Sports Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician

NUCC 2083S0010X · Preventive Medicine

163 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 38 states · 474th of 690 specialties by headcount.

163
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
38
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
15 providers
$194
Open Pay avg
468th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Sports Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician ranks 474th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident Kansas leads.

163
NPPES providers in specialty
474th
of 690 specialties
424
state-share HHI
10.4%
Part D prescriber share

Kansas is densest per capita (3.5× the national rate; Virginia 1.9×); 2.5% of the Preventive Medicine category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Sports Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician (NUCC 2083S0010X; 10.4% Part D prescribers (17 of 163); avg 443 Part D claims/prescriber (306th of 572); Open Payments avg $194/physician (468th of 551; 11 paid, $2K total); state-share HHI 424; next-larger headcount neighbor Plastic Surgery Registered Nurse (+1); next-smaller Recreational Therapist Assistant (-1)).

Next larger: Plastic Surgery Registered Nurse (164) Next smaller: Recreational Therapist Assistant (162)

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California15
2Florida12
3Texas12
4Pennsylvania9
5Ohio8
6Virginia8
7Illinois7
8Michigan6

Sample Sports Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician NPIs

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

#Provider
1Paul Antony, MD, MPH, MBASan Diego, CA
2Howard Suls, MDBedford, NH
3Mary Logee, M.D.Wooster, OH
4Antony George, M.D.Rocky River, OH
5Gerard Varlotta, D.ONew York, NY
6James Prevost, EDD, SCAT, ATCShelby, NC
7Satoko Porter, MD RCEP CDENorwell, MA
8Matthew Gammons, M.D.Rutland, VT
9Joseph Borysowski, ATCPottstown, PA
10Kristen Phillips, ATC, PTAAlliance, OH
11Thomas Marlowe, M.D.Charlotte, NC
12Robert Strugala, MDChicago, IL

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is Sports Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician a thin NUCC code in NPPES?
Only 163 NPIs list Sports Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician as primary taxonomy across 38 states (peak California, 15). That is 474th 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 Sports Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician NPIs in Open Payments look unusual?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 11 paid Sports Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician physicians totaling $2K (67 payments; average $194, 468th 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 Sports Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician NPIs, 17 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 443 claims and $34K drug cost per prescriber; 306th 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.