Health Information Specialist/Technologist

NUCC 246Y00000X · Specialist/Technologist, Health Information

265 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 42 states · 417th of 690 specialties by headcount.

265
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
42
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
49 providers
$17
Open Pay avg
549th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Health Information Specialist/Technologist ranks 417th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident District of Columbia leads.

265
NPPES providers in specialty
417th
of 690 specialties
608
state-share HHI
0.4%
Part D prescriber share

District of Columbia is densest per capita (13.2× the national rate; Arkansas 2.9×); 58.8% of the Specialist/Technologist, Health Information category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Health Information Specialist/Technologist (NUCC 246Y00000X; 0.4% Part D prescribers (1 of 265); avg 1,118 Part D claims/prescriber (124th of 572); Open Payments avg $17/physician (549th of 551; 1 paid, $17 total); state-share HHI 608; next-larger headcount neighbor Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Physician (+1); next-smaller Dental Anesthesiology (-1)).

Next larger: Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Physician (266) Next smaller: Dental Anesthesiology (264)

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California49
2Florida17
3New York15
4Georgia13
5Illinois13
6Texas13
7Ohio9
8Oregon9

Sample Health Information Specialist/Technologist NPIs

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

#Provider
1Matthew Nickle, P.T.Springdale, AR
2Nelida Lebron RiveraCayey, PR
3Nellie Garcia, CPCMcallen, TX
4Sandra SanjurjoSan Juan, PR
5Sheila Christopher, LVNMoreno Valley, CA
6Donald MelenaTacoma, WA
7Shawntae Guerrier, HS1Saint Louis, MO
8Sandra Lee, LPTLoma Rica, CA
9John Deitz, BS RDGS RDCS RVTHolland, PA
10Eddy Dalus, LMTWilton Manors, FL
11Daniel Melling, HS1Boston, MA
12Carol CarrParker, AZ

Frequently Asked Questions

How should I read Health Information Specialist/Technologist's mid-pack national roster?
265 CMS-registered Health Information Specialist/Technologist providers sit across 42 states; California leads with 49. Rank 417th of 690 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Health Information Specialist/Technologist show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1 Health Information Specialist/Technologist physicians receiving $17 across 1 payments (average $17; 549th of 551 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Health Information Specialist/Technologist NPIs, 1 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,118 claims and $79K drug cost per prescriber; 124th 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.