Clinician type
Naturopaths
At a glance
- Practicing in the U.S.
- 7,378
- Per 100,000 residents
- 2.2
- Women
- 76%
- Median years since graduating
- 15
Who they are
- Women 76%
- Graduated 35 or more years ago 15%
- Offer telehealth 8%
- Accept Medicare’s approved amount 38%
Sex and credentials from NPPES. Graduation year, telehealth and Medicare assignment from Medicare Care Compare, which covers clinicians enrolled in Medicare.
Where they practice
What they do most for Medicare patients
- Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 3-4 spinal regions 665
- Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 1-2 spinal regions 69
- Therapy procedure using functional activities 62
- Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 30
Services billed to traditional Medicare in 2023 (Physician and Other Practitioners data); drugs given in the office are left out.
What they prescribe most
- Levothyroxine Sodium (Euthyrox, Levo-T, Ermeza) 17.4%
- Progesterone, Micronized (Crinone, Progesterone, Prometrium) 8.2%
- Liothyronine Sodium (Cytomel) 8.1%
- Estradiol (Divigel, Estring, Estrogel) 3.6%
- Metformin Hcl (Glumetza, Metformin Er Gastric, Metformin Er Osmotic) 3.4%
- Thyroid,pork (Adthyza, Armour Thyroid, Niva Thyroid) 3.3%
- Atorvastatin Calcium (Atorvaliq, Lipitor) 3.0%
- Lisinopril (Qbrelis, Zestril) 2.6%
- Amlodipine Besylate (Norliqva, Norvasc) 2.3%
- Losartan Potassium (Cozaar) 2.1%
- Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 1.9%
- Albuterol Sulfate (Ventolin Hfa, Proair Digihaler, Proair Respiclick) 1.4%
- Rosuvastatin Calcium (Crestor) 1.2%
- Omeprazole 1.1%
- Testosterone Cypionate (Depo-Testosterone) 1.1%
Share of this specialty’s Medicare Part D prescriptions in 2024, including refills. Select a drug to see which of these clinicians prescribe it most, and where.
Hospitals where the most work
Clinicians who list the hospital in Medicare Care Compare. The number opens the list of who works there.
Schools they graduated from most
- Howard University College of Medicine 1
- Western States College of Chiropractic 1
From Medicare Care Compare (Medicare-enrolled clinicians only).
Industry payments
Drug and device makers reported $12,040 in general payments to 124 clinicians in Naturopaths in 2025. See who received the most
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.
Sources: CMS NPPES (counts, sex, credentials), Medicare Care Compare (schools, graduation years, hospitals, telehealth), CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2023) and Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), ACGME program requirements (training length), OpenAlex (research), U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 (population).