Hand Occupational Therapist: how many are there, and how many are in private practice?

National totals

Reading the sole-proprietor share

For this specialty, 15.3% of records are flagged as sole proprietors in NPPES. That field is self-reported and is an imperfect proxy for private practice: it does not by itself show whether a provider works independently, owns a practice, or is employed by a group. Use the share as an indicator of how records are classified, not as a direct count of privately practicing hand occupational therapists.

By state

New NPI registrations by year

Counts reflect the year each NPI was first issued, among records still active today. The final year is partial: this data covers through 2026-01-11.

Data notes

• The sole-proprietor field is self-reported by the provider in NPPES and is an imperfect proxy for private practice.
• A sole-proprietor count shown as <11 is suppressed: the true value is below 11, which could include zero.
• - NPPES records and sole-proprietor fields can be updated, so the figures may change over time.
• - The results cover records with 225XH1200X as the primary taxonomy; providers may use different or additional taxonomies.
• - An NPI record is not necessarily a unique practicing clinician, and state counts are not a direct measure of service location, patient volume, or practice size.
• Providers are counted once, by their primary taxonomy code only.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) Data Dissemination file, FOIA-disclosable public data under CMS-6060-N. Aggregated by Hero EMR on 2026-08-03; deactivated NPIs excluded; specialty assigned from the primary taxonomy code (NUCC 25.1). Counts below 11 are suppressed. Individual providers are never published. All provider data pages.

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