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Healthcare providers in Maryland
CMS NPPES registration records for Maryland, aggregated across the 14 medical specialties Fonteum currently tracks, with CMS Care Compare facility counts and HRSA HPSA shortage-area context.
Fonteum tracks 7,902 healthcare providers in Maryland across the 14 medical specialties it ingests from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry, alongside 807 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 Maryland
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 Maryland.
| Specialty | Providers | Per 100k | Density rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychiatry | 1,595 | 25.5 | #9 |
| Chiropractic | 906 | 14.5 | #49 · below threshold |
| Pediatrics | 755 | 12.1 | #12 |
| Cardiology | 738 | 11.8 | #11 |
| Ophthalmology | 648 | 10.3 | #3 |
| Neurology | 582 | 9.3 | #8 |
| Orthopedic Surgery | 572 | 9.1 | #30 |
| Gastroenterology | 515 | 8.2 | #6 |
| Dermatology | 394 | 6.3 | #11 |
| Urology | 303 | 4.8 | #13 |
| Otolaryngology (ENT) | 273 | 4.4 | #9 |
| Oncology (Medical) | 256 | 4.1 | #3 |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | 236 | 3.8 | #5 · below threshold |
| Plastic Surgery | 129 | 2.1 | #13 |
Source:CMS NPPESSnapshot 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07
Medicare-certified facilities in Maryland
807 Medicare-certified facilities operate in Maryland across the families Fonteum tracks from CMS Care Compare. Each family links to its facility-level page for Maryland.
| Facility type | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 284 |
| Nursing homes | 221 |
| Dialysis facilities | 169 |
| Hospitals | 56 |
| Home health agencies | 51 |
| Hospice providers | 26 |
Source:CMS Care CompareSnapshot 2026-05-07
Health professional shortage areas in Maryland
HRSA currently designates 126 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Maryland — 56 primary care, 24 dental health, and 46 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 Maryland
Maryland reports 732 OIG LEIE federal exclusion records by address state, drawn from the OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (refreshed monthly). Fonteum also tracks 1,605 state Medicaid exclusion records for Maryland. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Provider sanctions hub · Maryland Medicaid exclusion records
Related Maryland healthcare data
- Hospital operating margins in Maryland
CMS HCRIS cost-report margins vs the national average.
- Obstetrics & Gynecology access gap in Maryland
3.8 per 100k — national density rank #5.
- Chiropractic access gap in Maryland
14.5 per 100k — national density rank #49.
- Plastic Surgery access gap in Maryland
2.1 per 100k — national density rank #13.
- Ambulatory surgical centers in Maryland
284 Medicare-certified ambulatory surgical centers on CMS Care Compare.
- Nursing homes in Maryland
221 Medicare-certified nursing homes on CMS Care Compare.
- Dialysis facilities in Maryland
169 Medicare-certified dialysis facilities on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospitals in Maryland
56 Medicare-certified hospitals on CMS Care Compare.
- Home health agencies in Maryland
51 Medicare-certified home health agencies on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospice providers in Maryland
26 Medicare-certified hospice providers on CMS Care Compare.
- Medicaid program exclusions in Maryland
1,605 state Medicaid exclusion records.
Frequently asked questions about Maryland providers
How many healthcare providers does Fonteum track in Maryland?
- Fonteum tracks 7,902 providers in Maryland 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 Maryland. The snapshot date is 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07.
Which medical specialty has the most providers in Maryland?
- Among the 14 tracked specialties, Psychiatry is the largest in Maryland with 1,595 providers, or 25.5 per 100,000 residents — a national density rank of #9 of 51. Counts come from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
What Medicare-certified facilities are in Maryland?
- Maryland has 807 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 Maryland.
Are there provider exclusions or sanctions in Maryland?
- Maryland reports 732 OIG LEIE federal exclusion records by address state, drawn from the OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (refreshed monthly). Fonteum also tracks 1,605 state Medicaid exclusion records for Maryland. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Does Fonteum track shortage areas in Maryland?
- HRSA currently designates 126 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Maryland — 56 primary care, 24 dental health, and 46 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 Maryland provider data?
- The Maryland 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 Maryland 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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