NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Counselor in Georgia

1,508 NPPES records list counselor with a practice address in Georgia, 14 per 100,000 residents, the 45th highest rate of 51. Atlanta and Columbus have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Georgia license search. Page 31 of 31.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 101Y00000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Atlanta has the most, 195

  1. Atlanta195
  2. Columbus113
  3. Decatur64
  4. Marietta56
  5. Lawrenceville45

Counselor records in Georgia

  1. Merci Yeldell, LAPCColumbus, GA 319011326412917
  2. Louis York, MA, LPC, NCCAuburn, GA 300111366363335
  3. Martha YorkAtlanta, GA 303121790562197
  4. Edil YusufAlpharetta, GA 300091831804244
  5. Heidi ZaffosMarietta, GA 300641134500598
  6. Nancy Zamora-Miller, LPCAtlanta, GA 303091386678316
  7. Grasenia Zellars, BSAugusta, GA 309091144595943
  8. Laura Zviovich, LPC, NCCMarietta, GA 300621053667311

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 101Y00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Georgia ranks 45 of 51 per resident

  1. Montana14
  2. Wisconsin14
  3. Delaware14
  4. Georgia14
  5. Virginia12
  6. Iowa11
  7. 50 states and D.C.32

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 101Y00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

2.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 2.4% 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. Georgia2.0%
  2. United States2.4%

Counselor records in Georgia, measured

  • In a Medicare file30 of 1,508 · 2.0% here, 2.4% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file60 · 4.0% here, 3.8% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more817 · 54.2% here, 64.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year2015 · the 59 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 101Y00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

1,508 NPPES records list counselor (101Y00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Georgia: 14 per 100,000 residents against 32 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Atlanta has 195 of them (13%).

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. Arkansas1,560
  2. South Carolina1,432
  3. New Jersey1,593
  4. Tennessee1,611

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Delaware13.8
  2. Wisconsin14.2
  3. Montana14.3
  4. Florida14.6

The largest states

  1. California13,723
  2. Washington11,350
  3. Massachusetts8,990
  4. Oregon4,468
  5. Oklahoma4,424

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.