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Healthcare providers in North Carolina
CMS NPPES registration records for North Carolina, aggregated across the 14 medical specialties Fonteum currently tracks, with CMS Care Compare facility counts and HRSA HPSA shortage-area context.
Fonteum tracks 11,739 healthcare providers in North Carolina across the 14 medical specialties it ingests from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry, alongside 1,168 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 North Carolina
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 North Carolina.
| Specialty | Providers | Per 100k | Density rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiropractic | 2,254 | 20.4 | #43 |
| Psychiatry | 1,877 | 17.0 | #22 |
| Orthopedic Surgery | 1,152 | 10.4 | #16 |
| Cardiology | 1,110 | 10.0 | #21 |
| Pediatrics | 890 | 8.1 | #31 |
| Ophthalmology | 728 | 6.6 | #27 |
| Gastroenterology | 702 | 6.4 | #17 |
| Neurology | 693 | 6.3 | #29 |
| Dermatology | 585 | 5.3 | #24 |
| Urology | 524 | 4.7 | #16 |
| Otolaryngology (ENT) | 421 | 3.8 | #27 |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | 351 | 3.2 | #9 · below threshold |
| Oncology (Medical) | 287 | 2.6 | #14 · below threshold |
| Plastic Surgery | 165 | 1.5 | #35 |
Source:CMS NPPESSnapshot 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07
Medicare-certified facilities in North Carolina
1,168 Medicare-certified facilities operate in North Carolina across the families Fonteum tracks from CMS Care Compare. Each family links to its facility-level page for North Carolina.
| Facility type | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Nursing homes | 418 |
| Dialysis facilities | 255 |
| Home health agencies | 165 |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 134 |
| Hospitals | 120 |
| Hospice providers | 76 |
Source:CMS Care CompareSnapshot 2026-05-07
Health professional shortage areas in North Carolina
HRSA currently designates 614 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in North Carolina — 207 primary care, 200 dental health, and 207 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 North Carolina
North Carolina reports 1,555 OIG LEIE federal exclusion records by address state, drawn from the OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (refreshed monthly). Fonteum also tracks 166 state Medicaid exclusion records for North Carolina. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Provider sanctions hub · North Carolina Medicaid exclusion records
Related North Carolina healthcare data
- Hospital operating margins in North Carolina
CMS HCRIS cost-report margins vs the national average.
- Oncology (Medical) access gap in North Carolina
2.6 per 100k — national density rank #14.
- Obstetrics & Gynecology access gap in North Carolina
3.2 per 100k — national density rank #9.
- Plastic Surgery access gap in North Carolina
1.5 per 100k — national density rank #35.
- Nursing homes in North Carolina
418 Medicare-certified nursing homes on CMS Care Compare.
- Dialysis facilities in North Carolina
255 Medicare-certified dialysis facilities on CMS Care Compare.
- Home health agencies in North Carolina
165 Medicare-certified home health agencies on CMS Care Compare.
- Ambulatory surgical centers in North Carolina
134 Medicare-certified ambulatory surgical centers on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospitals in North Carolina
120 Medicare-certified hospitals on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospice providers in North Carolina
76 Medicare-certified hospice providers on CMS Care Compare.
- Medicaid program exclusions in North Carolina
166 state Medicaid exclusion records.
Frequently asked questions about North Carolina providers
How many healthcare providers does Fonteum track in North Carolina?
- Fonteum tracks 11,739 providers in North Carolina 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 North Carolina. The snapshot date is 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07.
Which medical specialty has the most providers in North Carolina?
- Among the 14 tracked specialties, Chiropractic is the largest in North Carolina with 2,254 providers, or 20.4 per 100,000 residents — a national density rank of #43 of 51. Counts come from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
What Medicare-certified facilities are in North Carolina?
- North Carolina has 1,168 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 North Carolina.
Are there provider exclusions or sanctions in North Carolina?
- North Carolina reports 1,555 OIG LEIE federal exclusion records by address state, drawn from the OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (refreshed monthly). Fonteum also tracks 166 state Medicaid exclusion records for North Carolina. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Does Fonteum track shortage areas in North Carolina?
- HRSA currently designates 614 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in North Carolina — 207 primary care, 200 dental health, and 207 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 North Carolina provider data?
- The North Carolina 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 North Carolina 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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