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Healthcare providers in Nebraska
CMS NPPES registration records for Nebraska, aggregated across the 14 medical specialties Fonteum currently tracks, with CMS Care Compare facility counts and HRSA HPSA shortage-area context.
Fonteum tracks 2,316 healthcare providers in Nebraska across the 14 medical specialties it ingests from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry, alongside 460 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 Nebraska
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 Nebraska.
| Specialty | Providers | Per 100k | Density rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiropractic | 862 | 43.0 | #8 |
| Psychiatry | 263 | 13.1 | #36 |
| Orthopedic Surgery | 209 | 10.4 | #17 |
| Cardiology | 153 | 7.6 | #38 |
| Pediatrics | 145 | 7.2 | #37 · below threshold |
| Neurology | 129 | 6.4 | #28 |
| Ophthalmology | 120 | 6.0 | #35 |
| Otolaryngology (ENT) | 104 | 5.2 | #5 |
| Gastroenterology | 90 | 4.5 | #38 |
| Dermatology | 88 | 4.4 | #32 |
| Urology | 82 | 4.1 | #34 |
| Plastic Surgery | 28 | 1.4 | #39 |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | 25 | 1.2 | #47 · below threshold |
| Oncology (Medical) | 18 | 0.9 | #43 · below threshold |
Source:CMS NPPESSnapshot 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07
Medicare-certified facilities in Nebraska
460 Medicare-certified facilities operate in Nebraska across the families Fonteum tracks from CMS Care Compare. Each family links to its facility-level page for Nebraska.
| Facility type | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Nursing homes | 179 |
| Hospitals | 93 |
| Home health agencies | 62 |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 47 |
| Hospice providers | 42 |
| Dialysis facilities | 37 |
Source:CMS Care CompareSnapshot 2026-05-07
Health professional shortage areas in Nebraska
HRSA currently designates 316 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Nebraska — 125 primary care, 100 dental health, and 91 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 Nebraska
Nebraska reports 259 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; Nebraska is covered by the federal OIG list on the sanctions hub. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Related Nebraska healthcare data
- Hospital operating margins in Nebraska
CMS HCRIS cost-report margins vs the national average.
- Oncology (Medical) access gap in Nebraska
0.9 per 100k — national density rank #43.
- Obstetrics & Gynecology access gap in Nebraska
1.2 per 100k — national density rank #47.
- Pediatrics access gap in Nebraska
7.2 per 100k — national density rank #37.
- Nursing homes in Nebraska
179 Medicare-certified nursing homes on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospitals in Nebraska
93 Medicare-certified hospitals on CMS Care Compare.
- Home health agencies in Nebraska
62 Medicare-certified home health agencies on CMS Care Compare.
- Ambulatory surgical centers in Nebraska
47 Medicare-certified ambulatory surgical centers on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospice providers in Nebraska
42 Medicare-certified hospice providers on CMS Care Compare.
- Dialysis facilities in Nebraska
37 Medicare-certified dialysis facilities on CMS Care Compare.
Frequently asked questions about Nebraska providers
How many healthcare providers does Fonteum track in Nebraska?
- Fonteum tracks 2,316 providers in Nebraska 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 Nebraska. The snapshot date is 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07.
Which medical specialty has the most providers in Nebraska?
- Among the 14 tracked specialties, Chiropractic is the largest in Nebraska with 862 providers, or 43.0 per 100,000 residents — a national density rank of #8 of 51. Counts come from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
What Medicare-certified facilities are in Nebraska?
- Nebraska has 460 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 Nebraska.
Are there provider exclusions or sanctions in Nebraska?
- Nebraska reports 259 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; Nebraska 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 Nebraska?
- HRSA currently designates 316 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Nebraska — 125 primary care, 100 dental health, and 91 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 Nebraska provider data?
- The Nebraska 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 Nebraska 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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