Obesity Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician

NUCC 207RB0002X · Internal Medicine

145 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 36 states · 484th of 690 specialties by headcount.

145
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
36
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
23 providers
$6K
Open Pay avg
85th of 552 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Obesity Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician ranks 484th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident Indiana leads.

145
NPPES providers in specialty
484th
of 690 specialties
589
state-share HHI
75.2%
Part D prescriber share

Indiana is densest per capita (1.7× the national rate; Massachusetts 1.7×); 0% of the Internal Medicine category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Obesity Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician (NUCC 207RB0002X; 75.2% Part D prescribers (109 of 145); avg 1,046 Part D claims/prescriber (129th of 567); Open Payments avg $6K/physician (85th of 552; 90 paid, $539K total); state-share HHI 589; next-larger headcount neighbor Environmental Modification Occupational Therapist (+4); next-smaller Oncology Nutrition Registered Dietitian (-1)).

Next larger: Environmental Modification Occupational Therapist (149) Next smaller: Oncology Nutrition Registered Dietitian (144)

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California23
2Florida12
3Texas10
4Pennsylvania9
5New York8
6North Carolina7
7New Jersey6
8Ohio6

Sample Obesity Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician NPIs

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

#Provider
1Mert Erogul, MDBrooklyn, NY
2Robert Zee, D.O.Lancaster, OH
3Erick Bulawa, M.D.Greeneville, TN
4Jawan Ayer, MDTampa, FL
5Fanwei Meng, MDColumbia, SC
6Scott Deron, D.O.Bangor, ME
7Christopher Motto, MDLewisburg, PA
8Sriram Machineni, MDChapel Hill, NC
9Kelley McIntyre, MDLouisville, KY
10Harpreet Singh, MDOxnard, CA
11Richard Bymaster, M.DTampa, FL
12Monica Lominchar, MDCharleston, SC

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Obesity Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician providers are in the US?
There are 145 Obesity Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician providers registered in the CMS NPPES database across 36 US states and territories. California has the most with 23 providers. Among 690 NUCC specialties, this code ranks 484th by headcount.
Do Obesity Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician clinicians appear in Open Payments?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 90 Obesity Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician physicians receiving industry payments totaling $539K (1,848 payments; average $6K per paid physician, 85th of 552 specialties by average). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Obesity Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician NPIs, 109 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,046 claims and $280K drug cost per prescriber; 129th of 567 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 2026-05-20.