NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Health Educator in New Mexico

53 NPPES records list health educator with a practice address in New Mexico, 2.5 per 100,000 residents, the 10th highest rate of 51. Albuquerque and Las Cruces have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the New Mexico license search. Page 2 of 2.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 174H00000X · method

Albuquerque has the most, 23

Health Educator records in New Mexico

  1. Whitney WhettenRio Rancho, NM 871241811886906
  2. Sherri WilsonClovis, NM 881011114339132
  3. McKenzie Yazzie-MartinLas Cruces, NM 880011497363261

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 174H00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

New Mexico ranks 10 of 51 per resident

  1. California3.1
  2. Hawaii2.9
  3. New Hampshire2.6
  4. New Mexico2.5
  5. Utah2.4
  6. Massachusetts2.1
  7. 50 states and D.C.1.9

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 174H00000X 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 0.2% 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. New Mexico0.0%
  2. United States0.2%

Health Educator records in New Mexico, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 53 · 0.0% here, 0.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.2% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more42 · 79.2% here, 60.1% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 174H00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

53 NPPES records list health educator (174H00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in New Mexico: 2.5 per 100,000 residents against 1.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Albuquerque has 23 of them (43%).

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. Connecticut53
  2. Kentucky52
  3. Mississippi55
  4. Arkansas48

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. New Hampshire2.6
  2. Utah2.4
  3. Massachusetts2.1
  4. Puerto Rico2.1

The largest states

  1. California1,225
  2. New York854
  3. Michigan413
  4. Florida343
  5. Texas291

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.