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 32 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. Cassie VonhovenPrestonsburg, KY 416531992573794
  2. Allison WaddleLexington, KY 405111902513799
  3. Jeffrey WagersPrestonsburg, KY 416531205411857
  4. Michael WagersPrestonsburg, KY 416531114730595
  5. Stacy WagesPrestonsburg, KY 416531093371346
  6. Brian WalkerPrestonsburg, KY 416531265005128
  7. Samantha WalkerGrayson, KY 411431083377279
  8. Jessie WallacePrestonsburg, KY 416531952182719
  9. Terry WallacePrestonsburg, KY 416531407579873
  10. Rachel WallenPrestonsburg, KY 416531295458578
  11. Lorraine WallerBarbourville, KY 409061225830607
  12. Breandria WaltersPrestonsburg, KY 416531386300986
  13. Lillian WaltersPrestonsburg, KY 416531326761602
  14. Jennifer WardPrestonsburg, KY 416531245025154
  15. Joshua WardPrestonsburg, KY 416531467250928
  16. Kayla WardPrestonsburg, KY 416531750076014
  17. Russel WardPrestonsburg, KY 416531669939302
  18. Tyler WardPrestonsburg, KY 416531851858591
  19. Kim WarrenPrestonsburg, KY 416531306303045
  20. Lorrin WashingtonPrestonsburg, KY 416531407570757
  21. Zachary WassonPrestonsburg, KY 416531295540326
  22. Garry WatsonLouisville, KY 402131851652663
  23. Courtney WattsHazard, KY 417011780059600
  24. Justin WattsPikeville, KY 415011225803877
  25. Tiffany WattsPrestonsburg, KY 416531245881010
  26. Joe WaughPrestonsburg, KY 416531578107223
  27. Jonathan WeaverPrestonsburg, KY 416531235876558
  28. Mary WeaverPrestonsburg, KY 416531194367516
  29. Andrea WebbPrestonsburg, KY 416531134871445
  30. Dezaray WebbPrestonsburg, KY 416531649016882
  31. Kenneth WebbPrestonsburg, KY 416531780142844
  32. Kristina Webb, DILexington, KY 405111114157542
  33. Nancy WebbPrestonsburg, KY 416531083313522
  34. Ronnie WebbMc Dowell, KY 416471083353544
  35. Carolynne WebsterLexington, KY 405111043138209
  36. Michelle WebsterLouisville, KY 402021578802104
  37. Ruth WeddingPrestonsburg, KY 416531508327172
  38. Steven WeilPrestonsburg, KY 416531891370359
  39. Melissa Welch, CHWPrestonsburg, KY 416531558210807
  40. Bobby WellsPrestonsburg, KY 416531801574249
  41. Emileanna WellsPrestonsburg, KY 416531326783135
  42. Kirsten WellsPrestonsburg, KY 416531851230411
  43. Erica WestPrestonsburg, KY 416531639769292
  44. Martha WestPrestonsburg, KY 416531679361745
  45. Sonja West, CHWPrestonsburg, KY 416531346113347
  46. Penny Westheider, CHWPrestonsburg, KY 416531659243806
  47. Amy WhartonPrestonsburg, KY 416531902584113
  48. Martha WheeelerHazard, KY 417011518373125
  49. Andrea Wheeler, CHWPrestonsburg, KY 416531073477675
  50. Regina WhismanPrestonsburg, KY 416531811743982

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.