Healthcare providers in District of Columbia

Fonteum tracks 1,876 healthcare providers in District of Columbia across the 14 medical specialties it ingests from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry, alongside 88 Medicare-certified facilities across 6 care families from CMS Care Compare, with HRSA shortage-area and OIG exclusion context. Displayed figures include available source, snapshot-date, and methodology-version metadata. Snapshot 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07.

Provider supply by specialty in District of Columbia

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 District of Columbia.

Source:CMS NPPES·Snapshot 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07

Provider records in District of Columbia

Medicare-certified facilities in District of Columbia

88 Medicare-certified facilities operate in District of Columbia across the families Fonteum tracks from CMS Care Compare. Each family links to its facility-level page for District of Columbia.

Health professional shortage areas in District of Columbia

Provider exclusions and sanctions in District of Columbia

Related District of Columbia healthcare data

• Hospital operating margins in District of Columbia

  CMS HCRIS cost-report margins vs the national average.

• Obstetrics & Gynecology access gap in District of Columbia

  8.3 per 100k — national density rank #1.

• Chiropractic access gap in District of Columbia

  10.3 per 100k — national density rank #51.

• Oncology (Medical) access gap in District of Columbia

  4.7 per 100k — national density rank #2.

• Home health agencies in District of Columbia

  35 Medicare-certified home health agencies on CMS Care Compare.

• Dialysis facilities in District of Columbia

  19 Medicare-certified dialysis facilities on CMS Care Compare.

• Nursing homes in District of Columbia

  17 Medicare-certified nursing homes on CMS Care Compare.

• Hospitals in District of Columbia

  10 Medicare-certified hospitals on CMS Care Compare.

• Hospice providers in District of Columbia

  5 Medicare-certified hospice providers on CMS Care Compare.

• Ambulatory surgical centers in District of Columbia

  2 Medicare-certified ambulatory surgical centers on CMS Care Compare.

Frequently asked questions about District of Columbia providers

How many healthcare providers does Fonteum track in District of Columbia?

Fonteum tracks 1,876 providers in District of Columbia 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 District of Columbia. The snapshot date is 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07.

Which medical specialty has the most providers in District of Columbia?

Among the 14 tracked specialties, Psychiatry is the largest in District of Columbia with 501 providers, or 71.3 per 100,000 residents — a national density rank of #1 of 51. Counts come from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry.

What Medicare-certified facilities are in District of Columbia?

District of Columbia has 88 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 District of Columbia.

Are there provider exclusions or sanctions in District of Columbia?

District of Columbia reports 71 OIG LEIE federal exclusion records by address state, drawn from the OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (loaded source date: May 8, 2026; checked July 12). State Medicaid exclusion lists are tracked for select states; District of Columbia is covered by the federal OIG list on the sanctions hub. Displayed records link to their source exclusion list when a source URL is available.

Does Fonteum track shortage areas in District of Columbia?

HRSA currently designates 31 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in District of Columbia — 12 primary care, 9 dental health, and 10 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 District of Columbia provider data?

The District of Columbia provider counts use the CMS NPPES supply-by-state snapshot dated 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07, under methodology nppes-supply-by-state/v2026.05. That page snapshot is not a claim of current NPPES or Care Compare coverage; source and date fields vary by section.

How District of Columbia 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. Supported values display the available source name, snapshot date, and methodology version.

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