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 30 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. Jacqueline StrattonLexington, KY 405111770440430
  2. Elizabeth Stricklen, CMMorehead, KY 403511164030201
  3. Brittany StrongHazard, KY 417011215333646
  4. Darlene StrongPrestonsburg, KY 416531043968910
  5. Shelby StrongHazard, KY 417011720442635
  6. Elizabeth SturgillPrestonsburg, KY 416531548925266
  7. Mark SturgillPrestonsburg, KY 416531851158752
  8. Danita SullivanPrestonsburg, KY 416531881152940
  9. Tiffany SullivanPrestonsburg, KY 416531972267052
  10. Shaina SummaPrestonsburg, KY 416531790442556
  11. Ashley SumnerPrestonsburg, KY 416531174211577
  12. Ryon SuttonPrestonsburg, KY 416531750146684
  13. Kinsey SwaffordLexington, KY 405111649952227
  14. April SwordPrestonsburg, KY 416531922544071
  15. Ambrianna TackettPrestonsburg, KY 416531851944318
  16. Ashley TackettPrestonsburg, KY 416531306531066
  17. Paul TackettPrestonsburg, KY 416531063988285
  18. Shawna TackettPrestonsburg, KY 416531306601257
  19. Tina TaillonPrestonsburg, KY 416531144833724
  20. Misty TaulbeePrestonsburg, KY 416531831741123
  21. Timothy TaulbeePrestonsburg, KY 416531356019087
  22. Amanda TaylorPrestonsburg, KY 416531790353977
  23. Ashley TaylorLexington, KY 405111053124255
  24. Jennifer TaylorPrestonsburg, KY 416531770383747
  25. Josie TaylorPrestonsburg, KY 416531407317035
  26. Kayla TaylorPrestonsburg, KY 416531205536653
  27. Kristen TaylorPrestonsburg, KY 416531861178147
  28. Melinda TaylorPrestonsburg, KY 416531851858435
  29. Melissa TaylorCovington, KY 410111295161032
  30. Priscilla TaylorPrestonsburg, KY 416531356067409
  31. Vivian TaylorPrestonsburg, KY 416531457164931
  32. Nicole TeagueLouisville, KY 402201316223167
  33. Hannah TerryPrestonsburg, KY 416531083305494
  34. Devin ThackerPrestonsburg, KY 416531174085856
  35. Lillian ThackerPrestonsburg, KY 416531982523452
  36. Karen Thomas, CMMorehead, KY 403511013525161
  37. Lucy ThomasPrestonsburg, KY 416531235696824
  38. Michael ThomasLexington, KY 405111134860927
  39. Sasha ThomasPrestonsburg, KY 416531932666526
  40. Shelly ThomasPrestonsburg, KY 416531609622851
  41. Justina ThompsonLexington, KY 405111679053615
  42. Kareem ThompsonLexington, KY 405111548020605
  43. Leann ThompsonPrestonsburg, KY 416531922689983
  44. Lisa ThompsonPrestonsburg, KY 416531821771114
  45. Lukas ThompsonMount Sterling, KY 403531194565200
  46. Melissa ThompsonPrestonsburg, KY 416531255011573
  47. Sarah Thompson, BSLexington, KY 405051972029825
  48. Tony ThompsonPrestonsburg, KY 416531003521840
  49. Victoria ThornsberryPrestonsburg, KY 416531295433175
  50. Stacy ThornsburgPrestonsburg, KY 416531225884471

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.