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Healthcare providers in Virginia
CMS NPPES registration records for Virginia, aggregated across the 14 medical specialties Fonteum currently tracks, with CMS Care Compare facility counts and HRSA HPSA shortage-area context.
Fonteum tracks 8,968 healthcare providers in Virginia across the 14 medical specialties it ingests from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry, alongside 1,012 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 Virginia
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 Virginia.
| Specialty | Providers | Per 100k | Density rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiropractic | 1,583 | 18.0 | #45 |
| Psychiatry | 1,517 | 17.2 | #19 |
| Cardiology | 895 | 10.2 | #20 |
| Pediatrics | 753 | 8.5 | #23 |
| Orthopedic Surgery | 733 | 8.3 | #43 |
| Ophthalmology | 647 | 7.3 | #21 |
| Neurology | 587 | 6.7 | #23 |
| Gastroenterology | 542 | 6.2 | #18 |
| Dermatology | 493 | 5.6 | #20 |
| Urology | 370 | 4.2 | #32 |
| Otolaryngology (ENT) | 293 | 3.3 | #35 |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | 243 | 2.8 | #13 · below threshold |
| Plastic Surgery | 164 | 1.9 | #20 |
| Oncology (Medical) | 148 | 1.7 | #28 · below threshold |
Source:CMS NPPESSnapshot 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07
Medicare-certified facilities in Virginia
1,012 Medicare-certified facilities operate in Virginia across the families Fonteum tracks from CMS Care Compare. Each family links to its facility-level page for Virginia.
| Facility type | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Nursing homes | 289 |
| Home health agencies | 240 |
| Dialysis facilities | 208 |
| Hospice providers | 112 |
| Hospitals | 95 |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 68 |
Source:CMS Care CompareSnapshot 2026-05-07
Health professional shortage areas in Virginia
HRSA currently designates 439 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Virginia — 159 primary care, 157 dental health, and 123 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 Virginia
Virginia reports 1,344 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; Virginia is covered by the federal OIG list on the sanctions hub. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Related Virginia healthcare data
- Hospital operating margins in Virginia
CMS HCRIS cost-report margins vs the national average.
- Oncology (Medical) access gap in Virginia
1.7 per 100k — national density rank #28.
- Obstetrics & Gynecology access gap in Virginia
2.8 per 100k — national density rank #13.
- Plastic Surgery access gap in Virginia
1.9 per 100k — national density rank #20.
- Nursing homes in Virginia
289 Medicare-certified nursing homes on CMS Care Compare.
- Home health agencies in Virginia
240 Medicare-certified home health agencies on CMS Care Compare.
- Dialysis facilities in Virginia
208 Medicare-certified dialysis facilities on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospice providers in Virginia
112 Medicare-certified hospice providers on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospitals in Virginia
95 Medicare-certified hospitals on CMS Care Compare.
- Ambulatory surgical centers in Virginia
68 Medicare-certified ambulatory surgical centers on CMS Care Compare.
Frequently asked questions about Virginia providers
How many healthcare providers does Fonteum track in Virginia?
- Fonteum tracks 8,968 providers in Virginia 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 Virginia. The snapshot date is 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07.
Which medical specialty has the most providers in Virginia?
- Among the 14 tracked specialties, Chiropractic is the largest in Virginia with 1,583 providers, or 18.0 per 100,000 residents — a national density rank of #45 of 51. Counts come from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
What Medicare-certified facilities are in Virginia?
- Virginia has 1,012 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 Virginia.
Are there provider exclusions or sanctions in Virginia?
- Virginia reports 1,344 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; Virginia 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 Virginia?
- HRSA currently designates 439 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Virginia — 159 primary care, 157 dental health, and 123 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 Virginia provider data?
- The Virginia 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 Virginia 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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