NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Community Health Worker in Kentucky

1,672 NPPES records list community health worker with a practice address in Kentucky, 37 per 100,000 residents, the 8th highest rate of 51. Prestonsburg and Lexington have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Kentucky license search. Page 15 of 34.

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).

Prestonsburg has the most, 1,162

  1. Prestonsburg1,162
  2. Lexington218
  3. Louisville68
  4. Hazard59
  5. Ashland36

Community Health Worker records in Kentucky

  1. Brandy HowardPrestonsburg, KY 416531831652809
  2. Brittany HowardPrestonsburg, KY 416531285335513
  3. Effie HowardLexington, KY 405111417463050
  4. Joseph HowardPrestonsburg, KY 416531770460008
  5. Sherri HowardPrestonsburg, KY 416531386356608
  6. Braden Howell, CHWPrestonsburg, KY 416531093670200
  7. Misti HowellPrestonsburg, KY 416531386536415
  8. Misty HowellPrestonsburg, KY 416531326811753
  9. John HubbardPrestonsburg, KY 416531942994249
  10. Tyler HubbardPrestonsburg, KY 416531609707751
  11. Elizabeth HudsonHazard, KY 417011467708008
  12. Kathleen HudsonPrestonsburg, KY 416531932821691
  13. Keith HuennekensPrestonsburg, KY 416531215633409
  14. Megan HuffmanPrestonsburg, KY 416531922881291
  15. Tina HuffmanPrestonsburg, KY 416531225481161
  16. Paul HughesPrestonsburg, KY 416531962000802
  17. Weylin Humphrey, CSAMaysville, KY 410561487505947
  18. Keesha HuntPikeville, KY 415011124893904
  19. Megan HuntPrestonsburg, KY 416531225728819
  20. Samantha HuntPrestonsburg, KY 416531063000321
  21. Sonya HuntPrestonsburg, KY 416531447000203
  22. Trista HuntPrestonsburg, KY 416531316405558
  23. Karen Hunter, CHWLouisville, KY 402101326866625
  24. Sara HunterHazard, KY 417011932564069
  25. Myra HurdPrestonsburg, KY 416531477027076
  26. Andrea HurleyPrestonsburg, KY 416531003380601
  27. Shelby Hurley, CHWPrestonsburg, KY 416531043173305
  28. Billie HutchinsonPrestonsburg, KY 416531427769959
  29. Kellie HutchinsonPrestonsburg, KY 416531255899308
  30. Cameron IkardLexington, KY 405111366210122
  31. Louis IlengaBowling Green, KY 421011336086370
  32. Ashley IngramPrestonsburg, KY 416531932718707
  33. Matthew IranpourLexington, KY 405111497466239
  34. Ariana IsaacLexington, KY 405111982530234
  35. April IsaacsPrestonsburg, KY 416531629849120
  36. Jennifer IsaacsPrestonsburg, KY 416531982326658
  37. Jonah IsaacsPrestonsburg, KY 416531164188710
  38. Joshua Isaacs, CSALouisville, KY 402141871303479
  39. Robin Isaacs, OTRLouisville, KY 402171528337490
  40. Joseph IsangLexington, KY 405111831848365
  41. Paul IsenbergSmiths Grove, KY 421711275476111
  42. Dwight JacksonFlatwoods, KY 411391013055896
  43. Keisha Jackson, MSW,CADCPrestonsburg, KY 416531932784493
  44. Michael JacksonPrestonsburg, KY 416531346934650
  45. Michelle JacksonLexington, KY 405111376084079
  46. Thomas JacksonPrestonsburg, KY 416531649044074
  47. Tori JacksonBarbourville, KY 409061043012420
  48. Brittany JacobsPrestonsburg, KY 416531881161263
  49. Hannah JacobsLexington, KY 405111871207332
  50. Sarah JamesPrestonsburg, KY 416531588244198

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

Kentucky ranks 8 of 51 per resident

  1. District of Columbia92
  2. New Mexico69
  3. Vermont60
  4. Kentucky37
  5. Nevada34
  6. Ohio33
  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.

0.0% 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. Kentucky0.0%
  2. United States0.1%

Community Health Worker records in Kentucky, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 1,672 · 0.0% here, 0.1% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more735 · 44.0% 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

1,672 NPPES records list community health worker (172V00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Kentucky: 37 per 100,000 residents against 14 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Prestonsburg has 1,162 of them (69%).

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. New Mexico1,451
  2. Wyoming1,320
  3. Oregon1,213
  4. Nevada1,088

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Ohio32.5
  2. California28.6
  3. Michigan27.7
  4. Nebraska24.1

The largest states

  1. California11,133
  2. West Virginia4,210
  3. Utah4,045
  4. Ohio3,832
  5. Michigan2,783

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.