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Healthcare providers in Kentucky
CMS NPPES registration records for Kentucky, aggregated across the 14 medical specialties Fonteum currently tracks, with CMS Care Compare facility counts and HRSA HPSA shortage-area context.
Fonteum tracks 4,406 healthcare providers in Kentucky across the 14 medical specialties it ingests from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry, alongside 637 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 Kentucky
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 Kentucky.
| Specialty | Providers | Per 100k | Density rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiropractic | 1,011 | 22.0 | #38 |
| Psychiatry | 565 | 12.3 | #40 |
| Cardiology | 442 | 9.6 | #24 |
| Orthopedic Surgery | 409 | 8.9 | #33 |
| Pediatrics | 391 | 8.5 | #25 |
| Ophthalmology | 280 | 6.1 | #32 |
| Neurology | 266 | 5.8 | #37 |
| Gastroenterology | 234 | 5.1 | #32 |
| Urology | 176 | 3.8 | #39 |
| Dermatology | 175 | 3.8 | #41 · below threshold |
| Otolaryngology (ENT) | 175 | 3.8 | #26 |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | 126 | 2.7 | #14 · below threshold |
| Oncology (Medical) | 81 | 1.8 | #26 · below threshold |
| Plastic Surgery | 75 | 1.6 | #29 |
Source:CMS NPPESSnapshot 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07
Medicare-certified facilities in Kentucky
637 Medicare-certified facilities operate in Kentucky across the families Fonteum tracks from CMS Care Compare. Each family links to its facility-level page for Kentucky.
| Facility type | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Nursing homes | 268 |
| Dialysis facilities | 122 |
| Hospitals | 102 |
| Home health agencies | 88 |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 34 |
| Hospice providers | 23 |
Source:CMS Care CompareSnapshot 2026-05-07
Health professional shortage areas in Kentucky
HRSA currently designates 701 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Kentucky — 245 primary care, 246 dental health, and 210 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 Kentucky
Kentucky reports 1,447 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; Kentucky is covered by the federal OIG list on the sanctions hub. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Related Kentucky healthcare data
- Hospital operating margins in Kentucky
CMS HCRIS cost-report margins vs the national average.
- Oncology (Medical) access gap in Kentucky
1.8 per 100k — national density rank #26.
- Obstetrics & Gynecology access gap in Kentucky
2.7 per 100k — national density rank #14.
- Dermatology access gap in Kentucky
3.8 per 100k — national density rank #41.
- Nursing homes in Kentucky
268 Medicare-certified nursing homes on CMS Care Compare.
- Dialysis facilities in Kentucky
122 Medicare-certified dialysis facilities on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospitals in Kentucky
102 Medicare-certified hospitals on CMS Care Compare.
- Home health agencies in Kentucky
88 Medicare-certified home health agencies on CMS Care Compare.
- Ambulatory surgical centers in Kentucky
34 Medicare-certified ambulatory surgical centers on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospice providers in Kentucky
23 Medicare-certified hospice providers on CMS Care Compare.
Frequently asked questions about Kentucky providers
How many healthcare providers does Fonteum track in Kentucky?
- Fonteum tracks 4,406 providers in Kentucky 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 Kentucky. The snapshot date is 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07.
Which medical specialty has the most providers in Kentucky?
- Among the 14 tracked specialties, Chiropractic is the largest in Kentucky with 1,011 providers, or 22.0 per 100,000 residents — a national density rank of #38 of 51. Counts come from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
What Medicare-certified facilities are in Kentucky?
- Kentucky has 637 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 Kentucky.
Are there provider exclusions or sanctions in Kentucky?
- Kentucky reports 1,447 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; Kentucky 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 Kentucky?
- HRSA currently designates 701 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Kentucky — 245 primary care, 246 dental health, and 210 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 Kentucky provider data?
- The Kentucky 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 Kentucky 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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