NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Community Health Worker in California

11,133 NPPES records list community health worker with a practice address in California, 29 per 100,000 residents, the 12th highest rate of 51. San Francisco and Los Angeles have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the California license search. Page 37 of 223.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 172V00000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

San Francisco has the most, 1,674

  1. San Francisco1,674
  2. Los Angeles929
  3. Oakland524
  4. Sacramento462
  5. San Bernardino286

Community Health Worker records in California

  1. Ella ChalmersEureka, CA 955011609726538
  2. Asia ChamberlainFontana, CA 923351669296018
  3. Joseph ChambersSan Carlos, CA 940701962259341
  4. Tarazano ChamblissSan Francisco, CA 941071841565553
  5. Curtasha ChampionHesperia, CA 923451811830284
  6. Nathan ChampionFresno, CA 937221104460989
  7. Ana Chan, COMMUNITY WORKERLos Angeles, CA 900051831427400
  8. Bernard ChanSan Francisco, CA 941071568025070
  9. Cynthia ChanSan Francisco, CA 941341437701430
  10. Derick ChanOakland, CA 946061861772188
  11. Elizabeth ChanOakland, CA 946061508225418
  12. Gerald ChanMartinez, CA 945531841519659
  13. Rachel ChanSan Francisco, CA 941021265110282
  14. Randy ChanSan Francisco, CA 941101952943631
  15. Sophia ChanArcadia, CA 910061295033520
  16. Wai Ming ChanSan Leandro, CA 945771346490232
  17. Yashneel ChandSacramento, CA 958291902773724
  18. Dawtanya ChandlerOrangevale, CA 956621609611201
  19. Julie ChandlerSan Francisco, CA 941161437506136
  20. Laura ChandlerSan Jose, CA 951261184151243
  21. Christine ChangSan Francisco, CA 941101609385053
  22. Karie ChangBloomington, CA 923161265395636
  23. Noua ChangFresno, CA 937271053195198
  24. Stacey ChangSan Mateo, CA 944021427897750
  25. Vivian ChangOakland, CA 946051881547859
  26. Heather ChaoRedding, CA 960011871261073
  27. Khey ChaoMerced, CA 953411962798751
  28. Melody ChaoNorwalk, CA 906501962067785
  29. Molly ChaoSan Francisco, CA 941031780195784
  30. Anupama Chapagain ParajuliOakland, CA 946061508117243
  31. Melissa ChaparroOakland, CA 946091992502702
  32. Melissa ChapinaRialto, CA 923771902683691
  33. Kirsten ChapmanOakland, CA 946051033929195
  34. Jillian CharlesBelmont, CA 940021437667359
  35. Velina CharlestonTehachapi, CA 935611972208452
  36. Joyvanessa CharpentierSacramento, CA 958111750150280
  37. Estes ChastainSan Francisco, CA 941101205599370
  38. Harold ChastainRoseville, CA 956781508409327
  39. Melody ChastainLong Beach, CA 908021760319412
  40. Crystal ChauGarden Grove, CA 928401912619875
  41. Hannah Chau ChauOrange, CA 928661316772924
  42. Thien ChauStockton, CA 952071184160202
  43. Tiffany ChauSan Francisco, CA 941021659809168
  44. Dhruvi ChauhanOrange, CA 928681396227997
  45. Maria ChavarinGarden Grove, CA 928401053122028
  46. Jackeline ChavarriaHesperia, CA 923451114743564
  47. Alexis ChavezLancaster, CA 935341891329512
  48. Ashley Chavez, CHWMoreno Valley, CA 925531942152202
  49. Brenda ChavezPasadena, CA 911011790479145
  50. Carmen ChavezMerced, CA 953411699578237

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 172V00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

California ranks 12 of 51 per resident

  1. Nevada34
  2. Ohio33
  3. Oregon29
  4. California29
  5. Michigan28
  6. Nebraska24
  7. 50 states and D.C.14

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 172V00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.1% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 0.1% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. California0.1%
  2. United States0.1%

Community Health Worker records in California, measured

  • In a Medicare file8 of 11,133 · 0.1% here, 0.1% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file5 · under 0.1% here, 0.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more3,028 · 27.2% here, 41.1% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 172V00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

11,133 NPPES records list community health worker (172V00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in California: 29 per 100,000 residents against 14 nationally (50 states and D.C.). San Francisco has 1,674 of them (15%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. West Virginia4,210
  2. Utah4,045
  3. Ohio3,832
  4. Michigan2,783

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Oregon28.7
  2. Nebraska24.1
  3. Nevada34.1
  4. Kentucky36.9

The largest states

  1. West Virginia4,210
  2. Utah4,045
  3. Ohio3,832
  4. Michigan2,783
  5. Alaska2,286

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

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.