Family Medicine Physician providers in the U.S.
156,104 NPPES records list family medicine physician as their primary taxonomy, about 46 per 100,000 residents; Alaska and Maine have the most per resident. 117,163 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 207Q00000X means
207Q00000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Family Medicine, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 156,104 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
Family Medicine is the medical specialty which is concerned with the total health care of the individual and the family. It is the specialty in breadth which integrates the biological, clinical, and behavioral sciences. The scope of family medicine is not limited by age, sex, organ system, or disease entity.
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207Q00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Chicago has the most, 1,593
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207Q00000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 1,996 | 39 |
| Alaska | 712 | 97 |
| Arizona | 3,119 | 42 |
| Arkansas | 1,681 | 55 |
| California | 17,133 | 44 |
| Colorado | 3,563 | 61 |
| Connecticut | 958 | 27 |
| Delaware | 518 | 50 |
| District of Columbia | 350 | 52 |
| Florida | 9,399 | 42 |
| Georgia | 3,951 | 36 |
| Hawaii | 730 | 51 |
| Idaho | 1,316 | 67 |
| Illinois | 6,215 | 50 |
| Indiana | 3,506 | 51 |
| Iowa | 2,336 | 73 |
| Kansas | 1,970 | 67 |
| Kentucky | 1,968 | 44 |
| Louisiana | 1,728 | 38 |
| Maine | 1,172 | 84 |
| Maryland | 1,912 | 31 |
| Massachusetts | 2,265 | 32 |
| Michigan | 6,013 | 60 |
| Minnesota | 3,985 | 70 |
| Mississippi | 1,165 | 40 |
| Missouri | 2,991 | 48 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 775 | 68 |
| Nebraska | 1,287 | 65 |
| Nevada | 1,243 | 39 |
| New Hampshire | 816 | 58 |
| New Jersey | 2,770 | 30 |
| New Mexico | 1,287 | 61 |
| New York | 6,417 | 33 |
| North Carolina | 4,953 | 46 |
| North Dakota | 596 | 76 |
| Ohio | 5,606 | 48 |
| Oklahoma | 2,303 | 57 |
| Oregon | 2,847 | 67 |
| Pennsylvania | 7,483 | 58 |
| Rhode Island | 475 | 43 |
| South Carolina | 2,700 | 50 |
| South Dakota | 601 | 65 |
| Tennessee | 2,674 | 38 |
| Texas | 11,119 | 37 |
| Utah | 1,411 | 41 |
| Vermont | 443 | 68 |
| Virginia | 4,137 | 48 |
| Washington | 5,534 | 71 |
| West Virginia | 1,122 | 63 |
| Wisconsin | 3,765 | 64 |
| Wyoming | 400 | 69 |
In federal data
- NUCC code207Q00000X · Family Medicine
- Size rank11th of 688 specialties by records (2.13% of all)
- In its family1st of 11 Family Medicine codes, 94.3% of the family
- Part D prescribers117,163 (75.1% of records)
- Part D claims3,544 a year per prescriber, on average (12th of 496)
- Industry payments55,478 physicians paid $50.1M in 2024, $903 each on average
- Concentration10 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of family medicine physician records
- Claudette Zaremba, MDAnchorage, AK1871522920
- Nicole Fliss, MDAnchorage, AK1346270865
- Robert Lawrence, M.D.Anchorage, AK1649352618
- Robin Ninefeldt, M.D.Anchorage, AK1659691590
- Daniel Tieva, M.D.Anchorage, AK1639464050
- Shannon Tesnow, RNAnchorage, AK1356150833
- Andrew Swartz, M.D.Anchorage, AK1336158401
- Talmadge Crowe, M.D.Anchorage, AK1942319611
- John Quimby, D.O.Anchorage, AK1558470229
- Calvin Billman, M.D.Anchorage, AK1356450027
- Mark Newman, MDAnchorage, AK1831295492
- Laura Johnston, MDAnchorage, AK1609972231
- Sandra Denton, MDAnchorage, AK1295729234
- Kenneth Norris, MDAnchorage, AK1841276102
- Michelle Rothoff, M.D.Anchorage, AK1023059151
- David Baines, MDAnchorage, AK1710928098
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Family Medicine Physician headcount concentrate?
156,104 Family Medicine Physician NPIs span 56 states; California alone holds 17,133. Top metros include Chicago, IL; Houston, TX; Seattle, WA; Los Angeles, CA. Nationally this is 11th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Family Medicine Physician's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 55,478 Family Medicine Physician physicians totaling $50.1M (1,130,185 payments; average $903, 238th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Family Medicine Physician Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Family Medicine Physician NPIs, 117,163 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 3,544 claims and $319K drug cost per prescriber; 12th of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
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.