Emergency Care Certified Respiratory Therapist

NUCC 2278E0002X · Respiratory Therapist, Certified

20 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 14 states · 651st of 690 specialties by headcount.

20
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
14
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
5 providers
12th
In category
of 14 Respiratory Therapist, Certified codes

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Emergency Care Certified Respiratory Therapist ranks 651st of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident California leads.

20
NPPES providers in specialty
651st
of 690 specialties
1100
state-share HHI
45%
in top 3 states

California is densest per capita (2.2× the national rate); 0.8% of the Respiratory Therapist, Certified category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Emergency Care Certified Respiratory Therapist (NUCC 2278E0002X; state-share HHI 1,100; next-larger headcount neighbor Chronic Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (+1); next-smaller Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Internal Medicine Physician (-1)).

Next larger: Chronic Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (21) Next smaller: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Internal Medicine Physician (19)

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California5
2Michigan2
3Texas2
4Arkansas1
5Connecticut1
6Delaware1
7Florida1
8Illinois1

Sample Emergency Care Certified Respiratory Therapist NPIs

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

#Provider
1Annette Newsome, CRTTBoca Raton, FL
2Angenella Jones, RTSaginaw, MI
3Gary Magalad, RCPPomona, CA
4Ashley RoysterLas Vegas, NV
5Nancy CollickGeorgetown, DE
6Larry Ford, RRT, CRRTHumble, TX
7Fidel Okoye, RESPIRATORYTHERAPISTWest Bloomfield, MI
8Allison StefanPalos Heights, IL
9Saundra Harris-Edge, RESPIRATORY THERAPISConway, SC
10Bria ButlerTowson, MD
11Eileen HebronSan Diego, CA
12Kara HaboianBuffalo, NY

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is Emergency Care Certified Respiratory Therapist a thin NUCC code in NPPES?
Only 20 NPIs list Emergency Care Certified Respiratory Therapist as primary taxonomy across 14 states (peak California, 5). That is 651st of 690 NUCC codes by headcount. Thin codes are still searchable by NPI; do not treat the low count as a quality signal.
Where can I still find an Emergency Care Certified Respiratory Therapist?
Emergency Care Certified Respiratory Therapist providers are listed in 14 states; Fayetteville leads by raw city count. By national headcount this code sits just above Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Internal Medicine Physician and just below Chronic Care Clinical Nurse Specialist. Browse by state or search by name.
What does NUCC code 2278E0002X mean?
Emergency Care Certified Respiratory Therapist is NUCC taxonomy 2278E0002X in the Respiratory Therapist, Certified group. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy at NPI enrollment, not board certification.
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.