Public Health & General Preventive Medicine Physician

NUCC 2083P0901X · Preventive Medicine

1,799 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 52 states · 208th of 690 specialties by headcount.

1,799
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
52
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
309 providers
$3K
Open Pay avg
149th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Public Health & General Preventive Medicine Physician ranks 208th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.02% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident District of Columbia leads.

1,799
NPPES providers in specialty
208th
of 690 specialties
589
state-share HHI
22.2%
Part D prescriber share

District of Columbia is densest per capita (8.9× the national rate; Maryland 3.6×); 27.2% of the Preventive Medicine category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Public Health & General Preventive Medicine Physician (NUCC 2083P0901X; 22.2% Part D prescribers (399 of 1,799); avg 944 Part D claims/prescriber (164th of 572); Open Payments avg $3K/physician (149th of 551; 210 paid, $656K total); state-share HHI 589; next-larger headcount neighbor Rehabilitation Chiropractor (+24); next-smaller Geriatric Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician (-7)).

Next larger: Rehabilitation Chiropractor (1,823) Next smaller: Geriatric Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician (1,792)

Population-adjusted state index

Each multiple is this specialty's providers-per-resident in a state divided by the national rate (Census Vintage population estimates). Raw headcount favors large states; this ranking surfaces denser markets.

Over-indexed vs national rate

Under-indexed vs national rate

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California309
2New York124
3Maryland119
4Georgia111
5Texas100
6Florida94
7Virginia79
8Washington61
9Colorado54
10Massachusetts52
11Michigan46
12North Carolina42
13Tennessee41
14Pennsylvania40
15Illinois36

Top Cities for Public Health & General Preventive Medicine Physician

#CityProviders
1AtlantaGeorgia62
2San DiegoCalifornia38
3New YorkNew York32
4WashingtonDistrict of Columbia29
5BaltimoreMaryland26
6Los AngelesCalifornia25
7ChicagoIllinois23
8BethesdaMaryland22
9San FranciscoCalifornia19
10DallasTexas19
11Loma LindaCalifornia17
12DenverColorado17

Sample Public Health & General Preventive Medicine Physician NPIs

A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.

#Provider
1Mark JamesonHagerstown, MD
2David Share, M.D.Ypsilanti, MI
3Bhupesh Mangla, MDNew Haven, CT
4Margaret Byers, D.O.East Lansing, MI
5Barry Lobovits, MDPittsfield, MA
6Luis Estevez, MD, MPH, MBAYorktown Heights, NY
7Nancy Koughan, D.O.Decatur, GA
8Beverly Collins, MD, MBA, MSBaltimore, MD
9Larry Jecha, M.D. M.P.HKennewick, WA
10Dennis Smallwood, D.O.Caro, MI
11Kenneth Hoffman, M.D., M.P.H.Clinton, MD
12Asefeh Heiat, M.D., M.P.H.New Haven, CT
13Manjushree Ghose, MDEast Point, GA
14Robert Newsom, M.D., M.P.H.Lynn Haven, FL
15Julie Yelin, MDThe Woodlands, TX
16Paul Lemanski, M.D., F.A.C.P.Albany, NY
17Kimberly McDonald, MDApex, NC
18John Naponick, MD CM MPH TMAlexandria, LA

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Preventive Medicine category.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the large Public Health & General Preventive Medicine Physician headcount concentrate?
1,799 Public Health & General Preventive Medicine Physician NPIs span 52 states; California alone holds 309. Top metros include Atlanta, GA; San Diego, CA; New York, NY; Washington, DC. Nationally this is 208th of 690 NUCC codes.
How large is Public Health & General Preventive Medicine Physician's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 210 Public Health & General Preventive Medicine Physician physicians totaling $656K (1,852 payments; average $3K, 149th of 551). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Public Health & General Preventive Medicine Physician Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Public Health & General Preventive Medicine Physician NPIs, 399 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 944 claims and $142K drug cost per prescriber; 164th of 572 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Data sources and methodology

Provider data from CMS NPPES (download.cms.gov/nppes). Specialty classification from NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org). Part D averages from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; industry payments from CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts reflect self-designated primary taxonomy at NPI enrollment. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Methodology · About

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-27.