Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician

NUCC 207RC0200X · Internal Medicine

6,916 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 53 states · 112th of 690 specialties by headcount.

6,916
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
53
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
714 providers
$4K
Open Pay avg
110th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician ranks 112th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.09% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident District of Columbia leads.

6,916
NPPES providers in specialty
112th
of 690 specialties
444
state-share HHI
58.5%
Part D prescriber share

District of Columbia is densest per capita (4.3× the national rate; Maryland 1.7×); 2.3% of the Internal Medicine category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician (NUCC 207RC0200X; 58.5% Part D prescribers (4,049 of 6,916); avg 1,103 Part D claims/prescriber (125th of 572); Open Payments avg $4K/physician (110th of 551; 3,336 paid, $13.9M total); state-share HHI 444; next-larger headcount neighbor Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse (+13); next-smaller School Social Worker (-39)).

Next larger: Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse (6,929) Next smaller: School Social Worker (6,877)

Population-adjusted state index

Each multiple is this specialty's providers-per-resident in a state divided by the national rate (Census Vintage population estimates). Raw headcount favors large states; this ranking surfaces denser markets.

Over-indexed vs national rate

Under-indexed vs national rate

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California714
2New York582
3Florida552
4Texas431
5Pennsylvania327
6Illinois303
7Ohio294
8Maryland217
9New Jersey216
10Massachusetts203
11Georgia197
12Michigan194
13Arizona175
14Virginia168
15Missouri167

Top Cities for Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician

#CityProviders
1New YorkNew York158
2HoustonTexas113
3ChicagoIllinois93
4BaltimoreMaryland84
5PittsburghPennsylvania83
6ClevelandOhio74
7MiamiFlorida73
8BostonMassachusetts71
9Saint LouisMissouri66
10Los AngelesCalifornia65
11PhiladelphiaPennsylvania63
12WashingtonDistrict of Columbia60

Sample Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician NPIs

A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.

#Provider
1Wesley Head, M.D.Gainesville, GA
2Stylianos Kakoullis, MDSparta, TN
3Nihad Boutros, M.D.Canton, OH
4Eyad Nashawati, M.D.Canton, OH
5Michael Spandorfer, MDCharleston, SC
6Nicholas Pastis, MDColumbus, OH
7Robert Miller, M.D.Charleston, SC
8Jeffrey Miller, M.D.Canton, OH
9Ronald Batin, M.D.Ukiah, CA
10Frank Maguire, M.D.Scottsdale, AZ
11Nadeem Ahmed, M.D.Saint Louis, MO
12Jahansouz Shokri, M.D.Watertown, MA
13Francis Johansen, D.O.Blackfoot, ID
14Harold Cain, M.D.Austin, TX
15Laura Gilbey, M.D.Austin, TX
16Ashvin Butala, MDBrooklyn, NY
17Neil Shore, MDSalem, MA
18John Cleary, M.D.Fairfax, VA

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Internal Medicine category.

Compare Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician vs Internal Medicine Physician →

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the large Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician headcount concentrate?
6,916 Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician NPIs span 53 states; California alone holds 714. Top metros include New York, NY; Houston, TX; Chicago, IL; Baltimore, MD. Nationally this is 112th of 690 NUCC codes.
How large is Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 3,336 Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician physicians totaling $13.9M (70,106 payments; average $4K, 110th of 551). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician NPIs, 4,049 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,103 claims and $657K drug cost per prescriber; 125th of 572 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Data sources and methodology

Provider data from CMS NPPES (download.cms.gov/nppes). Specialty classification from NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org). Part D averages from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; industry payments from CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts reflect self-designated primary taxonomy at NPI enrollment. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Methodology · About

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-27.