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Healthcare providers in Rhode Island
CMS NPPES registration records for Rhode Island, aggregated across the 14 medical specialties Fonteum currently tracks, with CMS Care Compare facility counts and HRSA HPSA shortage-area context.
Fonteum tracks 1,682 healthcare providers in Rhode Island across the 14 medical specialties it ingests from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry, alongside 151 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 Rhode Island
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 Rhode Island.
| Specialty | Providers | Per 100k | Density rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychiatry | 422 | 37.9 | #3 |
| Chiropractic | 231 | 20.8 | #41 |
| Pediatrics | 169 | 15.2 | #6 |
| Orthopedic Surgery | 152 | 13.7 | #4 |
| Cardiology | 139 | 12.5 | #10 |
| Neurology | 108 | 9.7 | #6 |
| Gastroenterology | 94 | 8.5 | #5 |
| Ophthalmology | 93 | 8.4 | #11 |
| Dermatology | 90 | 8.1 | #3 |
| Urology | 69 | 6.2 | #2 |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | 40 | 3.6 | #7 · below threshold |
| Plastic Surgery | 35 | 3.1 | #2 |
| Otolaryngology (ENT) | 28 | 2.5 | #48 |
| Oncology (Medical) | 12 | 1.1 | #38 · below threshold |
Source:CMS NPPESSnapshot 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07
Medicare-certified facilities in Rhode Island
151 Medicare-certified facilities operate in Rhode Island across the families Fonteum tracks from CMS Care Compare. Each family links to its facility-level page for Rhode Island.
| Facility type | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Nursing homes | 73 |
| Home health agencies | 23 |
| Dialysis facilities | 16 |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 15 |
| Hospitals | 13 |
| Hospice providers | 11 |
Source:CMS Care CompareSnapshot 2026-05-07
Health professional shortage areas in Rhode Island
HRSA currently designates 41 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Rhode Island — 14 primary care, 13 dental health, and 14 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 Rhode Island
Rhode Island reports 434 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; Rhode Island is covered by the federal OIG list on the sanctions hub. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Related Rhode Island healthcare data
- Hospital operating margins in Rhode Island
CMS HCRIS cost-report margins vs the national average.
- Oncology (Medical) access gap in Rhode Island
1.1 per 100k — national density rank #38.
- Obstetrics & Gynecology access gap in Rhode Island
3.6 per 100k — national density rank #7.
- Otolaryngology (ENT) access gap in Rhode Island
2.5 per 100k — national density rank #48.
- Nursing homes in Rhode Island
73 Medicare-certified nursing homes on CMS Care Compare.
- Home health agencies in Rhode Island
23 Medicare-certified home health agencies on CMS Care Compare.
- Dialysis facilities in Rhode Island
16 Medicare-certified dialysis facilities on CMS Care Compare.
- Ambulatory surgical centers in Rhode Island
15 Medicare-certified ambulatory surgical centers on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospitals in Rhode Island
13 Medicare-certified hospitals on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospice providers in Rhode Island
11 Medicare-certified hospice providers on CMS Care Compare.
Frequently asked questions about Rhode Island providers
How many healthcare providers does Fonteum track in Rhode Island?
- Fonteum tracks 1,682 providers in Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island. The snapshot date is 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07.
Which medical specialty has the most providers in Rhode Island?
- Among the 14 tracked specialties, Psychiatry is the largest in Rhode Island with 422 providers, or 37.9 per 100,000 residents — a national density rank of #3 of 51. Counts come from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
What Medicare-certified facilities are in Rhode Island?
- Rhode Island has 151 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 Rhode Island.
Are there provider exclusions or sanctions in Rhode Island?
- Rhode Island reports 434 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; Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island?
- HRSA currently designates 41 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Rhode Island — 14 primary care, 13 dental health, and 14 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 Rhode Island provider data?
- The Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island 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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