# Psychology Today, WebMD, RealSelf & NPI Healthcare Enricher (`jcoop32/psychology-today-webmd-realself-npi-therapist-doctor-scraper`) Actor

Extract verified private practice therapists, psychologists, dermatologists, plastic surgeons, MedSpas, and dental clinics across Psychology Today, WebMD, RealSelf, and the US CMS NPPES NPI Registry (npidb). Includes direct phones, NPI numbers, practice owners, fees, EHR tech stack, and emails.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/jcoop32/psychology-today-webmd-realself-npi-therapist-doctor-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Joshua Cooper](https://apify.com/jcoop32) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Psychology Today, WebMD, RealSelf & US NPI Healthcare Provider Enricher

Extract verified **private practice therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, dermatologists, plastic surgeons, MedSpas, and dental clinics** across **Psychology Today**, **WebMD / RealSelf**, and the **Official US CMS NPPES NPI Registry (`npidb`)**.

Every record is enriched with direct clinic phone numbers, **10-digit federal NPI numbers**, **Authorized Official / Practice Owner names**, session fees, accepted insurances, inferred email patterns (`{first}.{last}@clinic.com`), EHR & patient-booking tech stack (`SimplePractice`, `Jane App`, `PatientPop / Tebra`, `Zocdoc`), patient live-chat intake gaps, and ready-to-send B2B healthcare outreach icebreakers.

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### Why Healthcare Marketing Agencies, EHR SaaS & Medical Reps Use This Actor

1. **Multi-Directory Clinical Coverage (`Psychology Today` + `WebMD / RealSelf` + `US CMS NPI Registry`)**:
   - Extracts private-practice mental health clinicians from Psychology Today (with session fees, insurance panels, street coordinates, and direct phone lines).
   - Cross-references with the federal **US CMS NPPES NPI Registry (v2.1)** to surface multi-provider group clinics, **Authorized Official / Medical Director names**, and 10-digit NPI identifiers.
2. **EHR & Patient Intake Gap Detection**:
   - Flags `SimplePractice EHR`, `Jane App`, `PatientPop / Tebra`, `Zocdoc`, and identifies clinics missing 24/7 AI patient intake live chat (`missing_patient_live_chat: true`).
3. **Zero Proxy Overhead**:
   - Uses TLS fingerprint impersonation (`curl_cffi`) with automatic edge fallback so runs succeed without expensive residential proxies.

# Actor input Schema

## `specialty` (type: `string`):

Target healthcare specialty (e.g. therapist, psychologist, psychiatrist, dermatology, medspa, plastic-surgery, dentist, chiropractor).

## `location` (type: `string`):

City-state slug (e.g. chicago-il, new-york-ny, los-angeles-ca, austin-tx, miami-fl).

## `source` (type: `string`):

Extract across both Psychology Today and the Official US CMS NPPES NPI Registry, or filter to a specific source.

## `max_items` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of enriched healthcare provider leads to return.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "specialty": "therapist",
  "location": "chicago-il",
  "source": "all",
  "max_items": 12
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("jcoop32/psychology-today-webmd-realself-npi-therapist-doctor-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("jcoop32/psychology-today-webmd-realself-npi-therapist-doctor-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call jcoop32/psychology-today-webmd-realself-npi-therapist-doctor-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,jcoop32/psychology-today-webmd-realself-npi-therapist-doctor-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/C81eEcxX9lwh9QsaG/builds/l8LUpqMdduwIUwqQI/openapi.json