NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Physician Assistant in South Dakota

674 NPPES records list physician assistant with a practice address in South Dakota, 73 per 100,000 residents, the 5th highest rate of 51. Sioux Falls and Rapid City have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the South Dakota license search. Page 4 of 14.

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).

Sioux Falls has the most, 245

  1. Sioux Falls245
  2. Rapid City127
  3. Aberdeen28
  4. Yankton17
  5. Brookings15

Physician Assistant records in South Dakota

  1. Marc Ellwein, PA-CSioux Falls, SD 571061710914478
  2. Pamela Elshere, PACTea, SD 570641861415127
  3. Jana ElwoodSioux Falls, SD 571051275703415
  4. Charles EmeryRosebud, SD 575701881786853
  5. Trevor Engelson, PA-CSioux Falls, SD 571041285008300
  6. Dianna England, PA-CPresho, SD 575681922008135
  7. Brian Ermer, PACAberdeen, SD 574011417931908
  8. Vickie Ernst, PA-CAberdeen, SD 574011134159791
  9. Brooke Espicha, PASioux Falls, SD 571051144466525
  10. Alyssa Etzkorn, PA-CPierre, SD 575011235780883
  11. Amber Evenson, PA-CTyndall, SD 570661285003772
  12. Austen FagerlandRapid City, SD 577011376816520
  13. Shannon FanningScotland, SD 570591144913914
  14. Connor Farrar, PA-CRapid City, SD 577021518539147
  15. Ellen Farrell, PA-CSioux Falls, SD 571051386350171
  16. Kara Fast, PAHuron, SD 573501174799373
  17. Kyla Feickert, PA-CHuron, SD 573501316285471
  18. Andrea Feil, PA-CRapid City, SD 577011497469142
  19. Leslie Felder, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTHot Springs, SD 577471093423451
  20. Stephanie Felts, PA-CDakota Dunes, SD 570491679051536
  21. James Ferrell, PA-CRapid City, SD 577021033421037
  22. Karley Fischer, PA-CBrookings, SD 570061437567427
  23. Sarah Fitzsimmons, PA-CSturgis, SD 577851053662650
  24. Kari Jo Fleming, PA-CWatertown, SD 572011316284839
  25. Amy Fluit, PA-CYankton, SD 570781811136583
  26. Racheal Folkers, PADakota Dunes, SD 570491386296465
  27. Garet Ford, PA-CSioux Falls, SD 571051306125919
  28. Jacob FormillerSioux Falls, SD 571051053148916
  29. Madeline Foss, PA-CSioux Falls, SD 571081851171680
  30. David Fossum, PACPierre, SD 575011992757348
  31. Jarrett Fowler, PARapid City, SD 577011023664620
  32. Brian Fraser, PATHOLOGY ASSISTANTSioux Falls, SD 571051679765192
  33. Shelton Fraser, PA-CEllsworth Afb, SD 577061871896837
  34. James Frerk, P.A.Yankton, SD 570781972563054
  35. Loran Frost, PASioux Falls, SD 571041619091287
  36. Caroline Fuhrer, PAScotland, SD 570591669779674
  37. Barbara Fuller, PACKyle, SD 577521326016874
  38. James Furry, PA-CSioux Falls, SD 571051417497793
  39. Justin Gabbert, PA-CPierre, SD 575011396554960
  40. Melissa Galvin, PA-CSioux Falls, SD 571051639697733
  41. Mackenzi Gatzke, PA-CDeadwood, SD 577321356818900
  42. Brittany GentzlerSioux Falls, SD 571051497166441
  43. Emily Geppert, PA-CRapid City, SD 577021699331223
  44. Emily GeraetsSioux Falls, SD 571051205579554
  45. Janell Gerberding, PARapid City, SD 577011760438220
  46. Renae Gerlach, PAMitchell, SD 573011881745016
  47. Allen Gibson, PACAberdeen, SD 574011205836384
  48. Abby Gietzen, PA-CBrookings, SD 570061205225661
  49. Kari Gill, PASioux Falls, SD 571041922347947
  50. Haley Gillen, PA-CVermillion, SD 570691366857559

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

South Dakota ranks 5 of 51 per resident

  1. District of Columbia82
  2. New York79
  3. Alaska74
  4. South Dakota73
  5. Maine70
  6. Minnesota70
  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.

81.5% 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. South Dakota81.5%
  2. United States77.9%

Physician Assistant records in South Dakota, measured

  • In a Medicare file549 of 674 · 81.5% here, 77.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file482 · 71.5% here, 62.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more355 · 52.7% here, 39.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2014 · the 482 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

674 NPPES records list physician assistant (363A00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in South Dakota: 73 per 100,000 residents against 49 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Sioux Falls has 245 of them (36%).

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. Rhode Island683
  2. Delaware695
  3. Montana698
  4. Arkansas599

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Alaska73.9
  2. Maine70.1
  3. Minnesota69.8
  4. Michigan69.6

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.