Occupational Therapist

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

NUCC 225X00000X

129,468 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 55 states · 15th of 690 specialties by headcount.

129,468

Providers

CMS NPPES-registered

States

with ≥1 NPI

New York

Top state

12,976 providers

$268

Open Pay avg

441st of 552 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Occupational Therapist ranks 15th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (1.83% of all registered NPIs), densest in New York; per resident North Dakota leads.

129,468
NPPES providers in specialty: 15th
of 690 specialties: 389
state-share HHI: 0%
Part D prescriber share

North Dakota is densest per capita (2.4× the national rate; Maine 2.4×).

Taxonomy fingerprint

Occupational Therapist (NUCC 225X00000X; 0% Part D prescribers (40 of 129,468); avg 527 Part D claims/prescriber (281st of 567); Open Payments avg $268/physician (441st of 552; 29 paid, $8K total); state-share HHI 389; next-larger headcount neighbor Social Worker (+10,647); next-smaller Professional Counselor (-7,529)).

Next larger: Social Worker (140,115) Next smaller: Professional Counselor (121,939)

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

North Dakota 2.4× · 92.5/100k
Maine 2.4× · 90.6/100k
New Hampshire 2.3× · 87.5/100k
New York 1.7× · 66.3/100k
Nebraska 1.7× · 64.3/100k

Under-indexed vs national rate

Puerto Rico 0.38× · 14.4/100k
Virgin Islands 0.51× · 19.5/100k
California 0.57× · 21.9/100k
Oklahoma 0.58× · 22.3/100k
Nevada 0.60× · 22.9/100k

Which states have the most providers?

#	State	Providers	% of specialty
1	New York	12,976	10.0%
2	California	8,544	6.6%
3	Florida	7,501	5.8%
4	Texas	7,410	5.7%
5	Pennsylvania	6,914	5.3%
6	Illinois	5,667	4.4%
7	Michigan	5,105	3.9%
8	New Jersey	4,720	3.6%
9	Ohio	4,333	3.3%
10	North Carolina	4,232	3.3%
11	Wisconsin	3,560	2.7%
12	Massachusetts	3,442	2.7%
13	Virginia	3,200	2.5%
14	Minnesota	3,111	2.4%
15	Washington	2,976	2.3%

Top Cities for Occupational Therapist

#	City	Providers
1	BrooklynNew York	1,712
2	New YorkNew York	1,498
3	ChicagoIllinois	1,216
4	HoustonTexas	762
5	Los AngelesCalifornia	740
6	LouisvilleKentucky	672
7	Saint LouisMissouri	654
8	Cherry HillNew Jersey	603
9	PittsburghPennsylvania	588
10	San AntonioTexas	578
11	PhiladelphiaPennsylvania	575
12	San DiegoCalifornia	574

Sample Occupational Therapist NPIs

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

#	Provider	State
1	Carrie Ward, OTGoodyear, AZ	Arizona
2	Melissa Matteo-Pompoco, O.T.Canfield, OH	Ohio
3	Linda O'Neill, O.T.Warren, OH	Ohio
4	Sandra Andrews, O.T.Youngstown, OH	Ohio
5	Karen Thomas, OTR/L,CHTScottsdale, AZ	Arizona
6	Kay Shore, OTHot Springs National Park, AR	Arkansas
7	Miles Sykes, DPT, MPT, OTRBeaumont, TX	Texas
8	Tara Syms, OTHephzibah, GA	Georgia
9	Laura Godfrey, OTR/LDakota Dunes, SD	South Dakota
10	Angie Reinhardt, OTR/LDakota Dunes, SD	South Dakota
11	Kimberly Cooper, OTR/LDakota Dunes, SD	South Dakota
12	Rachelle Clark, OTHephzibah, GA	Georgia
13	Pamela Mechler-Clinkenbeard, OTCincinnati, OH	Ohio
14	David Bollinger, OTR/LMonroe, GA	Georgia
15	Helene McDowell, OTDecatur, GA	Georgia
16	Richard Glover, OTR/LRichmond Hill, GA	Georgia
17	Bambi Bechtel, OCMechanicsburg, PA	Pennsylvania
18	Holly Dietz, OCHershey, PA	Pennsylvania

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.

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2,872 providers

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2,488 providers

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933 providers

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692 providers

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many Occupational Therapist providers are in the US?

There are 129,468 Occupational Therapist providers registered in the CMS NPPES database across 55 US states and territories. New York has the most with 12,976 providers. Leading metros include Brooklyn, NY; New York, NY; Chicago, IL; Houston, TX. Among 690 NUCC specialties, this code ranks 15th by headcount.

Do Occupational Therapist clinicians appear in Open Payments?

CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 29 Occupational Therapist physicians receiving industry payments totaling $8K (321 payments; average $268 per paid physician, 441st of 552 specialties by average). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.

How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?

Among Occupational Therapist NPIs, 40 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 527 claims and $63K drug cost per prescriber; 281st 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.