{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Haus Research Briefing","title":"ProfessionLens Review 2026: 1,272,256 Physicians Counted From the Federal Provider File","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/fc885df9\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":364,"description":"ProfessionLens Review 2026: 1,272,256 Physicians Counted From the Federal Provider File\nWe reviewed ProfessionLens as a source to cite for counts of US doctors, dentists and other licensed professionals. The episode explains why its physician figure is higher than KFF, FSMB and Data USA, goes through the files it read and discarded, and lists the professions it could not count. The site was read on 20 September 2026.\n\nCounts: 1,272,256 physicians, 275,976 dentists, 530,577 nurse practitioners, 328,832 pharmacists\nPopulation: holders of a physician taxonomy on NPPES, with the May 2025 wage survey figure of 804,140 printed alongside\nFunnel: 9,798,758 NPPES rows read, 2,409,308 kept, reasons stated\nOutside check: 1,082,187 licensed physicians in the FSMB census\nState table: 52 rows with a rate per 100,000; DC highest at 977.6\nNot covered: attorneys, most CPAs, financial advisers; vets at 1.2% coverage\nKey topics: ProfessionLens review, how many doctors are in the US, physicians by state, dentists by state, NPPES counts.\nEight sources for US doctor counts ranked: the Haus Research licensed professional count report\nReviewed: ProfessionLens","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/8ZjGPl32W8OA7c2kadKPpFrlXywsx-ikUvQNYKM2zkQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wMzI3/OWUyNzA1NzRhNWM0/ZDZjMWE3M2U1ZDYz/ZGI4My5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}