NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician in Missouri

10 NPPES records list pediatric hospice and palliative medicine physician with a practice address in Missouri, 0.2 per 100,000 residents, the 6th highest rate of 41. Kansas City and Saint Louis have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Missouri license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 2080H0002X · method

Kansas City has the most, 5

Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician records in Missouri

  1. Kathryn Bucklen, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101043327018
  2. Rachel Deming, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101548619661
  3. Kelstan Ellis, DOKansas City, MO 641081104243245
  4. Erin Hickey, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101194189217
  5. Taylor Jersak, M.D.Kansas City, MO 641081891181566
  6. Jennifer Linebarger, MD, MPHKansas City, MO 641081972518553
  7. Jonathan Mullin, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101265751317
  8. Joan Rosenbaum, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101053339549
  9. John Stroh, MDKansas City, MO 641081487074456
  10. Keisha White Makinde, MDKansas City, MO 641081386175206

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2080H0002X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Missouri ranks 6 of 41 per resident

  1. Massachusetts0.2
  2. Rhode Island0.2
  3. Utah0.2
  4. Missouri0.2
  5. Oklahoma0.1
  6. Hawaii0.1
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.1

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2080H0002X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

50.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 50.9% 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. Missouri50.0%
  2. United States50.9%

Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician records in Missouri, measured

  • In a Medicare file5 of 10 · 50.0% here, 50.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file6 · 60.0% here, 40.9% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more2 · 20.0% here, 46.4% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 2080H0002X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

10 NPPES records list pediatric hospice and palliative medicine physician (2080H0002X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Missouri: 0.2 per 100,000 residents against 0.1 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Kansas City has 5 of them (50%).

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. New Jersey10
  2. Ohio13
  3. Massachusetts15
  4. Florida21

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. New York0.1
  2. Texas0.1
  3. California0.1

The largest states

  1. California27
  2. Texas24
  3. New York22
  4. Florida21
  5. Massachusetts15

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.