Medicare providers in Rhode Island

13,318 unique NPIs are enrolled in Medicare in Rhode Island, number 44 of 51. Practitioners in the 79 specialties tracked here account for 10,688 of them; the largest is nurse practitioner (1,856), and nurse practitioners outnumber family-practice physicians 4.9 to 1.

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1Enrolled NPIs 13,318
2Largest specialty Nurse Practitioner
3Rank of 51 #44
4Specialties present 79

Medicare-enrolled practitioners in Rhode Island by specialty, 15 largest, bars to scale. Source: CMS PPEF, 2026-09-29.

Every specialty in Rhode Island

Each figure is the number of NPIs enrolled in Medicare in Rhode Island under that specialty, beside its share of the specialty's national total.

Specialty	RI	Share of US
Nurse Practitioner	1,856	0.5%
Clinical Social Worker	988	1%
Internal Medicine	864	0.7%
Physician Assistant	837	0.5%
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	641	0.6%
Mental Health Counselor	443	0.6%
Family Practice	379	0.3%
Emergency Medicine	360	0.6%
Clinical Psychologist	360	1%
Psychiatry	304	0.8%
Pediatric Medicine	267	0.5%
Optometry	239	0.5%
Obstetrics/Gynecology	211	0.5%
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	206	0.3%
Diagnostic Radiology	193	0.5%
Anesthesiology	170	0.3%
Orthopedic Surgery	168	0.6%
Neurology	160	0.7%
Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology)	135	0.5%
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	126	1.1%
Chiropractic	119	0.3%
Pathology	98	0.7%
General Surgery	92	0.3%
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	90	0.4%
Gastroenterology	90	0.5%
Podiatry	81	0.5%
Ophthalmology	79	0.4%
Dermatology	75	0.5%
Pulmonary Disease	75	0.6%
Certified Nurse Midwife (Cnm)	75	0.8%
Hematology/Oncology	72	0.6%
Infectious Disease	50	0.6%
Urology	48	0.4%
Nephrology	48	0.4%
Qualified Audiologist	47	0.4%
Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist (Cns)	45	2%
Neurosurgery	43	0.7%
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	35	0.3%
Radiation Oncology	33	0.6%
Otolaryngology	30	0.3%
Endocrinology	29	0.3%
Rheumatology	29	0.5%
Qualified Speech Language Pathologist	28	0.2%
Marriage and Family Therapist	27	0.2%
Vascular Surgery	26	0.6%
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	23	0.4%
Thoracic Surgery	23	0.6%
Geriatric Medicine	23	0.9%
Hospitalist	22	0.1%
Interventional Cardiology	22	0.4%
Dentist	17	0.3%
Hospice/Palliative Care	15	0.5%
Hand Surgery	14	0.7%
Surgical Oncology	14	0.9%
Cardiac Electrophysiology	13	0.4%
Allergy/Immunology	12	0.3%
Interventional Radiology	12	0.3%
Critical Care (Intensivists)	10	0.1%
General Practice	9	0.1%
Pain Management	8	0.2%
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	8	0.4%
Addiction Medicine	8	1%
Medical Oncology	7	0.1%
Gynecological Oncology	7	0.5%
Oral Surgery	6	0.2%
Sports Medicine	6	0.2%
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	6	0.6%
Preventive Medicine	6	0.6%
Sleep Medicine	5	0.4%
Neuropsychiatry	5	1.1%
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	4	0.4%
Interventional Pain Management	3	0.2%
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery (Mds)	3	0.5%
Hematology	1	0.1%
Maxillofacial Surgery	1	0.1%
Psychologist Billing Independently	1	0.1%
Other (Physician)	1	0.2%
Medical Genetics and Genomics	1	0.2%
Other (Non-Physician)	1	0.3%

Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment, extract of 2026-09-29; unique NPIs per state. Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.