NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Occupational Therapist providers in the U.S.

135,002 NPPES records list occupational therapist as their primary taxonomy, about 40 per 100,000 residents; North Dakota and Maine have the most per resident. 18 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 225X00000X · method

What taxonomy code 225X00000X means

225X00000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Occupational Therapist, in the grouping Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers. 135,002 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).

An occupational therapist is a person who has graduated from an entry-level occupational therapy program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) or predecessor organizations, or approved by the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT), or an equivalent international occupational therapy education program; has successfully completed a period of supervised fieldwork experience required by the occupational therapy program; has passed a nationally recognized entry-level examination for occupational therapists, and fulfills state requirements for licensure, certification, or registration. An occupational therapist provides interventions based on evaluation and which emphasize the therapeutic use of everyday life activities (i.e., occupations) with individuals or groups for the purpose of facilitating participation in roles and situations and in home, school, workplace, community and other settings. Occupational therapy services are provided for the purpose of promoting health and wellness and are provided to those who have or are at risk for developing an illness, injury, disease, disorder, condition, impairment, disability, activity limitation, or participation restriction. Occupational therapists address the physical, cognitive, psychosocial, sensory, and other aspects of occupational performance in a variety of contexts to support engagement in everyday life activities that affect health, well-being, and quality of life.

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 225X00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

Brooklyn has the most, 1,762

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 225X00000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.

All 51 by state

StateRecordsPer 100,000
Alabama1,24324
Alaska33245
Arizona2,13329
Arkansas1,67355
California9,24424
Colorado2,84648
Connecticut1,69247
Delaware49648
District of Columbia39158
Florida7,92535
Georgia3,06228
Hawaii34224
Idaho58030
Illinois5,85547
Indiana2,96643
Iowa1,11535
Kansas1,20041
Kentucky2,30251
Louisiana1,32229
Maine1,29793
Maryland2,93348
Massachusetts3,58551
Michigan5,27653
Minnesota3,38259
Mississippi95132
Missouri2,77145
StateRecordsPer 100,000
Montana42838
Nebraska1,31366
Nevada78024
New Hampshire1,25189
New Jersey4,85652
New Mexico83339
New York13,35068
North Carolina4,62543
North Dakota74495
Ohio4,45738
Oklahoma95524
Oregon1,48635
Pennsylvania7,13655
Rhode Island47443
South Carolina1,89535
South Dakota52457
Tennessee2,36933
Texas7,68925
Utah1,03130
Vermont25239
Virginia3,29138
Washington3,08340
West Virginia62435
Wisconsin3,82765
Wyoming31554

In federal data

  • NUCC code225X00000X
  • Size rank16th of 688 specialties by records (1.84% of all)
  • Part D prescribers18 (under 0.1% of records)
  • Part D claims33 a year per prescriber, on average (438th of 496)
  • Industry payments3 physicians paid $213 in 2024, $71 each on average
  • Concentration10 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 occupational therapist records

  1. Charity Visser, MS,OTR/LAnchorage, AK1275618704
  2. Margaret Fletcher, OTR/LAnchorage, AK1316169568
  3. Racheal Hart, MS, OTAnchorage, AK1093027229
  4. Maria Kartsounes, O.T.Anchorage, AK1639513088
  5. Sarah EganAnchorage, AK1871917195
  6. Daniela ValleAnchorage, AK1992260582
  7. Sarah LiebeAnchorage, AK1407581184
  8. Samantha JonesAnchorage, AK1205638798
  9. Alton Spurgeon, OTR,LAnchorage, AK1174734651
  10. Samantha Russell, O.T.Anchorage, AK1225379092
  11. Sharon Klotz, OTR/LAnchorage, AK1093200651
  12. Courtney Gerken, OTR/LAnchorage, AK1285100180
  13. Annika LigonAnchorage, AK1619899242
  14. Heidi Clifford, OT LAnchorage, AK1366587834
  15. Stephanie Voorhees, OTRAnchorage, AK1770796419
  16. Tracy Berry, OTR/LAnchorage, AK1689942427

Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.

Common questions

Where does the large Occupational Therapist headcount concentrate?

135,002 Occupational Therapist NPIs span 55 states; New York alone holds 13,350. Top metros include Brooklyn, NY; New York, NY; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA. Nationally this is 16th of 688 NUCC codes.

How large is Occupational Therapist's Open Payments footprint?

CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 3 Occupational Therapist physicians totaling $213 (5 payments; average $71, 438th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.

How heavy is Occupational Therapist Part D prescribing at scale?

Among Occupational Therapist NPIs, 18 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 33 claims and $1K drug cost per prescriber; 438th 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.