The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.

What this does not show

NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.

Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.

Medicare assignment not listed

CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.

Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS release of October 2, 2026; Medicare.gov, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”

Guide: What Medicare assignment means

No telehealth indicator

CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.

Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS release of October 2, 2026.

Guide: How Medicare covers telehealth

Compared with the same specialty in Portland and Oregon

698 active clinicians are listed under Naturopath with a practice address in Portland, OR (1,195 in Oregon).

Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.

Telehealth indicator in Portland

0% of these 698 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.

0% of these 698 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.

Sources: CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS release of October 2, 2026, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.

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Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES

Self-certified to NPPES: 2021-04-07

Naturopath Primary Specialty

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 175F00000X

License # reported to NPPES OR 2058

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.

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Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers

Medicaid ID

17200000X (OR)

Career & Practice History Timeline

Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status

13 Historical Events

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Updated Practice Location April 07, 2021

Registered at 5136 NE GARFIELD AVE, PORTLAND, OR 972113214 (Tel: 5033294956)

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Updated Business Mailing Address April 07, 2021

Registered at 5136 NE GARFIELD AVE, PORTLAND, OR 972113214 (Tel: 5033294956)

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NPI Profile Active June 26, 2017

NPI status registered as active in NPPES database

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Updated Practice Location June 26, 2017

Registered at 049 SW PORTER ST, PORTLAND, OR 972014848 (Tel: 5035521551)

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Updated Business Mailing Address June 26, 2017

Registered at 049 SW PORTER ST, PORTLAND, OR 972014848 (Tel: 5035521551)

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Provider Name / Credentials Updated June 26, 2017

Recorded as RUTH HOBSON, ND

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Medical Taxonomy / Specialty Registered (Primary Specialty) June 26, 2017

Naturopath (license number reported to NPPES: OR 2058)

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NPI Profile Active October 10, 2014

NPI status registered as active in NPPES database

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Practice Location (Initial Record) October 10, 2014

Registered at 049 SW PORTER ST, PORTLAND, OR 972014848 (Tel: 5035521551)

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Business Mailing Address (Initial Record) October 10, 2014

Registered at 049 SW PORTER ST, PORTLAND, OR 972014848 (Tel: 5035521551)

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Provider Name / Credentials (Initial Record) October 10, 2014

Recorded as RUTH HOBSON

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Medical Taxonomy / Specialty Registered (Primary Specialty) October 10, 2014

Naprapath (license number reported to NPPES: OR 2058)

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Initial NPI Registration & Enumeration October 10, 2014

First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.

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NPI Administrative Meta

NPI Number: 1073917639

Entity Type:

Individual Provider Physician, Nurse Practitioner, or Solo Healthcare Professional (Type 1 NPI)

Enumeration Date: October 10, 2014

Last Update: April 07, 2021

Sole Proprietor: No

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Mailing Address

5136 Ne Garfield Ave

Portland, OR 972113214

Phone: 5033294956

About This Data NPPES fields (address, phone, specialty, license) are self-reported and may be outdated; Medicare fields follow the CMS dataset named in each section. Correct directly at NPPES.