NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

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.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 224Z00000X · method

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

StateRecordsPer 100,000
Alabama2806
Alaska527
Arizona1,04814
Arkansas1,06035
California1,8695
Colorado68612
Connecticut44712
Delaware23723
District of Columbia284
Florida3,82517
Georgia5665
Hawaii866
Idaho1648
Illinois1,49812
Indiana1,09116
Iowa2668
Kansas58920
Kentucky71416
Louisiana2265
Maine25919
Maryland65311
Massachusetts74111
Michigan9039
Minnesota4217
Mississippi34912
Missouri1,06317
StateRecordsPer 100,000
Montana888
Nebraska23512
Nevada2187
New Hampshire26519
New Jersey6487
New Mexico30715
New York2,73214
North Carolina1,35713
North Dakota10814
Ohio2,42121
Oklahoma94823
Oregon3889
Pennsylvania2,15517
Rhode Island17316
South Carolina74414
South Dakota11012
Tennessee1,00914
Texas4,27814
Utah1344
Vermont548
Virginia1,08613
Washington80610
West Virginia34920
Wisconsin1,46025
Wyoming6511

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

  1. Jill Bannister, COTALebanon, TN1093716516
  2. Merae Whitmyer, O.T.A.Medina, OH1306838347
  3. Allen Langley, COTAAlamogordo, NM1912990755
  4. Bobbi Eckman, OTRoaring Spring, PA1639164155
  5. Susan Conrad, COTA/LCedar Falls, IA1942296850
  6. Joyce Ford, COTA/L, APBaltimore, MD1538159504
  7. Angela Kidd, COTAGoshen, IN1215919774
  8. Judith Phillips, COTAIndianapolis, IN1629051982
  9. Candace Keller, COTAIndianapolis, IN1700869062
  10. Michelle Pranger, COTAIndianapolis, IN1407839780
  11. Cynthia Linton, COTAIndianapolis, IN1386627651
  12. Jeffery Miles, COTAIndianapolis, IN1285617423
  13. Victoria Ballard, COTAIndianapolis, IN1265416044
  14. Sara Franzose, COTALa Crosse, WI1093799793
  15. Michelle Goldsmith-Davenport, COTALa Crosse, WI1184608887
  16. 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.