Doctors and health care providers in Lynch, NE
10 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Lynch, 169th of 178 Nebraska cities. The largest group is personal care attendant: 4, 40% of the city's records, against 18% across Nebraska.
The 5 largest groups in Lynch
Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.
Lynch in Nebraska
- Rank in Nebraska169th of 178 cities by records
- Share of the state<0.1% of Nebraska's records
- Specialties present5 taxonomy codes
- Top three groups80% of all records
- Personal Care Attendant rank11th of the 10 Nebraska cities with the most
Providers in Lynch, alphabetically
- Dale Block, M.D.General Practice Physician1578579249
- Shirley Claassen, MDGeneral Practice Physician1891720710
- Alyssa FischerFamily Nurse Practitioner1356232185
- Joshua HendersonPersonal Care Attendant1750188942
- Sarah HendersonPersonal Care Attendant1760289961
- James Keil, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1538176292
- Steven KnottsPersonal Care Attendant1285515270
- Tammy KnottsPersonal Care Attendant1659184901
- Natalie RihanekStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1245717487
- Reegyn Thompson, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner1942987656
The largest Nebraska cities
- Omaha33,911
- Lincoln14,829
- Norfolk2,673
- Grand Island2,378
- Bellevue2,125
How to read this directory
Lynch, Nebraska appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 10 registered healthcare providers spanning 5 distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Lynch - 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 Lynch 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 Lynch is weighted toward Personal Care Attendant (4 clinicians, followed by Family Nurse Practitioner with 2 and General Practice Physician with 2). 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 Nebraska's population, Lynch reports roughly 0.5 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 Nebraska's most common specialties, Adult Companion is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Lynch practice address, a coverage gap Lynch patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.
For Lynch 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 Lynch, NE?
There are 10 registered healthcare providers in Lynch, NE, covering 5 specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.
What are the most common medical specialties in Lynch?
The most common specialties in Lynch are Personal Care Attendant, Family Nurse Practitioner, General Practice Physician, Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program, Family Medicine Physician. Personal Care Attendant has the most providers with 4.
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.