Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Surgery) Physician providers in the U.S.
36 NPPES records list hospice and palliative medicine (surgery) physician as their primary taxonomy; Iowa and Pennsylvania have the most per resident. 12 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 2086H0002X means
2086H0002X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Surgery, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 36 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
A surgeon with special knowledge and skills to prevent and relieve the suffering experienced by patients with life-limiting illnesses. This specialist works with an interdisciplinary hospice or palliative care team to maximize quality of life while addressing physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of both patient and family throughout the course of the disease, through the dying process, and beyond for the family. This specialist has expertise in the assessment of patients with advanced disease; the relief of distressing symptoms; the coordination of interdisciplinary patient and family-centered care in diverse venues; the use of specialized care systems including hospice; the management of the imminently dying patient; and legal and ethical decision making in end-of-life care.
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2086H0002X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Phoenix has the most, 2
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2086H0002X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 19 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 3 | 0.0 |
| California | 1 | 0.0 |
| Florida | 3 | 0.0 |
| Illinois | 2 | 0.0 |
| Iowa | 2 | 0.1 |
| Kansas | 1 | 0.0 |
| Kentucky | 1 | 0.0 |
| Louisiana | 1 | 0.0 |
| Maryland | 2 | 0.0 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 0.0 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 1 | 0.0 |
| Minnesota | 2 | 0.0 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 0.0 |
| New York | 3 | 0.0 |
| Ohio | 3 | 0.0 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | 0.0 |
| Tennessee | 1 | 0.0 |
| Texas | 1 | 0.0 |
| Washington | 2 | 0.0 |
In federal data
- NUCC code2086H0002X · Surgery
- Size rank596th of 688 specialties by records (0% of all)
- In its family9th of 9 Surgery codes, 0.1% of the family
- Part D prescribers12 (33.3% of records)
- Part D claims476 a year per prescriber, on average (178th of 496)
- Industry payments6 physicians paid $136K in 2024, $23K each on average
- Concentration6 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of hospice and palliative medicine (surgery) physician records
- Anne Henderson, MDPhoenix, AZ1972767580
- Teresa Barnwell, MDPhoenix, AZ1063992550
- Khalid Shirif, M.D.Gilbert, AZ1407927130
- Michael Freeman, M.D.Sanger, CA1063712032
- Antonio De Andrade, M.D.Altamonte Springs, FL1972508562
- Charles Thoman, M.D.Ocala, FL1518971175
- Lisa Barker, M.D.Land O Lakes, FL1205807500
- Charles Goldman, M.D.Des Moines, IA1790879336
- Karan Soni, MDDes Moines, IA1104389790
- Anne Laux, M.D.Chicago, IL1700103603
- Stephen Ray, M.D.Chicago, IL1265419188
- Jay Riseman, MDOverland Park, KS1174505366
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Why is Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Surgery) Physician a thin NUCC code in NPPES?
Only 36 NPIs list Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Surgery) Physician as primary taxonomy across 19 states (peak Pennsylvania, 5). That is 596th of 688 NUCC codes by headcount. Thin codes are still searchable by NPI; do not treat the low count as a quality signal.
Do the few Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Surgery) Physician NPIs in Open Payments look unusual?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 6 paid Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Surgery) Physician physicians totaling $136K (32 payments; average $23K, 15th of 470 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 Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Surgery) Physician NPIs, 12 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 476 claims and $30K drug cost per prescriber; 178th of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
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.