, 80.7% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 227800000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

14 NPPES records list certified respiratory therapist (227800000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 0.3 per 100,000 residents against 0.5 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Shreveport has 9 of them (64%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Colorado14
  2. Kansas14
  3. Missouri14
  4. Indiana15

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Illinois0.3
  2. New Jersey0.3
  3. Maryland0.3
  4. Wisconsin0.3

The largest states

  1. California368
  2. Florida187
  3. North Carolina111
  4. Texas81
  5. Arizona80

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

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.