NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Speech-Language Assistant in Alaska

56 NPPES records list speech-language assistant with a practice address in Alaska, 7.6 per 100,000 residents, the 5th highest rate of 50. Anchorage and Fairbanks have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Alaska license search. Page 2 of 2.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 2355S0801X · method

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

Anchorage has the most, 20

  1. Anchorage20
  2. Fairbanks15
  3. Wasilla6
  4. Soldotna5
  5. Homer4

Speech-Language Assistant records in Alaska

  1. Marisa TumbacoAnchorage, AK 995151730986829
  2. Susan Updegraff, SLPAFairbanks, AK 997091205127313
  3. Victoria Wang, SLPAAnchorage, AK 995151962957209
  4. Magan Wiggs, SLP-AFairbanks, AK 997091548594138
  5. Scott Wiser, SLP-AFairbanks, AK 997091790276335
  6. Rebecca Worthen, SLPAFairbanks, AK 997011265875942

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2355S0801X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Alaska ranks 5 of 50 per resident

  1. Texas11.2
  2. Maine10.2
  3. Arkansas9.0
  4. Alaska7.6
  5. Florida6.9
  6. California6.5
  7. 50 states and D.C.3.7

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2355S0801X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 0.1% 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. Alaska0.0%
  2. United States0.1%

Speech-Language Assistant records in Alaska, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 56 · 0.0% here, 0.1% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.2% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more27 · 48.2% here, 50.8% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 2355S0801X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

56 NPPES records list speech-language assistant (2355S0801X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Alaska: 7.6 per 100,000 residents against 3.7 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Anchorage has 20 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. Virginia49
  2. New Mexico48
  3. Colorado44
  4. Tennessee44

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Florida6.9
  2. California6.5
  3. Arkansas9.0
  4. Oklahoma5.6

The largest states

  1. Texas3,430
  2. California2,532
  3. Arizona2,340
  4. Florida1,571
  5. Puerto Rico421

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.