Community Health Worker

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

NUCC 172V00000X

46,467 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 53 states · 41st of 690 specialties by headcount.

46,467

Providers

CMS NPPES-registered

States

with ≥1 NPI

California

Top state

12,536 providers

$477

Open Pay avg

368th of 552 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Community Health Worker ranks 41st of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.66% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident Alaska leads.

46,467
NPPES providers in specialty: 41st
of 690 specialties: 1064
state-share HHI: 0.1%
Part D prescriber share

Alaska is densest per capita (21.4× the national rate; Wyoming 17.4×).

Taxonomy fingerprint

Community Health Worker (NUCC 172V00000X; 0.1% Part D prescribers (39 of 46,467); avg 1,291 Part D claims/prescriber (84th of 567); Open Payments avg $477/physician (368th of 552; 24 paid, $11K total); state-share HHI 1,064; next-larger headcount neighbor Home Health Aide (+655); next-smaller Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician (-2,141)).

Next larger: Home Health Aide (47,122) Next smaller: Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician (44,326)

Population-adjusted state index

Each multiple is this specialty's providers-per-resident in a state divided by the national rate (Census Vintage population estimates). Raw headcount favors large states; this ranking surfaces denser markets.

Over-indexed vs national rate

Alaska 21.4× · 293.6/100k
Wyoming 17.4× · 238.3/100k
West Virginia 16.3× · 224.3/100k
Utah 9.8× · 134.6/100k
District of Columbia 7.1× · 97.4/100k

Under-indexed vs national rate

Alabama 0.04× · 0.5/100k
Puerto Rico 0.06× · 0.8/100k
Arkansas 0.06× · 0.8/100k
Iowa 0.07× · 1/100k
Arizona 0.08× · 1.1/100k

Which states have the most providers?

#	State	Providers	% of specialty
1	California	12,536	27.0%
2	Utah	4,600	9.9%
3	West Virginia	3,971	8.5%
4	Ohio	3,168	6.8%
5	Michigan	2,499	5.4%
6	Alaska	2,153	4.6%
7	Kentucky	1,698	3.7%
8	Wyoming	1,392	3.0%
9	Oregon	1,194	2.6%
10	New Mexico	1,163	2.5%
11	Washington	1,081	2.3%
12	Nevada	1,061	2.3%
13	New York	900	1.9%
14	Texas	828	1.8%
15	Massachusetts	714	1.5%

Top Cities for Community Health Worker

#	City	Providers
1	San FranciscoCalifornia	1,768
2	CharlestonWest Virginia	1,725
3	Salt Lake CityUtah	1,681
4	Los AngelesCalifornia	1,140
5	PrestonsburgKentucky	1,140
6	LaramieWyoming	719
7	WashingtonDistrict of Columbia	654
8	ColumbusOhio	640
9	St GeorgeUtah	611
10	Las VegasNevada	577
11	OaklandCalifornia	571
12	SacramentoCalifornia	565

Sample Community Health Worker NPIs

A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.

#	Provider	State
1	Jennie Joseph, LM, CPMWinter Garden, FL	Florida
2	Samuel Gillespie, MDMoulton, AL	Alabama
3	Rebecca Dane, L.M.T. , C. S. T.Hamilton, MT	Montana
4	David Dowis, M.D.Fresno, CA	California
5	Horacio Gomez Gutierrez, LMTSalem, OR	Oregon
6	Ashu Syal, M.D.Pasadena, TX	Texas
7	Kate Mercier, MSPTCanton, MA	Massachusetts
8	Sylvia Morin, PNPSalt Lake City, UT	Utah
9	Theodore Solomon, LISWSan Francisco, CA	California
10	Janall BlackLayton, UT	Utah
11	Shea CullimoreLayton, UT	Utah
12	Sharon NasworthyLayton, UT	Utah
13	Kay StewartLayton, UT	Utah
14	Donald Muth, MDWest Bend, WI	Wisconsin
15	Julie Allen, OTLynnwood, WA	Washington
16	Sharon Gonzales, CASE MAANAGERClayton, NM	New Mexico
17	Alma JacoboRialto, CA	California
18	Frederick HughesVictorville, CA	California

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many Community Health Worker providers are in the US?

There are 46,467 Community Health Worker providers registered in the CMS NPPES database across 53 US states and territories. California has the most with 12,536 providers. Leading metros include San Francisco, CA; Charleston, WV; Salt Lake City, UT; Los Angeles, CA. Among 690 NUCC specialties, this code ranks 41st by headcount.

Do Community Health Worker clinicians appear in Open Payments?

CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 24 Community Health Worker physicians receiving industry payments totaling $11K (393 payments; average $477 per paid physician, 368th of 552 specialties by average). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.

How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?

Among Community Health Worker NPIs, 39 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,291 claims and $166K drug cost per prescriber; 84th of 567 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.

Data sources and methodology

Provider data from CMS NPPES (download.cms.gov/nppes). Specialty classification from NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org). Part D averages from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; industry payments from CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts reflect self-designated primary taxonomy at NPI enrollment. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Methodology · About

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-20.