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 23 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. Amy OwensPrestonsburg, KY 416531376233460
  2. Brianda OwensPrestonsburg, KY 416531255116638
  3. Kayla OwensPrestonsburg, KY 416531629960539
  4. Patricia OwensPrestonsburg, KY 416531699651018
  5. Brittany PackPrestonsburg, KY 416531255163564
  6. William PackGreenup, KY 411441073650891
  7. Madison PainterLexington, KY 405111578284766
  8. Destiny PalumboPrestonsburg, KY 416531750191698
  9. Druscilla ParisePrestonsburg, KY 416531538836267
  10. Johnnie ParkerPrestonsburg, KY 416531730869413
  11. Nichole Parker, CSAMaysville, KY 410561801749411
  12. Toccara-Sophia ParksLexington, KY 405111457991887
  13. Hunter Parrett, CHWPrestonsburg, KY 416531982569745
  14. Tabetha ParrottLouisville, KY 402201962844605
  15. Connie PatePrestonsburg, KY 416531558828137
  16. Ilene PatePrestonsburg, KY 416531649025164
  17. Clyde PatrcikPrestonsburg, KY 416531912772922
  18. Megan PatrickLexington, KY 405111356935126
  19. Samantha PattonPrestonsburg, KY 416531295567519
  20. Devin PattyPrestonsburg, KY 416531053070433
  21. James PauleyPrestonsburg, KY 416531942086632
  22. Rita Pauley-BarkerPrestonsburg, KY 416531598441339
  23. Robert PaverMount Sterling, KY 403531659126803
  24. Charles PayneBowling Green, KY 421031740689199
  25. Felicia PecinaPrestonsburg, KY 416531336746833
  26. Gregory PelfreyPrestonsburg, KY 416531811695323
  27. Betty PelphreyPrestonsburg, KY 416531043922396
  28. Tyler PennPrestonsburg, KY 416531164095451
  29. Dawn PennigntonPrestonsburg, KY 416531356093645
  30. Brittany PeppiPrestonsburg, KY 416531144944794
  31. Alison PergramPrestonsburg, KY 416531023575610
  32. Danny Perkins, CHWPrestonsburg, KY 416531952250300
  33. Desiree PerkinsPrestonsburg, KY 416531093491847
  34. Kayli Perkins, CSAAshland, KY 411011295313948
  35. Lindsey PerkinsPrestonsburg, KY 416531215829163
  36. Paula PerryClearfield, KY 403131417136375
  37. Shelia PerryMorehead, KY 403511497565204
  38. Tiffany PerryPrestonsburg, KY 416531710596150
  39. Billie PetersPrestonsburg, KY 416531851852461
  40. Michael PetersPrestonsburg, KY 416531376000968
  41. Allison PetersenPrestonsburg, KY 416531538626122
  42. Julie PetersonPrestonsburg, KY 416531255011946
  43. Tina PetryPrestonsburg, KY 416531245797844
  44. Susan PettitPrestonsburg, KY 416531407667157
  45. Kimberly PeytonPrestonsburg, KY 416531902367519
  46. Brittney PhilapyLexington, KY 405111528717048
  47. Andrew PhillipsPrestonsburg, KY 416531225884653
  48. Donald PhillipsPrestonsburg, KY 416531679285928
  49. Marley PhillipsPrestonsburg, KY 416531831898808
  50. Wayne PhillpsHazard, KY 417011689973216

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.