NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Occupational Therapy Assistant in California

1,869 NPPES records list occupational therapy assistant with a practice address in California, 5 per 100,000 residents, the 49th highest rate of 51. San Diego and Los Angeles have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the California license search. Page 38 of 38.

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

San Diego has the most, 124

Occupational Therapy Assistant records in California

  1. Ryan YapTorrance, CA 905011225411028
  2. Sean Yarber, COTAUnion City, CA 945871144840596
  3. Sylvia Yeung-Garcia, COTA/LHacienda Heights, CA 917451477104701
  4. Julie YiCerritos, CA 907031578952115
  5. Tina Yip, COTAPlacentia, CA 928701093175937
  6. Guadalupe Yocupicio, COTA/LEncino, CA 914361386564532
  7. Jared York, COTA/LGridley, CA 959481083588925
  8. Jim Yoshioka, COTASan Diego, CA 921111548481088
  9. Cheyenne Yost, COTASun Valley, CA 913521831747559
  10. Cynthia YoungEl Monte, CA 917321770099152
  11. Onica Yu, COTASanta Ana, CA 927071629964085
  12. Valsala Zachariah, COTA, RNLong Beach, CA 908041578689535
  13. Jose Roberto ZafraSun Valley, CA 913521316639388
  14. Andrea ZamoraLos Angeles, CA 900391194472761
  15. Katiann ZanslerLake Forest, CA 926301922595461
  16. Isabel ZavalaAlhambra, CA 918031730578725
  17. Robin Zelko, COTANorth Hollywood, CA 916021598238818
  18. Kari ZillLaguna Woods, CA 926371497298962
  19. Ilissa Zimmerman, COTA/LFresno, CA 937201861975823

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 224Z00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

California ranks 49 of 51 per resident

  1. Alabama5
  2. Georgia5
  3. Louisiana5
  4. California5
  5. District of Columbia4
  6. Utah4
  7. 50 states and D.C.12

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 224Z00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.1% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 0.1% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. California0.1%
  2. United States0.1%

Occupational Therapy Assistant records in California, measured

  • In a Medicare file2 of 1,869 · 0.1% here, 0.1% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file2 · 0.1% here, 0.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more1,080 · 57.8% here, 72.0% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 224Z00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

1,869 NPPES records list occupational therapy assistant (224Z00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in California: 5 per 100,000 residents against 12 nationally (50 states and D.C.). San Diego has 124 of them (7%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Pennsylvania2,155
  2. Illinois1,498
  3. Wisconsin1,460
  4. North Carolina1,357

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Louisiana4.9
  2. Georgia5.1
  3. District of Columbia4.1
  4. Alabama5.5

The largest states

  1. Texas4,278
  2. Florida3,825
  3. New York2,732
  4. Ohio2,421
  5. Pennsylvania2,155

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

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.