Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist providers in the U.S.
15,979 NPPES records list pharmacist clinician (phc)/ clinical pharmacy specialist as their primary taxonomy, about 4.7 per 100,000 residents; Oregon and Kentucky have the most per resident. 1,614 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 1835P0018X means
1835P0018X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Pharmacist, Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, in the grouping Pharmacy Service Providers. 15,979 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
Pharmacist Clinician/Clinical Pharmacy Specialist is a pharmacist with additional training and an expanded scope of practice that may include prescriptive authority, therapeutic management, and disease management.
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 1835P0018X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Portland has the most, 336
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 1835P0018X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 149 | 2.9 |
| Alaska | 59 | 8.0 |
| Arizona | 427 | 5.7 |
| Arkansas | 127 | 4.1 |
| California | 1,593 | 4.1 |
| Colorado | 353 | 6.0 |
| Connecticut | 176 | 4.9 |
| Delaware | 40 | 3.9 |
| District of Columbia | 54 | 8.0 |
| Florida | 654 | 2.9 |
| Georgia | 797 | 7.2 |
| Hawaii | 63 | 4.4 |
| Idaho | 91 | 4.6 |
| Illinois | 400 | 3.2 |
| Indiana | 422 | 6.1 |
| Iowa | 118 | 3.7 |
| Kansas | 190 | 6.5 |
| Kentucky | 440 | 9.7 |
| Louisiana | 116 | 2.5 |
| Maine | 35 | 2.5 |
| Maryland | 280 | 4.5 |
| Massachusetts | 280 | 4.0 |
| Michigan | 490 | 4.9 |
| Minnesota | 254 | 4.4 |
| Mississippi | 159 | 5.4 |
| Missouri | 205 | 3.3 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 58 | 5.1 |
| Nebraska | 65 | 3.3 |
| Nevada | 228 | 7.1 |
| New Hampshire | 29 | 2.1 |
| New Jersey | 159 | 1.7 |
| New Mexico | 197 | 9.3 |
| New York | 526 | 2.7 |
| North Carolina | 530 | 4.9 |
| North Dakota | 21 | 2.7 |
| Ohio | 976 | 8.3 |
| Oklahoma | 107 | 2.6 |
| Oregon | 985 | 23.3 |
| Pennsylvania | 443 | 3.4 |
| Rhode Island | 52 | 4.7 |
| South Carolina | 193 | 3.6 |
| South Dakota | 52 | 5.7 |
| Tennessee | 471 | 6.6 |
| Texas | 1,271 | 4.2 |
| Utah | 125 | 3.7 |
| Vermont | 14 | 2.2 |
| Virginia | 381 | 4.4 |
| Washington | 610 | 7.8 |
| West Virginia | 83 | 4.7 |
| Wisconsin | 249 | 4.2 |
| Wyoming | 34 | 5.8 |
In federal data
- NUCC code1835P0018X · Pharmacist
- Size rank68th of 688 specialties by records (0.22% of all)
- In its family2nd of 17 Pharmacist codes, 4.9% of the family
- Part D prescribers1,614 (10.1% of records)
- Part D claims253 a year per prescriber, on average (254th of 496)
- Industry payments2 physicians paid $752 in 2024, $376 each on average
- Concentration10 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 pharmacist clinician (phc)/ clinical pharmacy specialist records
- Heather Heidorn, PHARMDAnchorage, AK1093366601
- Kimberly West, RPHAnchorage, AK1861659377
- Crystal Anderson, PHARMDAnchorage, AK1962775940
- Sandra Eldridge, PHARMDAnchorage, AK1871843763
- Monika Maltese, PHARM.D.Anchorage, AK1366851008
- Michael Frazier, PHARMD, BCPSAnchorage, AK1780169094
- Camtu Nguyen, PHARMDAnchorage, AK1487122438
- Michael Distante, PHARMDAnchorage, AK1285458075
- Sean WilsonJber, AK1346564788
- Kaleigh Owens, PHARMDJber, AK1891108494
- Chang Inn Kim, PHARMDAnchorage, AK1508327818
- Brent OswaldJber, AK1366073793
- Kristen LewisAnchorage, AK1003198151
- Karen PutnamAnchorage, AK1760758437
- Nathan Macintyre, PHARMD, RPHAnchorage, AK1417469586
- Janelle Solbos, PHARMDAnchorage, AK1295331700
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist headcount concentrate?
15,979 Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist NPIs span 54 states; California alone holds 1,593. Top metros include Portland, OR; Houston, TX; Los Angeles, CA; Chicago, IL. Nationally this is 68th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 2 Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist physicians totaling $752 (4 payments; average $376, 307th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist NPIs, 1,614 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 253 claims and $113K drug cost per prescriber; 254th 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.