Sports Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician

NUCC 2081S0010X · Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

1,302 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 52 states · 240th of 690 specialties by headcount.

1,302
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
52
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
118 providers
$1K
Open Pay avg
231st of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Sports Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician ranks 240th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.02% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident District of Columbia leads.

1,302
NPPES providers in specialty
240th
of 690 specialties
419
state-share HHI
27.7%
Part D prescriber share

District of Columbia is densest per capita (2.3× the national rate; Maine 1.9×); 6.6% of the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Sports Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician (NUCC 2081S0010X; 27.7% Part D prescribers (361 of 1,302); avg 583 Part D claims/prescriber (273rd of 572); Open Payments avg $1K/physician (231st of 551; 225 paid, $304K total); state-share HHI 419; next-larger headcount neighbor Independent Duty Medical Technicians (+34); next-smaller Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (-16)).

Next larger: Independent Duty Medical Technicians (1,336) Next smaller: Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (1,286)

Population-adjusted state index

Each multiple is this specialty's providers-per-resident in a state divided by the national rate (Census Vintage population estimates). Raw headcount favors large states; this ranking surfaces denser markets.

Over-indexed vs national rate

Under-indexed vs national rate

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California118
2Florida110
3New York99
4Texas98
5Pennsylvania61
6Ohio43
7New Jersey42
8Washington41
9Georgia40
10North Carolina40
11Massachusetts38
12Colorado35
13Illinois35
14Maryland35
15Alabama28

Top Cities for Sports Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician

#CityProviders
1New YorkNew York40
2HoustonTexas16
3SeattleWashington14
4OrlandoFlorida13
5San DiegoCalifornia11
6BrooklynNew York11
7SacramentoCalifornia10
8ChicagoIllinois10
9PhoenixArizona9
10MiamiFlorida9
11DallasTexas9
12San FranciscoCalifornia7

Sample Sports Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician NPIs

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

#Provider
1Corinne Kauderer, DPMBrooklyn, NY
2Yong Lee, MDHiram, GA
3Mariellen Barker, M.D.Houston, TX
4Scott Raub, D.O.Frisco, CO
5Ronald Yarab, M.D.Poland, OH
6Jeffrey Joyce, R.P.T.Manhattan, KS
7Bharat Patel, MDOrlando, FL
8Melvin Manning, MDDallas, TX
9Daniel Arnold, M.D.Orlando, FL
10Jeffrey Gross, M.D, F.A.A.P.M.R.New York, NY
11Todd Schlifstein, D.ONew York, NY
12Ravi Yadava, D.O.Saint Louis, MO
13Matthew Smith, MDEast Greenwich, RI
14M Hughes, MDBellevue, WA
15Thomas Rossi, MDDublin, OH
16Jeremy Gall, ATCFort Wayne, IN
17Jesus Maldonado, MDHumacao, PR
18Neal Mesnick, M.D.New York, NY

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation category.

Compare Sports Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician vs Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician →

Frequently Asked Questions

How should I read Sports Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician's mid-pack national roster?
1,302 CMS-registered Sports Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician providers sit across 52 states; California leads with 118. Leading metros: New York, NY; Houston, TX; Seattle, WA; Orlando, FL. Rank 240th of 690 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Sports Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 225 Sports Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician physicians receiving $304K across 1,801 payments (average $1K; 231st of 551 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Sports Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician NPIs, 361 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 583 claims and $29K drug cost per prescriber; 273rd 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.