Naturopath
Other Service Providers › Naturopath
About this specialty
Diagnoses, treats, and cares for patients, using system of practice that bases treatment of physiological functions and abnormal conditions on natural laws governing human body: Utilizes physiological, psychological, and mechanical methods, such as air, water, light, heat, earth, phototherapy, food and herb therapy, psychotherapy, electrotherapy, physiotherapy, minor and orificial surgery, mechanotherapy, naturopathic corrections and manipulation, and natural methods or modalities, together with natural medicines, natural processed foods, and herbs and nature's remedies. Excludes major surgery, therapeutic use of x ray and radium, and use of drugs, except those assimilable substances containing elements or compounds which are components of body tissues and are physiologically compatible to body processes for maintenance of life.
Source: The Federal Dictionary of Occupational Titles, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., section #079, 101-014 [7/1/2007: definition changed, source added]
Highest Medicare-paid providers
| Provider | Location | Medicare paid |
|---|---|---|
| JEREMY PAYNE, DC | EAGLE, ID | $13,765 |
| ANDREA EMDE, ND, DC | KALISPELL, MT | $7,151 |
| DANIEL RACE, D.C. | MERIDIAN, ID | $3,568 |
| JOSEPH DUMOVIC, DC,ND | TUKWILA, WA | $2,563 |
| PHANDINH NGUYEN, ND, MD | RENTON, WA | $1,396 |
Ranked by total Medicare payments — a measure of billing volume, not care quality.
Taxonomy definitions from the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (public domain). Provider counts derived from NPPES; payment figures from CMS Medicare data. Not affiliated with CMS, NPPES, NUCC, or any government agency.