Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
NUCC 1835P0018X · Pharmacist
14,139 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 55 states · 71st of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist ranks 71st of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.19% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident Oregon leads.
- 14,139
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 71st
- of 690 specialties
- 408
- state-share HHI
- 8.9%
- Part D prescriber share
Oregon is densest per capita (3.5× the national rate; Kentucky 2.1×); 4.4% of the Pharmacist category.
Taxonomy fingerprint
Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (NUCC 1835P0018X; 8.9% Part D prescribers (1,253 of 14,139); avg 231 Part D claims/prescriber (412th of 572); Open Payments avg $405/physician (389th of 551; 15 paid, $6K total); state-share HHI 408; next-larger headcount neighbor Pediatric Occupational Therapist (+554); next-smaller Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician (-161)).
Next larger: Pediatric Occupational Therapist (14,693) Next smaller: Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician (13,978)
Population-adjusted state index
Each multiple is this specialty's providers-per-resident in a state divided by the national rate (Census Vintage population estimates). Raw headcount favors large states; this ranking surfaces denser markets.
Over-indexed vs national rate
- Oregon 3.5× · 14.4/100k
- Kentucky 2.1× · 8.9/100k
- District of Columbia 2× · 8.2/100k
- Ohio 1.9× · 7.8/100k
- New Mexico 1.7× · 7.1/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- New Jersey 0.42× · 1.7/100k
- Vermont 0.48× · 2/100k
- New Hampshire 0.48× · 2/100k
- Louisiana 0.53× · 2.2/100k
- North Dakota 0.55× · 2.3/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 1,425 |
| 2 | Texas | 1,181 |
| 3 | Ohio | 921 |
| 4 | Georgia | 751 |
| 5 | Oregon | 610 |
| 6 | Florida | 602 |
| 7 | Washington | 491 |
| 8 | New York | 471 |
| 9 | Michigan | 430 |
| 10 | Pennsylvania | 425 |
| 11 | North Carolina | 411 |
| 12 | Kentucky | 401 |
| 13 | Tennessee | 401 |
| 14 | Arizona | 397 |
| 15 | Indiana | 387 |
Top Cities for Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PortlandOregon | 246 |
| 2 | HoustonTexas | 244 |
| 3 | Los AngelesCalifornia | 155 |
| 4 | ChicagoIllinois | 132 |
| 5 | CincinnatiOhio | 118 |
| 6 | ColumbusOhio | 117 |
| 7 | AtlantaGeorgia | 112 |
| 8 | IndianapolisIndiana | 102 |
| 9 | NashvilleTennessee | 101 |
| 10 | LouisvilleKentucky | 99 |
| 11 | AlbuquerqueNew Mexico | 97 |
| 12 | PhoenixArizona | 95 |
Sample Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Rohit Moghe, PHARM.D.Langhorne, PA |
| 2 | Meeta Patel, PHARMD, CDE, BCPSNorth Las Vegas, NV |
| 3 | Casey Williams, PHARM.D., BCOPSioux Falls, SD |
| 4 | Harry Thibodeau, R.PH.Clark, NJ |
| 5 | Bryan Bray, PHARM.D.Greensboro, NC |
| 6 | Michael Mayer, PHARM.D.San Antonio, TX |
| 7 | Sarah Tracy, PHARM.D.Olympia, WA |
| 8 | David Taber, PHARM.D.Charleston, SC |
| 9 | Amy Stump, PHARMDFort Collins, CO |
| 10 | Giselle Rivera-Miranda, PHARM.D.San Juan, PR |
| 11 | Judy Chen, PHARM.D., BCPSIndianapolis, IN |
| 12 | Marla Ekola, PHARMDOwosso, MI |
| 13 | Douglas Anderson, PHARM.D., D.PH.Oscoda Twp, MI |
| 14 | Christine Johnson, PHARM. D.Amarillo, TX |
| 15 | Daniel Boyle, R.PH.Phoenix, AZ |
| 16 | Stuart Haines, PHARM.D.Jackson, MS |
| 17 | Peter Hong, RPH.Pasadena, CA |
| 18 | Ryan Tatsumoto, PHARM.D.Schofield Barracks, HI |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Pharmacist category.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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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.