Educational Certified Respiratory Therapist

NUCC 2278E1000X · Respiratory Therapist, Certified

47 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 19 states · 586th of 690 specialties by headcount.

47
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
19
States
with ≥1 NPI
New York
Top state
11 providers
$53
Open Pay avg
535th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Educational Certified Respiratory Therapist ranks 586th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0% of all registered NPIs), densest in New York; per resident New York leads.

47
NPPES providers in specialty
586th
of 690 specialties
1127
state-share HHI
2.1%
Part D prescriber share

New York is densest per capita (4× the national rate; Texas 1.9×); 1.9% of the Respiratory Therapist, Certified category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Educational Certified Respiratory Therapist (NUCC 2278E1000X; 2.1% Part D prescribers (1 of 47); avg 183 Part D claims/prescriber (437th of 572); Open Payments avg $53/physician (535th of 551; 1 paid, $53 total); state-share HHI 1,127; next-larger headcount neighbor Immunopathology Physician (+1); next-smaller Chemistry Pathology Specialist/Technologist (-3)).

Next larger: Immunopathology Physician (48) Next smaller: Chemistry Pathology Specialist/Technologist (44)

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1New York11
2Texas8
3California4
4Massachusetts4
5Florida3
6Rhode Island2
7Tennessee2
8Virginia2

Sample Educational Certified Respiratory Therapist NPIs

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

#Provider
1Brenda Drury, CRT AE-CCharlestown, RI
2Paul Kloppe, AE-C, RRTAustin, TX
3Cynthia Luther, LCRT,MBADenver, CO
4Lasandra Burnett, CRTMissouri City, TX
5Jacqueline Them, RCPSpring Valley, CA
6Denise Church, CRT AE-CEast Providence, RI
7Stephen Olbrish, RRTRockwall, TX
8Maribel Sanchez, RRT, CPFT, NPSEl Paso, TX
9Julie Teat, CRTSinton, TX
10Jose Menjivar, CRTEl Paso, TX
11Sabrina Halse, RTSchenectady, NY
12Mary Hemberger, RTSchenectady, NY

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is Educational Certified Respiratory Therapist a thin NUCC code in NPPES?
Only 47 NPIs list Educational Certified Respiratory Therapist as primary taxonomy across 19 states (peak New York, 11). That is 586th of 690 NUCC codes by headcount. Thin codes are still searchable by NPI; do not treat the low count as a quality signal.
Do the few Educational Certified Respiratory Therapist NPIs in Open Payments look unusual?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1 paid Educational Certified Respiratory Therapist physicians totaling $53 (1 payments; average $53, 535th of 551 by average). Presence is not a quality judgment; thin specialties often have sparse payment rows.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Educational Certified Respiratory Therapist NPIs, 1 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 183 claims and $7K drug cost per prescriber; 437th 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.