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Healthcare providers in Ohio
CMS NPPES registration records for Ohio, aggregated across the 14 medical specialties Fonteum currently tracks, with CMS Care Compare facility counts and HRSA HPSA shortage-area context.
Fonteum tracks 13,734 healthcare providers in Ohio across the 14 medical specialties it ingests from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry, alongside 2,628 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 Ohio
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 Ohio.
| Specialty | Providers | Per 100k | Density rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiropractic | 2,714 | 22.8 | #34 |
| Pediatrics | 1,851 | 15.6 | #5 |
| Psychiatry | 1,745 | 14.7 | #30 |
| Cardiology | 1,349 | 11.4 | #14 |
| Orthopedic Surgery | 1,146 | 9.6 | #22 |
| Neurology | 903 | 7.6 | #15 |
| Ophthalmology | 845 | 7.1 | #24 |
| Gastroenterology | 761 | 6.4 | #16 |
| Dermatology | 608 | 5.1 | #27 |
| Urology | 556 | 4.7 | #17 |
| Otolaryngology (ENT) | 487 | 4.1 | #16 |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | 270 | 2.3 | #25 · below threshold |
| Plastic Surgery | 267 | 2.2 | #8 |
| Oncology (Medical) | 232 | 2.0 | #24 · below threshold |
Source:CMS NPPESSnapshot 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07
Medicare-certified facilities in Ohio
2,628 Medicare-certified facilities operate in Ohio across the families Fonteum tracks from CMS Care Compare. Each family links to its facility-level page for Ohio.
| Facility type | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Nursing homes | 922 |
| Home health agencies | 841 |
| Dialysis facilities | 314 |
| Hospitals | 196 |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 187 |
| Hospice providers | 168 |
Source:CMS Care CompareSnapshot 2026-05-07
Health professional shortage areas in Ohio
HRSA currently designates 495 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Ohio — 207 primary care, 156 dental health, and 132 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 Ohio
Ohio reports 3,166 OIG LEIE federal exclusion records by address state, drawn from the OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (refreshed monthly). Fonteum also tracks 1,980 state Medicaid exclusion records for Ohio. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Related Ohio healthcare data
- Hospital operating margins in Ohio
CMS HCRIS cost-report margins vs the national average.
- Oncology (Medical) access gap in Ohio
2.0 per 100k — national density rank #24.
- Obstetrics & Gynecology access gap in Ohio
2.3 per 100k — national density rank #25.
- Plastic Surgery access gap in Ohio
2.2 per 100k — national density rank #8.
- Nursing homes in Ohio
922 Medicare-certified nursing homes on CMS Care Compare.
- Home health agencies in Ohio
841 Medicare-certified home health agencies on CMS Care Compare.
- Dialysis facilities in Ohio
314 Medicare-certified dialysis facilities on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospitals in Ohio
196 Medicare-certified hospitals on CMS Care Compare.
- Ambulatory surgical centers in Ohio
187 Medicare-certified ambulatory surgical centers on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospice providers in Ohio
168 Medicare-certified hospice providers on CMS Care Compare.
- Medicaid program exclusions in Ohio
1,980 state Medicaid exclusion records.
Frequently asked questions about Ohio providers
How many healthcare providers does Fonteum track in Ohio?
- Fonteum tracks 13,734 providers in Ohio 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 Ohio. The snapshot date is 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07.
Which medical specialty has the most providers in Ohio?
- Among the 14 tracked specialties, Chiropractic is the largest in Ohio with 2,714 providers, or 22.8 per 100,000 residents — a national density rank of #34 of 51. Counts come from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
What Medicare-certified facilities are in Ohio?
- Ohio has 2,628 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 Ohio.
Are there provider exclusions or sanctions in Ohio?
- Ohio reports 3,166 OIG LEIE federal exclusion records by address state, drawn from the OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (refreshed monthly). Fonteum also tracks 1,980 state Medicaid exclusion records for Ohio. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Does Fonteum track shortage areas in Ohio?
- HRSA currently designates 495 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Ohio — 207 primary care, 156 dental health, and 132 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 Ohio provider data?
- The Ohio 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 Ohio 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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