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Healthcare providers in Louisiana
CMS NPPES registration records for Louisiana, aggregated across the 14 medical specialties Fonteum currently tracks, with CMS Care Compare facility counts and HRSA HPSA shortage-area context.
Fonteum tracks 4,516 healthcare providers in Louisiana across the 14 medical specialties it ingests from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry, alongside 979 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 Louisiana
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 Louisiana.
| Specialty | Providers | Per 100k | Density rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiropractic | 766 | 16.7 | #47 |
| Psychiatry | 654 | 14.2 | #33 |
| Cardiology | 516 | 11.2 | #15 |
| Pediatrics | 416 | 9.0 | #20 |
| Orthopedic Surgery | 406 | 8.8 | #34 |
| Ophthalmology | 345 | 7.5 | #20 |
| Neurology | 275 | 6.0 | #34 |
| Gastroenterology | 266 | 5.8 | #22 |
| Otolaryngology (ENT) | 245 | 5.3 | #3 |
| Dermatology | 233 | 5.1 | #29 |
| Urology | 213 | 4.6 | #18 |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | 82 | 1.8 | #43 · below threshold |
| Plastic Surgery | 66 | 1.4 | #36 |
| Oncology (Medical) | 33 | 0.7 | #47 · below threshold |
Source:CMS NPPESSnapshot 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07
Medicare-certified facilities in Louisiana
979 Medicare-certified facilities operate in Louisiana across the families Fonteum tracks from CMS Care Compare. Each family links to its facility-level page for Louisiana.
| Facility type | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Nursing homes | 266 |
| Home health agencies | 176 |
| Dialysis facilities | 171 |
| Hospitals | 161 |
| Hospice providers | 119 |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 86 |
Source:CMS Care CompareSnapshot 2026-05-07
Health professional shortage areas in Louisiana
HRSA currently designates 523 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Louisiana — 178 primary care, 172 dental health, and 173 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 Louisiana
Louisiana reports 1,596 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; Louisiana is covered by the federal OIG list on the sanctions hub. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Related Louisiana healthcare data
- Hospital operating margins in Louisiana
CMS HCRIS cost-report margins vs the national average.
- Oncology (Medical) access gap in Louisiana
0.7 per 100k — national density rank #47.
- Obstetrics & Gynecology access gap in Louisiana
1.8 per 100k — national density rank #43.
- Plastic Surgery access gap in Louisiana
1.4 per 100k — national density rank #36.
- Nursing homes in Louisiana
266 Medicare-certified nursing homes on CMS Care Compare.
- Home health agencies in Louisiana
176 Medicare-certified home health agencies on CMS Care Compare.
- Dialysis facilities in Louisiana
171 Medicare-certified dialysis facilities on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospitals in Louisiana
161 Medicare-certified hospitals on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospice providers in Louisiana
119 Medicare-certified hospice providers on CMS Care Compare.
- Ambulatory surgical centers in Louisiana
86 Medicare-certified ambulatory surgical centers on CMS Care Compare.
Frequently asked questions about Louisiana providers
How many healthcare providers does Fonteum track in Louisiana?
- Fonteum tracks 4,516 providers in Louisiana 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 Louisiana. The snapshot date is 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07.
Which medical specialty has the most providers in Louisiana?
- Among the 14 tracked specialties, Chiropractic is the largest in Louisiana with 766 providers, or 16.7 per 100,000 residents — a national density rank of #47 of 51. Counts come from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
What Medicare-certified facilities are in Louisiana?
- Louisiana has 979 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 Louisiana.
Are there provider exclusions or sanctions in Louisiana?
- Louisiana reports 1,596 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; Louisiana 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 Louisiana?
- HRSA currently designates 523 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Louisiana — 178 primary care, 172 dental health, and 173 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 Louisiana provider data?
- The Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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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