Doctors and health care providers in Barbourville, KY
205 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Barbourville, 50th of 245 Kentucky cities. The largest group is family nurse practitioner: 29, 14% of the city's records, against 6% across Kentucky. Page 5 of 5.
The 8 largest groups in Barbourville
Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.
Barbourville in Kentucky
- Rank in Kentucky50th of 245 cities by records
- Share of the state0.2% of Kentucky's records
- Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
- Top three groups30.7% of all records
Compared with Kentucky as a whole, Barbourville has 8.8× the state's share of athletic trainer records.
Providers in Barbourville, alphabetically
- Katie Wise, M.ED,LPCC,Professional Counselor1457318594
- Samantha Woods, M.ED.Professional Counselor1245860709
- Jerry Woolum, MDSurgery Physician1467464446
- David Worthy, MDFamily Medicine Physician1366494114
- Sherrie YorkPeer Specialist1558248500
The largest Kentucky cities
- Louisville21,891
- Lexington14,031
- Prestonsburg3,285
- Bowling Green2,920
- Paducah1,910
How to read this directory
Barbourville, Kentucky appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 205 registered healthcare providers spanning 25 or more distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Barbourville - physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors, physical therapists, optometrists, psychologists, podiatrists, and every other credentialed provider type CMS tracks. It does not measure hospital beds, urgent-care capacity, or whether a given clinic is accepting new patients; it measures the pool of professionals with current NPI enrollment and a Barbourville practice location on file. Every figure is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES) - more than 7 million providers, maintained since May 2007, with 2024 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.
The provider mix in Barbourville is weighted toward Family Nurse Practitioner (29 clinicians, followed by Nurse Practitioner with 17 and Pharmacist with 17). That distribution reflects how NPPES records specialty: providers self-select a primary taxonomy code, so a family physician who also practices geriatrics will show up under whichever NUCC code they registered first. Relative to Kentucky's population, Barbourville reports roughly 4.5 providers per 100,000 residents using the state-level denominator, which is a rough proxy rather than a precise access-to-care measurement; the true catchment area of any {cityName} clinician extends beyond the municipal boundary.
Of Kentucky's most common specialties, Behavior Technician is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Barbourville practice address, a coverage gap Barbourville patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.
For Barbourville patients, this directory is most useful as a starting shortlist. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available CMS government data, not a review site, a ranking, or medical advice. NPPES data is self-reported and refreshed monthly; call the practice directly to confirm the provider is still there, accepts your insurance, and is taking new patients.
For informational purposes only; this directory is not medical advice and not a substitute for checking a license. See also: how to find a doctor and how to verify one.
Common questions
How many doctors are in Barbourville, KY?
There are 205 registered healthcare providers in Barbourville, KY, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.
What are the most common medical specialties in Barbourville?
The most common specialties in Barbourville are Family Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Practitioner, Pharmacist, Athletic Trainer, Physical Therapist. Family Nurse Practitioner has the most providers with 29.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov). Records are self-reported registrations, not licenses.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.