Doctors and health care providers in Lake City, MI
60 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Lake City, 279th of 515 Michigan cities. The largest group is recreation therapist: 7, 12% of the city's records, against 0% across Michigan. Page 2 of 2.
The 8 largest groups in Lake City
Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.
Lake City in Michigan
- Rank in Michigan279th of 515 cities by records
- Share of the state<0.1% of Michigan's records
- Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
- Top three groups28.3% of all records
- Recreation Therapist rank8th of the 10 Michigan cities with the most
Providers in Lake City, alphabetically
- Elizabeth SlackOccupational Therapist1164863296
- Brittney SmithBehavior Technician1053905745
- Leeann Smith, LMTMassage Therapist1730695651
- Suzanne SmithMassage Therapist1316482300
- David Taylor, HOME CARE GIVERHome Health Registered Nurse1316644297
- Theresa Thompson, CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1255600755
- Danay Tossey, PTSPhysical Therapy Assistant1649516360
- Marianne Totton, OTR/LOccupational Therapist1518236868
- Elizabeth Tuck, FNP-CPrimary Care Nurse Practitioner1609361807
- Stephen Wheeler, LPC, CTRS, SCLMental Health Counselor1366196586
The largest Michigan cities
- Farmington Hills36,305
- Detroit19,832
- Grand Rapids18,005
- Ann Arbor15,616
- Novi7,641
How to read this directory
Lake City, Michigan appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 60 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 Lake City - 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 Lake City 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 Lake City is weighted toward Recreation Therapist (7 clinicians, followed by Physical Therapist with 5 and Mental Health Counselor with 5). 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 Michigan's population, Lake City reports roughly 0.6 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 Michigan's most common specialties, Social Worker is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Lake City practice address, a coverage gap Lake City patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.
For Lake City 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 Lake City, MI?
There are 60 registered healthcare providers in Lake City, MI, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.
What are the most common medical specialties in Lake City?
The most common specialties in Lake City are Recreation Therapist, Physical Therapist, Mental Health Counselor, Occupational Therapist, Massage Therapist. Recreation Therapist has the most providers with 7.
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.