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Healthcare providers in Washington
CMS NPPES registration records for Washington, aggregated across the 14 medical specialties Fonteum currently tracks, with CMS Care Compare facility counts and HRSA HPSA shortage-area context.
Fonteum tracks 9,899 healthcare providers in Washington across the 14 medical specialties it ingests from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry, alongside 691 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 Washington
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 Washington.
| Specialty | Providers | Per 100k | Density rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiropractic | 3,059 | 38.4 | #13 |
| Psychiatry | 1,289 | 16.2 | #25 |
| Orthopedic Surgery | 819 | 10.3 | #18 |
| Pediatrics | 741 | 9.3 | #18 |
| Cardiology | 671 | 8.4 | #30 |
| Gastroenterology | 555 | 7.0 | #12 |
| Ophthalmology | 552 | 6.9 | #25 |
| Neurology | 550 | 6.9 | #20 |
| Dermatology | 445 | 5.6 | #21 |
| Urology | 349 | 4.4 | #26 |
| Otolaryngology (ENT) | 346 | 4.3 | #10 |
| Oncology (Medical) | 221 | 2.8 | #10 · below threshold |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | 183 | 2.3 | #23 · below threshold |
| Plastic Surgery | 119 | 1.5 | #33 |
Source:CMS NPPESSnapshot 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07
Medicare-certified facilities in Washington
691 Medicare-certified facilities operate in Washington across the families Fonteum tracks from CMS Care Compare. Each family links to its facility-level page for Washington.
| Facility type | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Nursing homes | 194 |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 163 |
| Dialysis facilities | 114 |
| Hospitals | 100 |
| Home health agencies | 71 |
| Hospice providers | 49 |
Source:CMS Care CompareSnapshot 2026-05-07
Health professional shortage areas in Washington
HRSA currently designates 636 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Washington — 217 primary care, 204 dental health, and 215 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 Washington
Washington reports 1,153 OIG LEIE federal exclusion records by address state, drawn from the OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (refreshed monthly). Fonteum also tracks 244 state Medicaid exclusion records for Washington. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Provider sanctions hub · Washington Medicaid exclusion records
Related Washington healthcare data
- Hospital operating margins in Washington
CMS HCRIS cost-report margins vs the national average.
- Obstetrics & Gynecology access gap in Washington
2.3 per 100k — national density rank #23.
- Oncology (Medical) access gap in Washington
2.8 per 100k — national density rank #10.
- Plastic Surgery access gap in Washington
1.5 per 100k — national density rank #33.
- Nursing homes in Washington
194 Medicare-certified nursing homes on CMS Care Compare.
- Ambulatory surgical centers in Washington
163 Medicare-certified ambulatory surgical centers on CMS Care Compare.
- Dialysis facilities in Washington
114 Medicare-certified dialysis facilities on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospitals in Washington
100 Medicare-certified hospitals on CMS Care Compare.
- Home health agencies in Washington
71 Medicare-certified home health agencies on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospice providers in Washington
49 Medicare-certified hospice providers on CMS Care Compare.
- Medicaid program exclusions in Washington
244 state Medicaid exclusion records.
Frequently asked questions about Washington providers
How many healthcare providers does Fonteum track in Washington?
- Fonteum tracks 9,899 providers in Washington 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 Washington. The snapshot date is 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07.
Which medical specialty has the most providers in Washington?
- Among the 14 tracked specialties, Chiropractic is the largest in Washington with 3,059 providers, or 38.4 per 100,000 residents — a national density rank of #13 of 51. Counts come from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
What Medicare-certified facilities are in Washington?
- Washington has 691 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 Washington.
Are there provider exclusions or sanctions in Washington?
- Washington reports 1,153 OIG LEIE federal exclusion records by address state, drawn from the OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (refreshed monthly). Fonteum also tracks 244 state Medicaid exclusion records for Washington. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Does Fonteum track shortage areas in Washington?
- HRSA currently designates 636 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Washington — 217 primary care, 204 dental health, and 215 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 Washington provider data?
- The Washington 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 Washington 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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