Palliative/Hospice Certified Respiratory Therapist

NUCC 2278P3800X · Respiratory Therapist, Certified

6 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 6 states · 676th of 690 specialties by headcount.

6
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
6
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
1 providers
$1K
Open Pay avg
264th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Palliative/Hospice Certified Respiratory Therapist ranks 676th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0% of all registered NPIs), densest in California.

6
NPPES providers in specialty
676th
of 690 specialties
1667
state-share HHI
16.7%
Part D prescriber share

3 states hold half of this specialty's national roster; 0.2% of the Respiratory Therapist, Certified category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Palliative/Hospice Certified Respiratory Therapist (NUCC 2278P3800X; 16.7% Part D prescribers (1 of 6); avg 755 Part D claims/prescriber (219th of 572); Open Payments avg $1K/physician (264th of 551; 1 paid, $1K total); state-share HHI 1,667; next-larger headcount neighbor Multi-Specialty Group (+2); next-smaller Physician Nutrition Specialist (Pediatrics) (-1)).

Next larger: Multi-Specialty Group (8) Next smaller: Physician Nutrition Specialist (Pediatrics) (5)

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California1
2Connecticut1
3Florida1
4Kentucky1
5New Mexico1
6Pennsylvania1

Sample Palliative/Hospice Certified Respiratory Therapist NPIs

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

#Provider
1Tiffinny Drake, NPBoca Raton, FL
2Mark Reid, RRTAlbuquerque, NM
3Robert ForteChula Vista, CA
4Nazneen RazaNew Britain, CT
5Charaun BoltonPhiladelphia, PA
6Jhonda FlaugherLexington, KY

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is Palliative/Hospice Certified Respiratory Therapist a thin NUCC code in NPPES?
Only 6 NPIs list Palliative/Hospice Certified Respiratory Therapist as primary taxonomy across 6 states (peak California, 1). That is 676th of 690 NUCC codes by headcount. Thin codes are still searchable by NPI; do not treat the low count as a quality signal.
Do the few Palliative/Hospice Certified Respiratory Therapist NPIs in Open Payments look unusual?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1 paid Palliative/Hospice Certified Respiratory Therapist physicians totaling $1K (62 payments; average $1K, 264th of 551 by average). Presence is not a quality judgment; thin specialties often have sparse payment rows.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Palliative/Hospice Certified Respiratory Therapist NPIs, 1 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 755 claims and $64K drug cost per prescriber; 219th of 572 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 2026-08-27.