Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician providers in the U.S.
15,783 NPPES records list physical medicine & rehabilitation physician as their primary taxonomy, about 4.7 per 100,000 residents; District of Columbia and Michigan have the most per resident. 7,448 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 208100000X means
208100000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 15,783 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
Physical medicine and rehabilitation, also referred to as rehabilitation medicine, is the medical specialty concerned with diagnosing, evaluating, and treating patients with physical disabilities. These disabilities may arise from conditions affecting the musculoskeletal system such as neck and back pain, sports injuries, or other painful conditions affecting the limbs, such as carpal tunnel syndrome. Alternatively, the disabilities may result from neurological trauma or disease such as spinal cord injury, head injury or stroke. A physician certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation is often called a physiatrist. The primary goal of the physiatrist is to achieve maximal restoration of physical, psychological, social and vocational function through comprehensive rehabilitation. Pain management is often an important part of the role of the physiatrist. For diagnosis and evaluation, a physiatrist may include the techniques of electromyography to supplement the standard history, physical, x-ray and laboratory examinations. The physiatrist has expertise in the appropriate use of therapeutic exercise, prosthetics (artificial limbs), orthotics and mechanical and electrical devices.
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 208100000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
New York has the most, 294
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208100000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 143 | 2.8 |
| Alaska | 30 | 4.1 |
| Arizona | 274 | 3.7 |
| Arkansas | 85 | 2.8 |
| California | 1,549 | 4.0 |
| Colorado | 356 | 6.1 |
| Connecticut | 192 | 5.3 |
| Delaware | 64 | 6.2 |
| District of Columbia | 69 | 10.2 |
| Florida | 1,021 | 4.5 |
| Georgia | 317 | 2.9 |
| Hawaii | 62 | 4.3 |
| Idaho | 71 | 3.6 |
| Illinois | 707 | 5.6 |
| Indiana | 226 | 3.3 |
| Iowa | 135 | 4.2 |
| Kansas | 136 | 4.6 |
| Kentucky | 158 | 3.5 |
| Louisiana | 192 | 4.2 |
| Maine | 86 | 6.2 |
| Maryland | 330 | 5.3 |
| Massachusetts | 353 | 5.0 |
| Michigan | 742 | 7.4 |
| Minnesota | 339 | 5.9 |
| Mississippi | 56 | 1.9 |
| Missouri | 282 | 4.6 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 47 | 4.1 |
| Nebraska | 120 | 6.1 |
| Nevada | 146 | 4.6 |
| New Hampshire | 64 | 4.6 |
| New Jersey | 621 | 6.7 |
| New Mexico | 73 | 3.5 |
| New York | 1,366 | 7.0 |
| North Carolina | 423 | 3.9 |
| North Dakota | 27 | 3.4 |
| Ohio | 511 | 4.3 |
| Oklahoma | 132 | 3.3 |
| Oregon | 164 | 3.9 |
| Pennsylvania | 875 | 6.8 |
| Rhode Island | 43 | 3.9 |
| South Carolina | 182 | 3.4 |
| South Dakota | 46 | 5.0 |
| Tennessee | 249 | 3.5 |
| Texas | 1,099 | 3.6 |
| Utah | 183 | 5.4 |
| Vermont | 20 | 3.1 |
| Virginia | 365 | 4.2 |
| Washington | 462 | 5.9 |
| West Virginia | 54 | 3.1 |
| Wisconsin | 321 | 5.4 |
| Wyoming | 13 | 2.2 |
In federal data
- NUCC code208100000X · Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Size rank70th of 688 specialties by records (0.22% of all)
- In its family1st of 8 Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation codes, 78.9% of the family
- Part D prescribers7,448 (47.2% of records)
- Part D claims727 a year per prescriber, on average (124th of 496)
- Industry payments3,895 physicians paid $4.8M in 2024, $1K each on average
- Concentration8 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 physical medicine & rehabilitation physician records
- Gail French, PTAnchorage, AK1487784633
- Mary Nettlow, MDAnchorage, AK1598862476
- Maria Regina Reyes, MDAnchorage, AK1437235181
- Lindsey Migliore, D.O.Anchorage, AK1629430475
- Kelsey Crowell, DOAnchorage, AK1053923532
- Zachary Gann, PTAAnchorage, AK1740820802
- Crystal Daniken, PTAAnchorage, AK1437860459
- Noelle TaulbeeAnchorage, AK1457248981
- Denise Lewis, PTAnchorage, AK1821154022
- Eva Ryland, PTAAnchorage, AK1528871209
- Morris Horning, MDAnchorage, AK1548521495
- Jessica QuinnAnchorage, AK1295336659
- Jennifer Andress, PTAAnchorage, AK1174228696
- Brian Vacca, MDEagle River, AK1417041526
- Joshua Balch, M.D.Eagle River, AK1619267630
- Avery Levonuk, PTAEagle River, AK1346080892
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician headcount concentrate?
15,783 Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician NPIs span 54 states; California alone holds 1,549. Top metros include New York, NY; Chicago, IL; Philadelphia, PA; Houston, TX. Nationally this is 70th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 3,895 Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician physicians totaling $4.8M (40,255 payments; average $1K, 208th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician NPIs, 7,448 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 727 claims and $43K drug cost per prescriber; 124th 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.