NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Physician Assistant in District of Columbia

558 NPPES records list physician assistant with a practice address in District of Columbia, 82 per 100,000 residents, the 2nd highest rate of 51. Washington and Bolling Afb have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the District of Columbia license search. Page 12 of 12.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 363A00000X · method

Washington has the most, 552

Physician Assistant records in District of Columbia

  1. Amy Yoxthimer, PAWashington, DC 200091588781819
  2. Tamar Zakheim, PA-CWashington, DC 200161770837650
  3. William Zarychta, PA-CWashington, DC 205931508817495
  4. Selam Zewoldi-Belai, PAWashington, DC 200171396291480
  5. Rebecca Zhang, PA-CWashington, DC 200101427602671
  6. Camilla ZivariWashington, DC 200101720835978
  7. Nancy Zonarich, PAWashington, DC 200101841350121
  8. Maria ZumerWashington, DC 203101174922645

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363A00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

District of Columbia ranks 2 of 51 per resident

  1. North Carolina86
  2. District of Columbia82
  3. New York79
  4. Alaska74
  5. 50 states and D.C.49

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363A00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

66.7% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 77.9% 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. District of Columbia66.7%
  2. United States77.9%

Physician Assistant records in District of Columbia, measured

  • In a Medicare file372 of 558 · 66.7% here, 77.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file264 · 47.3% here, 62.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more219 · 39.2% here, 39.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2019 · the 262 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 363A00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

558 NPPES records list physician assistant (363A00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in District of Columbia: 82 per 100,000 residents against 49 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Washington has 552 of them (99%).

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. Alaska542
  2. Arkansas599
  3. North Dakota464
  4. South Dakota674

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. New York79.5
  2. North Carolina85.6
  3. Maine70.1
  4. Minnesota69.8

The largest states

  1. New York15,555
  2. California14,451
  3. Texas10,999
  4. Florida10,257
  5. North Carolina9,279

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.