NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Community Health Worker in West Virginia

4,210 NPPES records list community health worker with a practice address in West Virginia, 238 per 100,000 residents, the 2nd highest rate of 51. Charleston and Parkersburg have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the West Virginia license search. Page 85 of 85.

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).

Charleston has the most, 1,708

  1. Charleston1,708
  2. Parkersburg131
  3. Princeton124
  4. Morgantown116
  5. Martinsburg80

Community Health Worker records in West Virginia

  1. Michelle Zemonick Jenkins, CMAClarksburg, WV 263011104742980
  2. Adrienne ZeniMorgantown, WV 265051841056843
  3. Teresa ZiantsMoundsville, WV 260411992397038
  4. Barbara ZiasNew Cumberlano, WV 260471881289007
  5. Carolyn ZickefooseBuckhannon, WV 262011598350126
  6. Melissa ZickefooseCharleston, WV 253111659070456
  7. Melissa ZinkleCharleston, WV 253111679235659
  8. Sarah ZirkleCharleston, WV 253111316716988
  9. Randi ZittleCharleston, WV 253111225752934
  10. William ZweyerCharleston, WV 253111760103659

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

West Virginia ranks 2 of 51 per resident

  1. Alaska312
  2. West Virginia238
  3. Wyoming226
  4. Utah118
  5. 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. West Virginia0.0%
  2. United States0.1%

Community Health Worker records in West Virginia, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 4,210 · 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 more2,330 · 55.3% 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

4,210 NPPES records list community health worker (172V00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in West Virginia: 238 per 100,000 residents against 14 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Charleston has 1,708 of them (41%).

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. Utah4,045
  2. Ohio3,832
  3. Michigan2,783
  4. Alaska2,286

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Wyoming226.0
  2. District of Columbia92.3
  3. New Mexico68.6
  4. Vermont59.8

The largest states

  1. California11,133
  2. Utah4,045
  3. Ohio3,832
  4. Michigan2,783
  5. Alaska2,286

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.