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Healthcare providers in Mississippi
CMS NPPES registration records for Mississippi, aggregated across the 14 medical specialties Fonteum currently tracks, with CMS Care Compare facility counts and HRSA HPSA shortage-area context.
Fonteum tracks 1,994 healthcare providers in Mississippi across the 14 medical specialties it ingests from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry, alongside 600 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 Mississippi
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 Mississippi.
| Specialty | Providers | Per 100k | Density rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiropractic | 319 | 10.8 | #50 · below threshold |
| Psychiatry | 290 | 9.9 | #49 · below threshold |
| Orthopedic Surgery | 213 | 7.2 | #49 |
| Cardiology | 195 | 6.6 | #46 |
| Ophthalmology | 169 | 5.7 | #40 |
| Pediatrics | 165 | 5.6 | #45 · below threshold |
| Gastroenterology | 126 | 4.3 | #41 |
| Neurology | 122 | 4.1 | #47 |
| Urology | 100 | 3.4 | #44 |
| Dermatology | 97 | 3.3 | #48 · below threshold |
| Otolaryngology (ENT) | 96 | 3.3 | #38 |
| Plastic Surgery | 44 | 1.5 | #34 |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | 36 | 1.2 | #48 · below threshold |
| Oncology (Medical) | 22 | 0.7 | #46 · below threshold |
Source:CMS NPPESSnapshot 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07
Medicare-certified facilities in Mississippi
600 Medicare-certified facilities operate in Mississippi across the families Fonteum tracks from CMS Care Compare. Each family links to its facility-level page for Mississippi.
| Facility type | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Nursing homes | 202 |
| Hospitals | 106 |
| Dialysis facilities | 99 |
| Hospice providers | 83 |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 68 |
| Home health agencies | 42 |
Source:CMS Care CompareSnapshot 2026-05-07
Health professional shortage areas in Mississippi
HRSA currently designates 388 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Mississippi — 153 primary care, 149 dental health, and 86 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 Mississippi
Mississippi reports 1,669 OIG LEIE federal exclusion records by address state, drawn from the OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (refreshed monthly). Fonteum also tracks 193 state Medicaid exclusion records for Mississippi. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Provider sanctions hub · Mississippi Medicaid exclusion records
Related Mississippi healthcare data
- Hospital operating margins in Mississippi
CMS HCRIS cost-report margins vs the national average.
- Oncology (Medical) access gap in Mississippi
0.7 per 100k — national density rank #46.
- Obstetrics & Gynecology access gap in Mississippi
1.2 per 100k — national density rank #48.
- Dermatology access gap in Mississippi
3.3 per 100k — national density rank #48.
- Nursing homes in Mississippi
202 Medicare-certified nursing homes on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospitals in Mississippi
106 Medicare-certified hospitals on CMS Care Compare.
- Dialysis facilities in Mississippi
99 Medicare-certified dialysis facilities on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospice providers in Mississippi
83 Medicare-certified hospice providers on CMS Care Compare.
- Ambulatory surgical centers in Mississippi
68 Medicare-certified ambulatory surgical centers on CMS Care Compare.
- Home health agencies in Mississippi
42 Medicare-certified home health agencies on CMS Care Compare.
- Medicaid program exclusions in Mississippi
193 state Medicaid exclusion records.
Frequently asked questions about Mississippi providers
How many healthcare providers does Fonteum track in Mississippi?
- Fonteum tracks 1,994 providers in Mississippi 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 Mississippi. The snapshot date is 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07.
Which medical specialty has the most providers in Mississippi?
- Among the 14 tracked specialties, Chiropractic is the largest in Mississippi with 319 providers, or 10.8 per 100,000 residents — a national density rank of #50 of 51. Counts come from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
What Medicare-certified facilities are in Mississippi?
- Mississippi has 600 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 Mississippi.
Are there provider exclusions or sanctions in Mississippi?
- Mississippi reports 1,669 OIG LEIE federal exclusion records by address state, drawn from the OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (refreshed monthly). Fonteum also tracks 193 state Medicaid exclusion records for Mississippi. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Does Fonteum track shortage areas in Mississippi?
- HRSA currently designates 388 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Mississippi — 153 primary care, 149 dental health, and 86 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 Mississippi provider data?
- The Mississippi 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 Mississippi 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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