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 27 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. Jada SandersPrestonsburg, KY 416531861950313
  2. Janet SandfordLexington, KY 405111275177099
  3. Jalon SandlinPrestonsburg, KY 416531043073091
  4. Michella SandlinPrestonsburg, KY 416531518532415
  5. Charles SandsLexington, KY 405111598556417
  6. Enola SantanaLouisville, KY 402201346555125
  7. Isabella SargentPrestonsburg, KY 416531083378277
  8. Duane SassiPrestonsburg, KY 416531912502568
  9. Angie SaylorPrestonsburg, KY 416531881306140
  10. Marissa ScaggsMorehead, KY 403511801782628
  11. Sandra ScalesePrestonsburg, KY 416531821859182
  12. Marilyn ScherrAshland, KY 411021578149894
  13. Joshua SchmidtPrestonsburg, KY 416531902364458
  14. Julie SchmuckieLouisville, KY 402201811338916
  15. Schelli SchroderElsmere, KY 410181134300502
  16. Sandra SchulzPewee Valley, KY 400561427448042
  17. Sarah SchulzLexington, KY 405111578232138
  18. Matthew ScofieldPrestonsburg, KY 416531912560871
  19. Alexander ScottPrestonsburg, KY 416531689406829
  20. Ilene ScottPrestonsburg, KY 416531518432244
  21. Marlene ScottPrestonsburg, KY 416531669084281
  22. Heather ScruggsSomerset, KY 425011831483197
  23. Brianna SearpPrestonsburg, KY 416531073392478
  24. Bennie SellardsPrestonsburg, KY 416531164145652
  25. Nora SescoPrestonsburg, KY 416531982162459
  26. Jessica SeversPrestonsburg, KY 416531295345262
  27. Kerstin Sexton, CHWPrestonsburg, KY 416531184590259
  28. Shayna SextonPrestonsburg, KY 416531487250254
  29. Sherry SextonPrestonsburg, KY 416531861004350
  30. Teresa SextonPrestonsburg, KY 416531629814850
  31. Donnie ShapakaLouisa, KY 412301093411563
  32. Bobbi ShepherdPrestonsburg, KY 416531396203808
  33. Crystal ShepherdPrestonsburg, KY 416531356030829
  34. Keira ShepherdPrestonsburg, KY 416531962289041
  35. Lindsey ShepherdPrestonsburg, KY 416531750849162
  36. Melanie ShepherdPrestonsburg, KY 416531033879390
  37. Cynthia ShoaffPrestonsburg, KY 416531932889599
  38. Yolanda ShockeyPrestonsburg, KY 416531679241830
  39. Tiffany ShousePrestonsburg, KY 416531356197701
  40. Jeannette ShuabPrestonsburg, KY 416531720858970
  41. Crystal SimmonsPrestonsburg, KY 416531194425546
  42. Kendra SimpkinsPrestonsburg, KY 416531962109306
  43. Lovella SimpkinsPrestonsburg, KY 416531609334028
  44. Darlene SimpsonLexington, KY 405111114558319
  45. Patra SimpsonPrestonsburg, KY 416531184496622
  46. Anna Simpson-HoustonLexington, KY 405111265024467
  47. Megan SimsHazard, KY 417011336408939
  48. Kelsey SizemorePrestonsburg, KY 416531851990824
  49. Missy SizemorePrestonsburg, KY 416531851034896
  50. Leonard SkeansPrestonsburg, KY 416531225596653

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.