NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgical Physician Assistant in North Dakota

12 NPPES records list surgical physician assistant with a practice address in North Dakota, 1.5 per 100,000 residents, the 50th highest rate of 51. Fargo and Bismarck have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Dakota license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 363AS0400X · method

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

Fargo has the most, 6

  1. Fargo6
  2. Bismarck3
  3. Williston2
  4. Jamestown1

Surgical Physician Assistant records in North Dakota

  1. Evelyne Akoth, PA-CFargo, ND 581031902262595
  2. Ilene Brackin, PA-CBismarck, ND 585011457451981
  3. Daniel Deutsch, PA-CFargo, ND 581031508274408
  4. Debra Held, PABismarck, ND 585011265538607
  5. Carley HennessyWilliston, ND 588011407227101
  6. Jordan IversonFargo, ND 581031851890396
  7. Shane Meyer, PA-CFargo, ND 581031154675577
  8. Christopher Overbay, PAFargo, ND 581031508954959
  9. Lisa Peterson, PA-CWilliston, ND 588011619156411
  10. Teresa Reinholz, PA-CFargo, ND 581031043231269
  11. Kristen Scholl, PA-CBismarck, ND 585011164859831
  12. Patrick Walter, PAJamestown, ND 584011679891907

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363AS0400X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

North Dakota ranks 50 of 51 per resident

  1. Hawaii2.4
  2. Iowa1.8
  3. Mississippi1.6
  4. North Dakota1.5
  5. Arkansas1.4
  6. 50 states and D.C.5.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363AS0400X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

91.7% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 76.2% 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. North Dakota91.7%
  2. United States76.2%

Surgical Physician Assistant records in North Dakota, measured

  • In a Medicare file11 of 12 · 91.7% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file11 · 91.7% here, 64.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more7 · 58.3% here, 52.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2012 · the 11 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 363AS0400X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

12 NPPES records list surgical physician assistant (363AS0400X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Dakota: 1.5 per 100,000 residents against 5.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Fargo has 6 of them (50%).

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. Wyoming29
  2. Hawaii34
  3. Vermont34
  4. South Dakota40

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Arkansas1.4
  2. Mississippi1.6
  3. Iowa1.8
  4. Indiana2.4

The largest states

  1. New York2,152
  2. Florida1,444
  3. Texas1,350
  4. California1,075
  5. Pennsylvania832

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.