Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
NUCC 207RH0002X · Internal Medicine
1,637 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 51 states · 216th of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician ranks 216th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.02% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident District of Columbia leads.
- 1,637
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 216th
- of 690 specialties
- 501
- state-share HHI
- 67.3%
- Part D prescriber share
District of Columbia is densest per capita (2.7× the national rate; New Hampshire 2.1×); 0.5% of the Internal Medicine category.
Taxonomy fingerprint
Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician (NUCC 207RH0002X; 67.3% Part D prescribers (1,102 of 1,637); avg 1,322 Part D claims/prescriber (93rd of 572); Open Payments avg $2K/physician (212th of 551; 324 paid, $528K total); state-share HHI 501; next-larger headcount neighbor Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician (+5); next-smaller Veterinarian (-14)).
Next larger: Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician (1,642) Next smaller: Veterinarian (1,623)
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
- District of Columbia 2.7× · 1.3/100k
- New Hampshire 2.1× · 1/100k
- New York 1.6× · 0.8/100k
- Oregon 1.5× · 0.7/100k
- Maine 1.5× · 0.7/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Iowa 0.39× · 0.2/100k
- Mississippi 0.42× · 0.2/100k
- Alabama 0.45× · 0.2/100k
- Oklahoma 0.51× · 0.2/100k
- Georgia 0.56× · 0.3/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 193 |
| 2 | New York | 152 |
| 3 | Florida | 143 |
| 4 | Texas | 114 |
| 5 | Ohio | 84 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | 82 |
| 7 | Massachusetts | 49 |
| 8 | Illinois | 48 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 46 |
| 10 | Virginia | 44 |
| 11 | Washington | 42 |
| 12 | Michigan | 41 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | 41 |
| 14 | Arizona | 38 |
| 15 | New Jersey | 35 |
Top Cities for Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New YorkNew York | 59 |
| 2 | HoustonTexas | 31 |
| 3 | ColumbusOhio | 28 |
| 4 | ChicagoIllinois | 24 |
| 5 | RochesterNew York | 23 |
| 6 | BostonMassachusetts | 22 |
| 7 | ClevelandOhio | 22 |
| 8 | DallasTexas | 22 |
| 9 | Los AngelesCalifornia | 21 |
| 10 | PhiladelphiaPennsylvania | 20 |
| 11 | MiamiFlorida | 19 |
| 12 | PittsburghPennsylvania | 19 |
Sample Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Terence Gutgsell, M.D.Cleveland, OH |
| 2 | Tina Bradley, MDJeffersonville, IN |
| 3 | Mark Head, MDJeffersonville, IN |
| 4 | Sandra Sanchez-Reilly, M.D.San Antonio, TX |
| 5 | Thomas Alguire, M.D.Grand Haven, MI |
| 6 | Michelle Carpenter-Bradley, MDRochester, NY |
| 7 | Dominic Sreshta, M.D.Sugar Land, TX |
| 8 | Richard Sipes, MDShreveport, LA |
| 9 | Joseph Pino, MDHudson, FL |
| 10 | Paul Hergenroeder, MDCleveland, OH |
| 11 | Thomas Klemond, MDMinneapolis, MN |
| 12 | Michael Cotton, M. D.Hickory, NC |
| 13 | Roger Hiser, MDCartersville, GA |
| 14 | Keith Guest, M.D.Lexington, SC |
| 15 | Joshua King, MDStockbridge, GA |
| 16 | Raymond Pastore, M.D.New York, NY |
| 17 | Dana Johnson, M.D.Ashland, KY |
| 18 | Louis Coda, MDChambersburg, PA |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Internal Medicine category.
Frequently Asked Questions
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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.