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Healthcare providers in Connecticut
CMS NPPES registration records for Connecticut, aggregated across the 14 medical specialties Fonteum currently tracks, with CMS Care Compare facility counts and HRSA HPSA shortage-area context.
Fonteum tracks 5,977 healthcare providers in Connecticut across the 14 medical specialties it ingests from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry, alongside 429 Medicare-certified facilities across 6 care families from CMS Care Compare, with HRSA shortage-area and OIG exclusion context. Every figure carries its source, snapshot date, and methodology version. Snapshot 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07.
Provider supply by specialty in Connecticut
Active-provider counts for the 14 specialties Fonteum ingests from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry, with per-100,000 density (U.S. Census PEP V2025) and the national density rank of 51 jurisdictions. This covers the tracked specialties only — not every NPPES provider in Connecticut.
| Specialty | Providers | Per 100k | Density rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychiatry | 1,308 | 35.6 | #4 |
| Chiropractic | 926 | 25.2 | #30 |
| Cardiology | 605 | 16.5 | #3 |
| Pediatrics | 554 | 15.1 | #7 |
| Orthopedic Surgery | 454 | 12.4 | #8 |
| Neurology | 397 | 10.8 | #4 |
| Ophthalmology | 372 | 10.1 | #4 |
| Gastroenterology | 351 | 9.6 | #3 |
| Dermatology | 291 | 7.9 | #4 |
| Urology | 193 | 5.3 | #7 |
| Otolaryngology (ENT) | 163 | 4.4 | #8 |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | 148 | 4.0 | #3 · below threshold |
| Oncology (Medical) | 126 | 3.4 | #4 |
| Plastic Surgery | 89 | 2.4 | #7 |
Source:CMS NPPESSnapshot 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07
Medicare-certified facilities in Connecticut
429 Medicare-certified facilities operate in Connecticut across the families Fonteum tracks from CMS Care Compare. Each family links to its facility-level page for Connecticut.
| Facility type | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Nursing homes | 191 |
| Home health agencies | 72 |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 52 |
| Dialysis facilities | 49 |
| Hospitals | 37 |
| Hospice providers | 28 |
Source:CMS Care CompareSnapshot 2026-05-07
Health professional shortage areas in Connecticut
HRSA currently designates 115 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Connecticut — 41 primary care, 34 dental health, and 40 mental health. A HPSA marks a geography, population, or facility with too few clinicians relative to need, scored 0–26 by HRSA.
Source:HRSA HPSASnapshot 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07
Provider exclusions and sanctions in Connecticut
Connecticut reports 636 OIG LEIE federal exclusion records by address state, drawn from the OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (refreshed monthly). State Medicaid exclusion lists are tracked for select states; Connecticut is covered by the federal OIG list on the sanctions hub. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Related Connecticut healthcare data
- Hospital operating margins in Connecticut
CMS HCRIS cost-report margins vs the national average.
- Obstetrics & Gynecology access gap in Connecticut
4.0 per 100k — national density rank #3.
- Plastic Surgery access gap in Connecticut
2.4 per 100k — national density rank #7.
- Oncology (Medical) access gap in Connecticut
3.4 per 100k — national density rank #4.
- Nursing homes in Connecticut
191 Medicare-certified nursing homes on CMS Care Compare.
- Home health agencies in Connecticut
72 Medicare-certified home health agencies on CMS Care Compare.
- Ambulatory surgical centers in Connecticut
52 Medicare-certified ambulatory surgical centers on CMS Care Compare.
- Dialysis facilities in Connecticut
49 Medicare-certified dialysis facilities on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospitals in Connecticut
37 Medicare-certified hospitals on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospice providers in Connecticut
28 Medicare-certified hospice providers on CMS Care Compare.
Frequently asked questions about Connecticut providers
How many healthcare providers does Fonteum track in Connecticut?
- Fonteum tracks 5,977 providers in Connecticut across the 14 medical specialties it currently ingests from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry. This is the supply within those tracked specialties, not every NPPES-registered provider in Connecticut. The snapshot date is 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07.
Which medical specialty has the most providers in Connecticut?
- Among the 14 tracked specialties, Psychiatry is the largest in Connecticut with 1,308 providers, or 35.6 per 100,000 residents — a national density rank of #4 of 51. Counts come from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
What Medicare-certified facilities are in Connecticut?
- Connecticut has 429 Medicare-certified facilities across 6 families Fonteum tracks from CMS Care Compare, including nursing homes, hospitals, home health agencies, hospices, dialysis facilities, and ambulatory surgical centers. Each family links to its facility-level Care Compare page for Connecticut.
Are there provider exclusions or sanctions in Connecticut?
- Connecticut reports 636 OIG LEIE federal exclusion records by address state, drawn from the OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (refreshed monthly). State Medicaid exclusion lists are tracked for select states; Connecticut is covered by the federal OIG list on the sanctions hub. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Does Fonteum track shortage areas in Connecticut?
- HRSA currently designates 115 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Connecticut — 41 primary care, 34 dental health, and 40 mental health. A HPSA marks a geography, population, or facility with too few clinicians relative to need, scored 0–26 by HRSA.
How current is the Connecticut provider data?
- The Connecticut provider counts reflect the CMS NPPES supply-by-state snapshot dated 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07, under methodology nppes-supply-by-state/v2026.05. NPPES refreshes weekly and Care Compare monthly; Fonteum re-snapshots on that cadence. Every field on this page carries its source name and snapshot date.
How Connecticut provider data is built
Provider counts aggregate the CMS NPPES supply-by-state datasets under methodology nppes-supply-by-state/v2026.05; facility counts read the latest CMS Care Compare snapshots; HPSA and exclusion figures draw from HRSA and OIG / state Medicaid sources. Each value is source-provenanced — its source name, snapshot date, and methodology version travel with it.
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