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Healthcare providers in Florida
CMS NPPES registration records for Florida, aggregated across the 14 medical specialties Fonteum currently tracks, with CMS Care Compare facility counts and HRSA HPSA shortage-area context.
Fonteum tracks 26,550 healthcare providers in Florida across the 14 medical specialties it ingests from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry, alongside 3,122 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 Florida
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 Florida.
| Specialty | Providers | Per 100k | Density rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiropractic | 7,038 | 30.1 | #20 |
| Psychiatry | 2,933 | 12.5 | #37 |
| Cardiology | 2,567 | 11.0 | #16 |
| Pediatrics | 1,892 | 8.1 | #30 |
| Orthopedic Surgery | 1,827 | 7.8 | #47 |
| Ophthalmology | 1,776 | 7.6 | #17 |
| Neurology | 1,725 | 7.4 | #18 |
| Gastroenterology | 1,556 | 6.7 | #13 |
| Dermatology | 1,500 | 6.4 | #9 |
| Urology | 1,053 | 4.5 | #23 |
| Otolaryngology (ENT) | 725 | 3.1 | #41 |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | 707 | 3.0 | #10 · below threshold |
| Oncology (Medical) | 639 | 2.7 | #11 · below threshold |
| Plastic Surgery | 612 | 2.6 | #3 |
Source:CMS NPPESSnapshot 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07
Medicare-certified facilities in Florida
3,122 Medicare-certified facilities operate in Florida across the families Fonteum tracks from CMS Care Compare. Each family links to its facility-level page for Florida.
| Facility type | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Home health agencies | 1,134 |
| Nursing homes | 694 |
| Dialysis facilities | 536 |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 478 |
| Hospitals | 222 |
| Hospice providers | 58 |
Source:CMS Care CompareSnapshot 2026-05-07
Health professional shortage areas in Florida
HRSA currently designates 637 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Florida — 229 primary care, 204 dental health, and 204 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 Florida
Florida reports 6,816 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; Florida is covered by the federal OIG list on the sanctions hub. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Related Florida healthcare data
- Hospital operating margins in Florida
CMS HCRIS cost-report margins vs the national average.
- Oncology (Medical) access gap in Florida
2.7 per 100k — national density rank #11.
- Obstetrics & Gynecology access gap in Florida
3.0 per 100k — national density rank #10.
- Plastic Surgery access gap in Florida
2.6 per 100k — national density rank #3.
- Home health agencies in Florida
1,134 Medicare-certified home health agencies on CMS Care Compare.
- Nursing homes in Florida
694 Medicare-certified nursing homes on CMS Care Compare.
- Dialysis facilities in Florida
536 Medicare-certified dialysis facilities on CMS Care Compare.
- Ambulatory surgical centers in Florida
478 Medicare-certified ambulatory surgical centers on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospitals in Florida
222 Medicare-certified hospitals on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospice providers in Florida
58 Medicare-certified hospice providers on CMS Care Compare.
Frequently asked questions about Florida providers
How many healthcare providers does Fonteum track in Florida?
- Fonteum tracks 26,550 providers in Florida 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 Florida. The snapshot date is 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07.
Which medical specialty has the most providers in Florida?
- Among the 14 tracked specialties, Chiropractic is the largest in Florida with 7,038 providers, or 30.1 per 100,000 residents — a national density rank of #20 of 51. Counts come from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
What Medicare-certified facilities are in Florida?
- Florida has 3,122 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 Florida.
Are there provider exclusions or sanctions in Florida?
- Florida reports 6,816 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; Florida 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 Florida?
- HRSA currently designates 637 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Florida — 229 primary care, 204 dental health, and 204 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 Florida provider data?
- The Florida 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 Florida 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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