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Healthcare providers in Montana
CMS NPPES registration records for Montana, aggregated across the 14 medical specialties Fonteum currently tracks, with CMS Care Compare facility counts and HRSA HPSA shortage-area context.
Fonteum tracks 1,317 healthcare providers in Montana across the 14 medical specialties it ingests from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry, alongside 216 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 Montana
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 Montana.
| Specialty | Providers | Per 100k | Density rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiropractic | 485 | 42.6 | #10 |
| Psychiatry | 169 | 14.9 | #29 |
| Orthopedic Surgery | 131 | 11.5 | #11 |
| Cardiology | 86 | 7.6 | #39 |
| Ophthalmology | 67 | 5.9 | #38 |
| Dermatology | 62 | 5.5 | #23 |
| Pediatrics | 59 | 5.2 | #46 · below threshold |
| Neurology | 59 | 5.2 | #42 |
| Urology | 55 | 4.8 | #14 |
| Gastroenterology | 47 | 4.1 | #44 |
| Otolaryngology (ENT) | 41 | 3.6 | #29 |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | 30 | 2.6 | #16 · below threshold |
| Oncology (Medical) | 14 | 1.2 | #34 · below threshold |
| Plastic Surgery | 12 | 1.1 | #47 |
Source:CMS NPPESSnapshot 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07
Medicare-certified facilities in Montana
216 Medicare-certified facilities operate in Montana across the families Fonteum tracks from CMS Care Compare. Each family links to its facility-level page for Montana.
| Facility type | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Hospitals | 63 |
| Nursing homes | 61 |
| Hospice providers | 32 |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 22 |
| Home health agencies | 21 |
| Dialysis facilities | 17 |
Source:CMS Care CompareSnapshot 2026-05-07
Health professional shortage areas in Montana
HRSA currently designates 328 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Montana — 120 primary care, 102 dental health, and 106 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 Montana
Montana reports 214 OIG LEIE federal exclusion records by address state, drawn from the OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (refreshed monthly). Fonteum also tracks 175 state Medicaid exclusion records for Montana. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Related Montana healthcare data
- Hospital operating margins in Montana
CMS HCRIS cost-report margins vs the national average.
- Oncology (Medical) access gap in Montana
1.2 per 100k — national density rank #34.
- Obstetrics & Gynecology access gap in Montana
2.6 per 100k — national density rank #16.
- Pediatrics access gap in Montana
5.2 per 100k — national density rank #46.
- Hospitals in Montana
63 Medicare-certified hospitals on CMS Care Compare.
- Nursing homes in Montana
61 Medicare-certified nursing homes on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospice providers in Montana
32 Medicare-certified hospice providers on CMS Care Compare.
- Ambulatory surgical centers in Montana
22 Medicare-certified ambulatory surgical centers on CMS Care Compare.
- Home health agencies in Montana
21 Medicare-certified home health agencies on CMS Care Compare.
- Dialysis facilities in Montana
17 Medicare-certified dialysis facilities on CMS Care Compare.
- Medicaid program exclusions in Montana
175 state Medicaid exclusion records.
Frequently asked questions about Montana providers
How many healthcare providers does Fonteum track in Montana?
- Fonteum tracks 1,317 providers in Montana 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 Montana. The snapshot date is 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07.
Which medical specialty has the most providers in Montana?
- Among the 14 tracked specialties, Chiropractic is the largest in Montana with 485 providers, or 42.6 per 100,000 residents — a national density rank of #10 of 51. Counts come from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
What Medicare-certified facilities are in Montana?
- Montana has 216 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 Montana.
Are there provider exclusions or sanctions in Montana?
- Montana reports 214 OIG LEIE federal exclusion records by address state, drawn from the OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (refreshed monthly). Fonteum also tracks 175 state Medicaid exclusion records for Montana. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Does Fonteum track shortage areas in Montana?
- HRSA currently designates 328 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Montana — 120 primary care, 102 dental health, and 106 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 Montana provider data?
- The Montana 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 Montana 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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