Clinician type
Registered Dietitians
At a glance
- Practicing in the U.S.
- 71,932
- Per 100,000 residents
- 21.3
- Women
- 94%
- Median years since graduating
- 12
Who they are
- Women 94%
- Graduated 35 or more years ago 8%
- Offer telehealth 28%
- Accept Medicare’s approved amount 80%
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 for nutrition management, each 15 minutes 146,645
- Therapy procedure reassessment for nutrition management, each 15 minutes 128,879
- Diabetes outpatient self-management training services, individual, per 30 minutes 55,724
- Medical nutrition therapy; reassessment and subsequent intervention(s) following second referral in same year for change in diagnosis, medical condition or treatment regimen (including additional hours needed for renal disease), individual, face to face wi 35,911
- Diabetes outpatient self-management training services, group session (2 or more), per 30 minutes 18,125
- Therapy procedure for nutrition management with group, each 30 minutes 1,384
- Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes 507
- Telephone medical discussion provided by nonphysician professional, 21-30 minutes 387
- Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 383
- Psychotherapy, 1 hour 336
- Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 251
- Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample 237
Services billed to traditional Medicare in 2023 (Physician and Other Practitioners data); drugs given in the office are left out.
What they prescribe most
- Sertraline Hcl (Zoloft) 6.6%
- Bupropion Hcl (Bupropion Xl, Wellbutrin Sr, Wellbutrin Xl) 6.3%
- Quetiapine Fumarate (Seroquel, Seroquel Xr) 5.9%
- Lamotrigine (Lamictal, Lamictal Odt, Lamictal Xr) 4.6%
- Duloxetine Hcl (Cymbalta, Drizalma Sprinkle) 4.4%
- Brexpiprazole (Rexulti) 3.8%
- Topiramate (Qudexy Xr, Eprontia, Topamax) 3.7%
- Oxycodone Hcl (Oxycontin, Roxicodone, Roxybond) 3.3%
- Venlafaxine Hcl (Effexor Xr) 3.0%
- Mirtazapine (Remeron) 2.8%
- Trazodone Hcl 2.4%
- Amitriptyline Hcl 2.2%
- Risperidone (Risperdal, Perseris, Uzedy) 2.1%
- Hydrochlorothiazide 2.0%
- Aripiprazole (Abilify Asimtufii, Abilify Maintena, Abilify) 2.0%
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
- Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH 36 Registered Dietitians at Cleveland Clinic
- Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center La Crosse, WI 19 Registered Dietitians at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center
- University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR 11 Registered Dietitians at University of Arkansas Medical Sciences
- St Luke's Regional Medical Center Boise, ID 9 Registered Dietitians at St Luke's Regional Medical Center
- Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL 8 Registered Dietitians at Rush University Medical Center
- Saratoga Hospital Saratoga Springs, NY 6 Registered Dietitians at Saratoga Hospital
- Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center Portland, OR 5 Registered Dietitians at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center
- Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority Cherokee, NC 5 Registered Dietitians at Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority
- Boston Medical Center Boston, MA 5 Registered Dietitians at Boston Medical Center
- Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority Talihina, OK 5 Registered Dietitians at Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority
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 Wisconsin School of Medicine 16
- New York University School of Medicine 15
- University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb) 15
- Loma Linda University School of Medicine 13
- Ohio State University College of Medicine 13
- University of Alabama School of Medicine 12
- University of California, Davis School of Medicine 12
- Rush Medical College of Rush University 11
- University of Minnesota Medical School 11
- Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine 10
From Medicare Care Compare (Medicare-enrolled clinicians only).
Industry payments
Drug and device makers reported $4,081 in general payments to 15 clinicians in Registered Dietitians 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).