Pulmonary Rehabilitation Certified Respiratory Therapist

NUCC 2278P1005X · Respiratory Therapist, Certified

80 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 29 states · 554th of 690 specialties by headcount.

80
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
29
States
with ≥1 NPI
New Jersey
Top state
11 providers
$247
Open Pay avg
450th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Pulmonary Rehabilitation Certified Respiratory Therapist ranks 554th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0% of all registered NPIs), densest in New Jersey; per resident Arkansas leads.

80
NPPES providers in specialty
554th
of 690 specialties
647
state-share HHI
1.3%
Part D prescriber share

Arkansas is densest per capita (6.9× the national rate; Nevada 6.6×); 3.3% of the Respiratory Therapist, Certified category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Pulmonary Rehabilitation Certified Respiratory Therapist (NUCC 2278P1005X; 1.3% Part D prescribers (1 of 80); avg 59 Part D claims/prescriber (530th of 572); Open Payments avg $247/physician (450th of 551; 1 paid, $247 total); state-share HHI 647; next-larger headcount neighbor Feeding, Eating & Swallowing Occupational Therapy Assistant (+1); next-smaller Driving and Community Mobility Occupational Therapy Assistant (-1)).

Next larger: Feeding, Eating & Swallowing Occupational Therapy Assistant (81) Next smaller: Driving and Community Mobility Occupational Therapy Assistant (79)

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1New Jersey11
2California8
3Texas8
4Florida6
5Arkansas5
6Nevada5
7Utah4
8Illinois3

Sample Pulmonary Rehabilitation Certified Respiratory Therapist NPIs

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

#Provider
1Marketa Bradley, RCPEdina, MN
2Wendy Davis, CRT, RCPDavenport, IA
3Brandi Catton, CRTMoline, IL
4Laura Giles-Brown, CRT, RCPNorthbrook, IL
5Randi Cohen, CRTTowson, MD
6Robert Sanchez, CRTSpokane, WA
7Heather Armendarez, RCPRancho Cucamonga, CA
8Koreen Bliffert, CRTGreenfield, WI
9Paula Austin, CRTHouston, TX
10Rose Ann Citron, CRTMarlboro, NJ
11Roy Miller, RCP, CRTTemecula, CA
12Barbara SteadMount Laurel, NJ

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is Pulmonary Rehabilitation Certified Respiratory Therapist a thin NUCC code in NPPES?
Only 80 NPIs list Pulmonary Rehabilitation Certified Respiratory Therapist as primary taxonomy across 29 states (peak New Jersey, 11). That is 554th 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 Pulmonary Rehabilitation Certified Respiratory Therapist NPIs in Open Payments look unusual?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1 paid Pulmonary Rehabilitation Certified Respiratory Therapist physicians totaling $247 (4 payments; average $247, 450th 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 Pulmonary Rehabilitation Certified Respiratory Therapist NPIs, 1 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 59 claims and $8K drug cost per prescriber; 530th 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.