NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Critical Care Registered Respiratory Therapist in North Carolina

12 NPPES records list critical care registered respiratory therapist with a practice address in North Carolina, 0.1 per 100,000 residents, the 20th highest rate of 47. Asheville and Charlotte have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Carolina license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 2279C0205X · method

Asheville has the most, 2

Critical Care Registered Respiratory Therapist records in North Carolina

  1. Kwame Adusei-Mensah, RRTCharlotte, NC 282041760005094
  2. Nadege Baines, RRTConcord, NC 280271255957353
  3. Nicole Baker, RRT RCPWinston Salem, NC 271041831393487
  4. Ronnie Brown, RRT, RCP, E-AECYoungsville, NC 275961922963206
  5. Randy CookFayetteville, NC 283011821649260
  6. John Higgins, RCPCharlotte, NC 282031881374957
  7. Itedal HusseinGreensboro, NC 274101881463891
  8. Jodi Moore, RRT, RCPAsheville, NC 288061780855957
  9. William PanzenhagenMars Hill, NC 287541871918995
  10. Lawrence Pope, RRTDurham, NC 277051659512911
  11. Melody TrinidadGreensboro, NC 274011245010958
  12. Richard Vidrine, RRTAsheville, NC 288051962256966

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2279C0205X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

North Carolina ranks 20 of 47 per resident

  1. Oregon0.1
  2. Georgia0.1
  3. Texas0.1
  4. North Carolina0.1
  5. Michigan0.1
  6. Alabama0.1
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2279C0205X 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 0.2% 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. North Carolina0.0%
  2. United States0.2%

Critical Care Registered Respiratory Therapist records in North Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 12 · 0.0% here, 0.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.4% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more7 · 58.3% here, 62.6% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 2279C0205X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

12 NPPES records list critical care registered respiratory therapist (2279C0205X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Carolina: 0.1 per 100,000 residents against 0.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Asheville has 2 of them (17%).

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. Massachusetts13
  2. Michigan11
  3. Missouri10
  4. Ohio10

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Texas0.1
  2. Georgia0.1
  3. Virginia0.2
  4. New York0.2

The largest states

  1. California131
  2. Florida64
  3. New York41
  4. Washington38
  5. Texas35

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.