Obesity Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician

NUCC 2083B0002X · Preventive Medicine

159 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 37 states · 476th of 690 specialties by headcount.

159
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
37
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
20 providers
$6K
Open Pay avg
82nd of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Obesity Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician ranks 476th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident Kentucky leads.

159
NPPES providers in specialty
476th
of 690 specialties
515
state-share HHI
73%
Part D prescriber share

Kentucky is densest per capita (2.8× the national rate; Massachusetts 2.4×); 2.4% of the Preventive Medicine category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Obesity Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician (NUCC 2083B0002X; 73% Part D prescribers (116 of 159); avg 1,067 Part D claims/prescriber (131st of 572); Open Payments avg $6K/physician (82nd of 551; 88 paid, $518K total); state-share HHI 515; next-larger headcount neighbor Recreational Therapist Assistant (+3); next-smaller Vehicle Modifications Contractor (-2)).

Next larger: Recreational Therapist Assistant (162) Next smaller: Vehicle Modifications Contractor (157)

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California20
2Texas14
3New York10
4Florida9
5Ohio9
6Massachusetts8
7New Jersey8
8Missouri7

Sample Obesity Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician NPIs

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

#Provider
1Victoria Martin-Smith, M.D.Shelbyville, IN
2Wendy Lin, M.D.Los Angeles, CA
3Valerie Sutherland, MDGig Harbor, WA
4Kaushal Shah, MDMonroe, NY
5Sarah Bodin, MDCharlottesville, VA
6Stephen Griffith, MDNew Smyrna Beach, FL
7Kenneth Wells, M.D.Akron, OH
8Alexander Rabin, MDWareham, MA
9Daniel Erdman, MDSaratoga, CA
10Matin Nekzad, MDCarterville, IL
11Luis Reyes, MDMcallen, TX
12Richard Heldt, M.D.Weatherford, TX

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is Obesity Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician a thin NUCC code in NPPES?
Only 159 NPIs list Obesity Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician as primary taxonomy across 37 states (peak California, 20). That is 476th of 690 NUCC codes by headcount. Thin codes are still searchable by NPI; do not treat the low count as a quality signal.
Do the few Obesity Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician NPIs in Open Payments look unusual?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 88 paid Obesity Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician physicians totaling $518K (1,763 payments; average $6K, 82nd of 551 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 Obesity Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician NPIs, 116 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,067 claims and $225K drug cost per prescriber; 131st 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.