NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Rheumatology Physician in Vermont

18 NPPES records list rheumatology physician with a practice address in Vermont, 2.8 per 100,000 residents, the 9th highest rate of 51. Burlington and Berlin have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Vermont license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207RR0500X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Burlington has the most, 13

  1. Burlington13
  2. Berlin1
  3. Brattleboro1
  4. Colchester1
  5. Randolph1

Rheumatology Physician records in Vermont

  1. Narandra Bethina, M.D.Burlington, VT 054011790980696
  2. Ralph Budd, M.D.Burlington, VT 054011609981315
  3. Douglas Dier, MDRutland, VT 057011548374382
  4. Teresa Fama, M.D.Berlin, VT 056021376660977
  5. Jeanne Gosselin, M.D.Burlington, VT 054011376992958
  6. Nicole Hynes, MDBurlington, VT 054011750415063
  7. Christine Jones, MDBurlington, VT 054011548271414
  8. Vartika Kesarwani, MBBSBurlington, VT 054011750907325
  9. Chi Chi Lau, M.D.Burlington, VT 054011982710950
  10. Scott Legunn, MDBurlington, VT 054011609193184
  11. Edward Leib, M.D.Burlington, VT 054011588778369
  12. Bonita Libman, M.D.Burlington, VT 054011194830083
  13. Karen Nepveu, M.D.Colchester, VT 054461669523197
  14. Alana Nevares, M.DBurlington, VT 054011386999597
  15. David Patek, MDBrattleboro, VT 053011568452886
  16. Sanjeev Patil, M.DBurlington, VT 054011376822817
  17. Marzouq Qubti, M.D.Randolph, VT 050601255429189
  18. Brendan Thoms, MBBSBurlington, VT 054011417487273

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RR0500X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Vermont ranks 9 of 51 per resident

  1. Pennsylvania3.2
  2. New York3.1
  3. Minnesota3.0
  4. Vermont2.8
  5. Rhode Island2.7
  6. New Jersey2.7
  7. 50 states and D.C.2.4

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RR0500X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

77.8% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 81.6% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Vermont77.8%
  2. United States81.6%

Rheumatology Physician records in Vermont, measured

  • In a Medicare file14 of 18 · 77.8% here, 81.6% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file14 · 77.8% here, 69.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more11 · 61.1% here, 56.6% nationally
  • Median graduation year2002 · the 14 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207RR0500X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

18 NPPES records list rheumatology physician (207RR0500X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Vermont: 2.8 per 100,000 residents against 2.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Burlington has 13 of them (72%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Delaware19
  2. South Dakota17
  3. Montana20
  4. Hawaii24

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Rhode Island2.7
  2. New Jersey2.7
  3. Puerto Rico2.7
  4. Illinois2.7

The largest states

  1. California926
  2. New York599
  3. Texas545
  4. Florida494
  5. Pennsylvania413

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

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.