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Healthcare providers in Iowa
CMS NPPES registration records for Iowa, aggregated across the 14 medical specialties Fonteum currently tracks, with CMS Care Compare facility counts and HRSA HPSA shortage-area context.
Fonteum tracks 4,462 healthcare providers in Iowa across the 14 medical specialties it ingests from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry, alongside 796 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 Iowa
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 Iowa.
| Specialty | Providers | Per 100k | Density rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiropractic | 2,027 | 62.5 | #2 |
| Psychiatry | 447 | 13.8 | #34 |
| Orthopedic Surgery | 306 | 9.4 | #24 |
| Pediatrics | 268 | 8.3 | #29 |
| Cardiology | 255 | 7.9 | #35 |
| Ophthalmology | 234 | 7.2 | #22 |
| Neurology | 199 | 6.1 | #32 |
| Otolaryngology (ENT) | 158 | 4.9 | #7 |
| Gastroenterology | 135 | 4.2 | #42 |
| Urology | 135 | 4.2 | #33 |
| Dermatology | 124 | 3.8 | #40 · below threshold |
| Oncology (Medical) | 70 | 2.2 | #17 · below threshold |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | 64 | 2.0 | #37 · below threshold |
| Plastic Surgery | 40 | 1.2 | #42 |
Source:CMS NPPESSnapshot 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07
Medicare-certified facilities in Iowa
796 Medicare-certified facilities operate in Iowa across the families Fonteum tracks from CMS Care Compare. Each family links to its facility-level page for Iowa.
| Facility type | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Nursing homes | 390 |
| Home health agencies | 128 |
| Hospitals | 118 |
| Hospice providers | 70 |
| Dialysis facilities | 61 |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 29 |
Source:CMS Care CompareSnapshot 2026-05-07
Health professional shortage areas in Iowa
HRSA currently designates 447 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Iowa — 162 primary care, 130 dental health, and 155 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 Iowa
Iowa reports 958 OIG LEIE federal exclusion records by address state, drawn from the OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (refreshed monthly). Fonteum also tracks 1,270 state Medicaid exclusion records for Iowa. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Related Iowa healthcare data
- Hospital operating margins in Iowa
CMS HCRIS cost-report margins vs the national average.
- Obstetrics & Gynecology access gap in Iowa
2.0 per 100k — national density rank #37.
- Oncology (Medical) access gap in Iowa
2.2 per 100k — national density rank #17.
- Dermatology access gap in Iowa
3.8 per 100k — national density rank #40.
- Nursing homes in Iowa
390 Medicare-certified nursing homes on CMS Care Compare.
- Home health agencies in Iowa
128 Medicare-certified home health agencies on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospitals in Iowa
118 Medicare-certified hospitals on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospice providers in Iowa
70 Medicare-certified hospice providers on CMS Care Compare.
- Dialysis facilities in Iowa
61 Medicare-certified dialysis facilities on CMS Care Compare.
- Ambulatory surgical centers in Iowa
29 Medicare-certified ambulatory surgical centers on CMS Care Compare.
- Medicaid program exclusions in Iowa
1,270 state Medicaid exclusion records.
Frequently asked questions about Iowa providers
How many healthcare providers does Fonteum track in Iowa?
- Fonteum tracks 4,462 providers in Iowa 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 Iowa. The snapshot date is 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07.
Which medical specialty has the most providers in Iowa?
- Among the 14 tracked specialties, Chiropractic is the largest in Iowa with 2,027 providers, or 62.5 per 100,000 residents — a national density rank of #2 of 51. Counts come from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
What Medicare-certified facilities are in Iowa?
- Iowa has 796 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 Iowa.
Are there provider exclusions or sanctions in Iowa?
- Iowa reports 958 OIG LEIE federal exclusion records by address state, drawn from the OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (refreshed monthly). Fonteum also tracks 1,270 state Medicaid exclusion records for Iowa. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Does Fonteum track shortage areas in Iowa?
- HRSA currently designates 447 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Iowa — 162 primary care, 130 dental health, and 155 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 Iowa provider data?
- The Iowa 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 Iowa 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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