NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Rheumatology Physician in Kansas

54 NPPES records list rheumatology physician with a practice address in Kansas, 1.8 per 100,000 residents, the 36th highest rate of 51. Kansas City and Wichita have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Kansas license search. Page 2 of 2.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207RR0500X · method

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

Kansas City has the most, 14

  1. Kansas City14
  2. Wichita12
  3. Overland Park8
  4. Hutchinson4
  5. Topeka4

Rheumatology Physician records in Kansas

  1. Sarah Vodopest, MDOverland Park, KS 662091780946194
  2. Shirley Wang, M.D.Overland Park, KS 662101598831026
  3. David Weidensaul, MDHutchinson, KS 675021942205851
  4. Christopher Williams, MDOlathe, KS 660611922569888

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RR0500X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Kansas ranks 36 of 51 per resident

  1. Indiana1.9
  2. South Dakota1.8
  3. Delaware1.8
  4. Kansas1.8
  5. Texas1.8
  6. Iowa1.8
  7. 50 states and D.C.2.4

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RR0500X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

83.3% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 81.6% 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. Kansas83.3%
  2. United States81.6%

Rheumatology Physician records in Kansas, measured

  • In a Medicare file45 of 54 · 83.3% here, 81.6% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file39 · 72.2% here, 69.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more27 · 50.0% here, 56.6% nationally
  • Median graduation year2005 · the 39 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207RR0500X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

54 NPPES records list rheumatology physician (207RR0500X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Kansas: 1.8 per 100,000 residents against 2.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Kansas City has 14 of them (26%).

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. Arkansas53
  2. District of Columbia57
  3. Iowa57
  4. New Hampshire58

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Delaware1.8
  2. South Dakota1.8
  3. Indiana1.9
  4. Maine1.9

The largest states

  1. California926
  2. New York599
  3. Texas545
  4. Florida494
  5. Pennsylvania413

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.