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.
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
- District of Columbia 8.9× · 4.7/100k
- Maryland 3.6× · 1.9/100k
- Hawaii 2.6× · 1.4/100k
- Alaska 2.3× · 1.2/100k
- Georgia 1.9× · 1/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Missouri 0.18× · 0.1/100k
- Indiana 0.22× · 0.1/100k
- Alabama 0.37× · 0.2/100k
- Iowa 0.41× · 0.2/100k
- New Jersey 0.43× · 0.2/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 309 |
| 2 | New York | 124 |
| 3 | Maryland | 119 |
| 4 | Georgia | 111 |
| 5 | Texas | 100 |
| 6 | Florida | 94 |
| 7 | Virginia | 79 |
| 8 | Washington | 61 |
| 9 | Colorado | 54 |
| 10 | Massachusetts | 52 |
| 11 | Michigan | 46 |
| 12 | North Carolina | 42 |
| 13 | Tennessee | 41 |
| 14 | Pennsylvania | 40 |
| 15 | Illinois | 36 |
Top Cities for Public Health & General Preventive Medicine Physician
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AtlantaGeorgia | 62 |
| 2 | San DiegoCalifornia | 38 |
| 3 | New YorkNew York | 32 |
| 4 | WashingtonDistrict of Columbia | 29 |
| 5 | BaltimoreMaryland | 26 |
| 6 | Los AngelesCalifornia | 25 |
| 7 | ChicagoIllinois | 23 |
| 8 | BethesdaMaryland | 22 |
| 9 | San FranciscoCalifornia | 19 |
| 10 | DallasTexas | 19 |
| 11 | Loma LindaCalifornia | 17 |
| 12 | DenverColorado | 17 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mark JamesonHagerstown, MD |
| 2 | David Share, M.D.Ypsilanti, MI |
| 3 | Bhupesh Mangla, MDNew Haven, CT |
| 4 | Margaret Byers, D.O.East Lansing, MI |
| 5 | Barry Lobovits, MDPittsfield, MA |
| 6 | Luis Estevez, MD, MPH, MBAYorktown Heights, NY |
| 7 | Nancy Koughan, D.O.Decatur, GA |
| 8 | Beverly Collins, MD, MBA, MSBaltimore, MD |
| 9 | Larry Jecha, M.D. M.P.HKennewick, WA |
| 10 | Dennis Smallwood, D.O.Caro, MI |
| 11 | Kenneth Hoffman, M.D., M.P.H.Clinton, MD |
| 12 | Asefeh Heiat, M.D., M.P.H.New Haven, CT |
| 13 | Manjushree Ghose, MDEast Point, GA |
| 14 | Robert Newsom, M.D., M.P.H.Lynn Haven, FL |
| 15 | Julie Yelin, MDThe Woodlands, TX |
| 16 | Paul Lemanski, M.D., F.A.C.P.Albany, NY |
| 17 | Kimberly McDonald, MDApex, NC |
| 18 | John Naponick, MD CM MPH TMAlexandria, LA |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Preventive Medicine category.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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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
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