School Social Worker

NUCC 1041S0200X · Social Worker

6,877 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 51 states · 113th of 690 specialties by headcount.

6,877
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
51
States
with ≥1 NPI
New York
Top state
1,220 providers
$80
Open Pay avg
524th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

School Social Worker ranks 113th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.09% of all registered NPIs), densest in New York; per resident District of Columbia leads.

6,877
NPPES providers in specialty
113th
of 690 specialties
727
state-share HHI
0%
Part D prescriber share

District of Columbia is densest per capita (13.9× the national rate; New Mexico 12.5×); 1.6% of the Social Worker category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

School Social Worker (NUCC 1041S0200X; 0% Part D prescribers (2 of 6,877); avg 471 Part D claims/prescriber (297th of 572); Open Payments avg $80/physician (524th of 551; 1 paid, $80 total); state-share HHI 727; next-larger headcount neighbor Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician (+39); next-smaller Optician (-23)).

Next larger: Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician (6,916) Next smaller: Optician (6,854)

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
1New York1,220
2California844
3Virginia563
4New Mexico539
5Massachusetts367
6Illinois262
7Ohio239
8Maryland237
9Minnesota219
10Utah203
11Louisiana194
12District of Columbia192
13Michigan189
14New Jersey127
15Florida123

Top Cities for School Social Worker

#CityProviders
1WashingtonDistrict of Columbia191
2FairfaxVirginia180
3AlbuquerqueNew Mexico178
4RochesterNew York133
5BrooklynNew York127
6New YorkNew York89
7BronxNew York82
8BaltimoreMaryland69
9RichmondVirginia69
10Saint PaulMinnesota68
11ChicagoIllinois64
12BroadlandsVirginia57

Sample School Social Worker NPIs

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

#Provider
1Jesse Owens, M.A, LCSWSouth Holland, IL
2Carmela ShattuckNew Haven, CT
3Wendy Nadolny, L.C.S.W.Craig, CO
4Corinne Johnson, LCSWSalt Lake City, UT
5Marilou Tagliatela, LMSWRaton, NM
6Jennifer Voelker, LCSWIndianapolis, IN
7Julia Nickel, LCSWJoliet, IL
8Melody Washington, LCSW-CAccokeek, MD
9Teresa McFarland-Miller, MSW, LCSWMc Leansboro, IL
10Michelle Messier, MSWFall River, MA
11Laura Dunham, MSW, LSWSpringfield, OH
12Holly Gregory, LCSWLebanon, IN
13Kathryn Sahm, LCSWIndianapolis, IN
14Michael Smith, MSWMadison, WI
15Kimberly Close-Jensen, LCSWFairfax, VA
16Paul Johnson, MSSWFitchburg, WI
17Yvonne Walker, MS,C.M.H.T.Gulfport, MS
18Virginia Allen, L.I.S.W.Raton, NM

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Social Worker category.

Compare School Social Worker vs Clinical Social Worker →

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the large School Social Worker headcount concentrate?
6,877 School Social Worker NPIs span 51 states; New York alone holds 1,220. Top metros include Washington, DC; Fairfax, VA; Albuquerque, NM; Rochester, NY. Nationally this is 113th of 690 NUCC codes.
How large is School Social Worker's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1 School Social Worker physicians totaling $80 (4 payments; average $80, 524th of 551). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is School Social Worker Part D prescribing at scale?
Among School Social Worker NPIs, 2 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 471 claims and $40K drug cost per prescriber; 297th 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.