Obesity and Weight Management Nutrition Registered Dietitian

NUCC 133VN1201X · Dietitian, Registered

415 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 47 states · 356th of 690 specialties by headcount.

415
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
47
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
44 providers
$3K
Open Pay avg
163rd of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Obesity and Weight Management Nutrition Registered Dietitian ranks 356th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.01% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident Mississippi leads.

415
NPPES providers in specialty
356th
of 690 specialties
452
state-share HHI
0.5%
Part D prescriber share

Mississippi is densest per capita (1.9× the national rate; Indiana 1.7×); 0.6% of the Dietitian, Registered category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Obesity and Weight Management Nutrition Registered Dietitian (NUCC 133VN1201X; 0.5% Part D prescribers (2 of 415); avg 3,387 Part D claims/prescriber (22nd of 572); Open Payments avg $3K/physician (163rd of 551; 2 paid, $6K total); state-share HHI 452; next-larger headcount neighbor Rehabilitation Registered Nurse (+5); next-smaller Family Psychologist (-4)).

Next larger: Rehabilitation Registered Nurse (420) Next smaller: Family Psychologist (411)

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California44
2Florida34
3New York34
4Texas30
5Virginia16
6Georgia14
7Indiana14
8Michigan14

Sample Obesity and Weight Management Nutrition Registered Dietitian NPIs

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

#Provider
1Christine Coy, MS, RDMission Viejo, CA
2Julie Schwartz, RD, LDNew Canaan, CT
3Tracy Bento, RD, CDCES, CSOWMEagle, ID
4Mary Finckenor, RDMorristown, NJ
5Linda Hittleman, M.S.,R.D.,C.D.C.E.S.New York, NY
6Patrick Obasi, MDPlano, TX
7Nora Jansen Shank, RDN, LDNFalls Church, VA
8Janna Weaver, RDN, LDArgyle, TX
9Molly Richard, RDSaginaw, MI
10Monique Lisowski, R.D., L.D.Lakeland, FL
11Chelsey Morss-Alberts, RDThe Dalles, OR
12Jayne Lacognata, MS, RD, LD/NGainesville, FL

Frequently Asked Questions

How should I read Obesity and Weight Management Nutrition Registered Dietitian's mid-pack national roster?
415 CMS-registered Obesity and Weight Management Nutrition Registered Dietitian providers sit across 47 states; California leads with 44. Rank 356th of 690 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Obesity and Weight Management Nutrition Registered Dietitian show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 2 Obesity and Weight Management Nutrition Registered Dietitian physicians receiving $6K across 209 payments (average $3K; 163rd of 551 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Obesity and Weight Management Nutrition Registered Dietitian NPIs, 2 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 3,387 claims and $2.4M drug cost per prescriber; 22nd 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.