NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Physician Assistant in Iowa

1,525 NPPES records list physician assistant with a practice address in Iowa, 48 per 100,000 residents, the 29th highest rate of 51. Iowa City and Des Moines have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Iowa license search. Page 31 of 31.

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

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

Iowa City has the most, 226

  1. Iowa City226
  2. Des Moines179
  3. West Des Moines119
  4. Davenport80
  5. Cedar Rapids59

Physician Assistant records in Iowa

  1. Lee Witt, PA-CWest Des Moines, IA 502661265064471
  2. Robert Witt, PA-CBelle Plaine, IA 522081063411189
  3. Kristin Witzenburg, PACAnkeny, IA 500231306260682
  4. Karen Wolters, PA-CAmes, IA 500101669632436
  5. David Wonnell, PA-CWest Des Moines, IA 502651851378533
  6. Ann Wordekemper, PACouncil Bluffs, IA 515031508843681
  7. Kaitie Worley, PAWest Des Moines, IA 502661194211466
  8. Sierra WrightRunnells, IA 502371023820776
  9. Megan Wulf, PA-CBettendorf, IA 527221154962983
  10. Ashley Wutke, PA-CWilliamsburg, IA 523611972119667
  11. Ermei Yao, PA-CIowa City, IA 522421033361563
  12. Melinda Yehyawi, PACIowa City, IA 522421477635811
  13. Corey Yost, PA-CDes Moines, IA 503141568020097
  14. Elizabeth Young, PA-CIowa City, IA 522421790450294
  15. David Yurdin, P.A.Des Moines, IA 503141952459463
  16. Jaylene Zanker, PACHamburg, IA 516401780905307
  17. Gregory Zaugg, PACAlgona, IA 505111508853227
  18. Jane Zehr, PA-CWaverly, IA 506771700856663
  19. Madison Ziegler, PA-CCoralville, IA 522411457075822
  20. Jacquelyn Zillman, PAIowa City, IA 522421528220555
  21. Brian Zimmerman, PAClinton, IA 527321710931480
  22. Philip Zimmerman, PADavenport, IA 528031437303138
  23. Alexa Zink Baxter, PAIowa City, IA 522421104011105
  24. Jason Zinnel, PA-CSpirit Lake, IA 513601740839042
  25. Jenna Zoss, PA-CPella, IA 502191255094280

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

Iowa ranks 29 of 51 per resident

  1. Oregon49
  2. Arizona49
  3. Washington48
  4. Iowa48
  5. Oklahoma46
  6. Florida45
  7. 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.

79.5% 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. Iowa79.5%
  2. United States77.9%

Physician Assistant records in Iowa, measured

  • In a Medicare file1,212 of 1,525 · 79.5% here, 77.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file1,054 · 69.1% here, 62.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more627 · 41.1% here, 39.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2017 · the 1,053 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

1,525 NPPES records list physician assistant (363A00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Iowa: 48 per 100,000 residents against 49 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Iowa City has 226 of them (15%).

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. Louisiana1,556
  2. Nebraska1,352
  3. Kansas1,329
  4. Missouri1,790

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Washington47.6
  2. Oklahoma46.1
  3. Arizona49.3
  4. Oregon49.5

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.