Pulmonary Rehabilitation Registered Respiratory Therapist

NUCC 2279P1005X · Respiratory Therapist, Registered

87 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 22 states · 547th of 690 specialties by headcount.

87
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
22
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
19 providers
7th
In category
of 14 Respiratory Therapist, Registered codes

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Pulmonary Rehabilitation Registered Respiratory Therapist ranks 547th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident Arkansas leads.

87
NPPES providers in specialty
547th
of 690 specialties
971
state-share HHI
1.1%
Part D prescriber share

Arkansas is densest per capita (12.7× the national rate; Maryland 5×); 1.4% of the Respiratory Therapist, Registered category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Pulmonary Rehabilitation Registered Respiratory Therapist (NUCC 2279P1005X; 1.1% Part D prescribers (1 of 87); avg 27 Part D claims/prescriber (553rd of 572); state-share HHI 971; next-larger headcount neighbor Enterostomal Therapy Registered Nurse (+1); next-smaller Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist/Technologist (-1)).

Next larger: Enterostomal Therapy Registered Nurse (88) Next smaller: Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist/Technologist (86)

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California19
2Arkansas10
3Texas9
4Maryland8
5Minnesota6
6Massachusetts4
7Michigan4
8New Jersey4

Sample Pulmonary Rehabilitation Registered Respiratory Therapist NPIs

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

#Provider
1Heidi Jibby, RRTSpokane, WA
2Sarah Smith, RRTTowson, MD
3Patricia Longenhagen, RRTAllentown, PA
4Catharine Curran, RRTTowson, MD
5Virginia Butler, RRTAllentown, PA
6Helen Cherewaty, RRTAllentown, PA
7Angela Kamely, RRTTinley Park, IL
8Jennifer Sikkema-Ortiz, RRTSan Antonio, TX
9Charles Gutierrez, MS, RRTTampa, FL
10Pedro Flores, PH.D.Murrieta, CA
11Loren Lilly, RRTMesa, AZ
12Jennifer Johnson-Schmidt, RRTSaint Paul, MN

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is Pulmonary Rehabilitation Registered Respiratory Therapist a thin NUCC code in NPPES?
Only 87 NPIs list Pulmonary Rehabilitation Registered Respiratory Therapist as primary taxonomy across 22 states (peak California, 19). That is 547th of 690 NUCC codes by headcount. Thin codes are still searchable by NPI; do not treat the low count as a quality signal.
Where can I still find a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Registered Respiratory Therapist?
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Registered Respiratory Therapist providers are listed in 22 states; Hot Springs leads by raw city count. By national headcount this code sits just above Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist/Technologist and just below Enterostomal Therapy Registered Nurse. Browse by state or search by name.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Pulmonary Rehabilitation Registered Respiratory Therapist NPIs, 1 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 27 claims and $2K drug cost per prescriber; 553rd 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

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