Occupational Therapy Assistant providers in the U.S.
41,451 NPPES records list occupational therapy assistant as their primary taxonomy, about 12 per 100,000 residents; Arkansas and Wisconsin have the most per resident. 2 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 224Z00000X means
224Z00000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Occupational Therapy Assistant, in the grouping Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers. 41,451 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
An occupational therapy assistant is a person who has graduated from an occupational therapy assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) or predecessor organizations, has successfully completed a period of supervised fieldwork experience required by the accredited occupational therapy assistant program, has passed a nationally recognized entry-level examination for occupational therapy assistants, and fulfills state requirements for licensure, certification, or registration. An occupational therapy assistant provides interventions under the supervision of an occupational therapist 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 therapy assistants 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 224Z00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
North Canton has the most, 427
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 224Z00000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 280 | 6 |
| Alaska | 52 | 7 |
| Arizona | 1,048 | 14 |
| Arkansas | 1,060 | 35 |
| California | 1,869 | 5 |
| Colorado | 686 | 12 |
| Connecticut | 447 | 12 |
| Delaware | 237 | 23 |
| District of Columbia | 28 | 4 |
| Florida | 3,825 | 17 |
| Georgia | 566 | 5 |
| Hawaii | 86 | 6 |
| Idaho | 164 | 8 |
| Illinois | 1,498 | 12 |
| Indiana | 1,091 | 16 |
| Iowa | 266 | 8 |
| Kansas | 589 | 20 |
| Kentucky | 714 | 16 |
| Louisiana | 226 | 5 |
| Maine | 259 | 19 |
| Maryland | 653 | 11 |
| Massachusetts | 741 | 11 |
| Michigan | 903 | 9 |
| Minnesota | 421 | 7 |
| Mississippi | 349 | 12 |
| Missouri | 1,063 | 17 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 88 | 8 |
| Nebraska | 235 | 12 |
| Nevada | 218 | 7 |
| New Hampshire | 265 | 19 |
| New Jersey | 648 | 7 |
| New Mexico | 307 | 15 |
| New York | 2,732 | 14 |
| North Carolina | 1,357 | 13 |
| North Dakota | 108 | 14 |
| Ohio | 2,421 | 21 |
| Oklahoma | 948 | 23 |
| Oregon | 388 | 9 |
| Pennsylvania | 2,155 | 17 |
| Rhode Island | 173 | 16 |
| South Carolina | 744 | 14 |
| South Dakota | 110 | 12 |
| Tennessee | 1,009 | 14 |
| Texas | 4,278 | 14 |
| Utah | 134 | 4 |
| Vermont | 54 | 8 |
| Virginia | 1,086 | 13 |
| Washington | 806 | 10 |
| West Virginia | 349 | 20 |
| Wisconsin | 1,460 | 25 |
| Wyoming | 65 | 11 |
In federal data
- NUCC code224Z00000X
- Size rank45th of 688 specialties by records (0.57% of all)
- Part D prescribers2 (under 0.1% of records)
- Part D claims69 a year per prescriber, on average (384th of 496)
- Concentration9 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 therapy assistant records
- Jill Bannister, COTALebanon, TN1093716516
- Merae Whitmyer, O.T.A.Medina, OH1306838347
- Allen Langley, COTAAlamogordo, NM1912990755
- Bobbi Eckman, OTRoaring Spring, PA1639164155
- Susan Conrad, COTA/LCedar Falls, IA1942296850
- Joyce Ford, COTA/L, APBaltimore, MD1538159504
- Angela Kidd, COTAGoshen, IN1215919774
- Judith Phillips, COTAIndianapolis, IN1629051982
- Candace Keller, COTAIndianapolis, IN1700869062
- Michelle Pranger, COTAIndianapolis, IN1407839780
- Cynthia Linton, COTAIndianapolis, IN1386627651
- Jeffery Miles, COTAIndianapolis, IN1285617423
- Victoria Ballard, COTAIndianapolis, IN1265416044
- Sara Franzose, COTALa Crosse, WI1093799793
- Michelle Goldsmith-Davenport, COTALa Crosse, WI1184608887
- Monika Loging, COTALa Crosse, WI1194709808
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Occupational Therapy Assistant headcount concentrate?
41,451 Occupational Therapy Assistant NPIs span 53 states; Texas alone holds 4,278. Top metros include North Canton, OH; Houston, TX; San Antonio, TX; Louisville, KY. Nationally this is 45th of 688 NUCC codes.
Where can I find an Occupational Therapy Assistant provider?
Occupational Therapy Assistant providers are listed in 53 states; North Canton leads by raw city count. By national headcount this code sits just above Medical Physician Assistant and just below Diagnostic Radiology Physician. Browse by state or search by name.
How heavy is Occupational Therapy Assistant Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Occupational Therapy Assistant NPIs, 2 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 69 claims and $5K drug cost per prescriber; 384th 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.