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Healthcare providers in Georgia
CMS NPPES registration records for Georgia, aggregated across the 14 medical specialties Fonteum currently tracks, with CMS Care Compare facility counts and HRSA HPSA shortage-area context.
Fonteum tracks 10,967 healthcare providers in Georgia across the 14 medical specialties it ingests from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry, alongside 1,569 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 Georgia
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 Georgia.
| Specialty | Providers | Per 100k | Density rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiropractic | 3,290 | 29.4 | #23 |
| Psychiatry | 1,371 | 12.3 | #41 |
| Cardiology | 970 | 8.7 | #29 |
| Orthopedic Surgery | 915 | 8.2 | #44 |
| Pediatrics | 836 | 7.5 | #35 · below threshold |
| Neurology | 599 | 5.4 | #40 |
| Ophthalmology | 596 | 5.3 | #44 |
| Gastroenterology | 545 | 4.9 | #33 |
| Dermatology | 431 | 3.9 | #38 · below threshold |
| Otolaryngology (ENT) | 414 | 3.7 | #28 |
| Urology | 399 | 3.6 | #43 |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | 284 | 2.5 | #21 · below threshold |
| Plastic Surgery | 204 | 1.8 | #22 |
| Oncology (Medical) | 113 | 1.0 | #40 · below threshold |
Source:CMS NPPESSnapshot 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07
Medicare-certified facilities in Georgia
1,569 Medicare-certified facilities operate in Georgia across the families Fonteum tracks from CMS Care Compare. Each family links to its facility-level page for Georgia.
| Facility type | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Dialysis facilities | 361 |
| Nursing homes | 356 |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 341 |
| Hospice providers | 259 |
| Hospitals | 148 |
| Home health agencies | 104 |
Source:CMS Care CompareSnapshot 2026-05-07
Health professional shortage areas in Georgia
HRSA currently designates 376 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Georgia — 188 primary care, 109 dental health, and 79 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 Georgia
Georgia reports 990 OIG LEIE federal exclusion records by address state, drawn from the OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (refreshed monthly). Fonteum also tracks 1,369 state Medicaid exclusion records for Georgia. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Related Georgia healthcare data
- Hospital operating margins in Georgia
CMS HCRIS cost-report margins vs the national average.
- Oncology (Medical) access gap in Georgia
1.0 per 100k — national density rank #40.
- Obstetrics & Gynecology access gap in Georgia
2.5 per 100k — national density rank #21.
- Dermatology access gap in Georgia
3.9 per 100k — national density rank #38.
- Dialysis facilities in Georgia
361 Medicare-certified dialysis facilities on CMS Care Compare.
- Nursing homes in Georgia
356 Medicare-certified nursing homes on CMS Care Compare.
- Ambulatory surgical centers in Georgia
341 Medicare-certified ambulatory surgical centers on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospice providers in Georgia
259 Medicare-certified hospice providers on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospitals in Georgia
148 Medicare-certified hospitals on CMS Care Compare.
- Home health agencies in Georgia
104 Medicare-certified home health agencies on CMS Care Compare.
- Medicaid program exclusions in Georgia
1,369 state Medicaid exclusion records.
Frequently asked questions about Georgia providers
How many healthcare providers does Fonteum track in Georgia?
- Fonteum tracks 10,967 providers in Georgia 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 Georgia. The snapshot date is 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07.
Which medical specialty has the most providers in Georgia?
- Among the 14 tracked specialties, Chiropractic is the largest in Georgia with 3,290 providers, or 29.4 per 100,000 residents — a national density rank of #23 of 51. Counts come from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
What Medicare-certified facilities are in Georgia?
- Georgia has 1,569 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 Georgia.
Are there provider exclusions or sanctions in Georgia?
- Georgia reports 990 OIG LEIE federal exclusion records by address state, drawn from the OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (refreshed monthly). Fonteum also tracks 1,369 state Medicaid exclusion records for Georgia. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Does Fonteum track shortage areas in Georgia?
- HRSA currently designates 376 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Georgia — 188 primary care, 109 dental health, and 79 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 Georgia provider data?
- The Georgia 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 Georgia 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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