Clinician type
Occupational Therapists
At a glance
- Practicing in the U.S.
- 159,735
- Per 100,000 residents
- 47.2
- Women
- 90%
- Median years since graduating
- 10
Who they are
- Women 90%
- Graduated 35 or more years ago 7%
- Offer telehealth 3%
- Accept Medicare’s approved amount 85%
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
- Therapy procedure using functional activities 5,163,437
- Therapy procedure using exercise to develop strength, endurance, range of motion, and flexibility, each 15 minutes 5,028,733
- Training for self-care or home management, each 15 minutes 2,109,281
- Therapy procedure using manual technique, each 15 minutes 1,637,060
- Therapy procedure to re-educate brain-to-nerve-to-muscle function, each 15 minutes 1,558,524
- Evaluation for occupational therapy, typically 30 minutes 145,461
- Evaluation for occupational therapy, typically 45 minutes 122,974
- Electrical stimulation (unattended), to one or more areas for indication(s) other than wound care, as part of a therapy plan of care 121,054
- Application of ultrasound, each 15 minutes 97,725
- Application of hot wax bath 89,886
- Application of whirlpool therapy 73,339
- Therapy procedure in a group setting 64,066
Services billed to traditional Medicare in 2023 (Physician and Other Practitioners data); drugs given in the office are left out.
What they prescribe most
- Potassium Chloride (Klor-Con, Klor-Con M15, Klor-Con 10) 23.8%
- Amlodipine Besylate (Norliqva, Norvasc) 19.0%
- Clopidogrel Bisulfate (Clopidogrel, Plavix) 19.0%
- Losartan Potassium (Cozaar) 19.0%
- Sertraline Hcl (Zoloft) 19.0%
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
- Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN 3 Occupational Therapists at Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
- Mcbride Orthopedic Hospital Oklahoma City, OK 3 Occupational Therapists at Mcbride Orthopedic Hospital
- Southwest Health Center Platteville, WI 2 Occupational Therapists at Southwest Health Center
- Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, WA 2 Occupational Therapists at Virginia Mason Medical Center
- Billings Clinic Hospital Billings, MT 2 Occupational Therapists at Billings Clinic Hospital
- Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Shelbyville, TN 1 Occupational Therapists at Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital
- Christus Southern New Mexico Alamogordo, NM 1 Occupational Therapists at Christus Southern New Mexico
- Littleton Regional Healthcare Littleton, NH 1 Occupational Therapists at Littleton Regional Healthcare
- Columbia Basin Hospital Ephrata, WA 1 Occupational Therapists at Columbia Basin Hospital
- Uci Health-Orange Orange, CA 1 Occupational Therapists at Uci Health-Orange
Clinicians who list the hospital in Medicare Care Compare. The number opens the list of who works there.
Schools they graduated from most
- University of North Dakota School of Medicine 77
- Creighton University School of Medicine 73
- Washington University School of Medicine 47
- Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine 40
- Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine 38
- West Virginia University School of Medicine 34
- Mercy College 32
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 30
- Wayne State University School of Medicine 28
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine 27
From Medicare Care Compare (Medicare-enrolled clinicians only).
Industry payments
Drug and device makers reported $1,193 in general payments to 25 clinicians in Occupational Therapists 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).