Attendant Care Provider: how many are there, and how many are in private practice?

National totals

What this specialty covers

An individual who provides hands-on care, of both a supportive and health related nature, specific to the needs of a medically stable, physically handicapped individual. Supportive services are those that substitute for the absence, loss, diminution, or impairment of a physical or cognitive function. This service may include skilled or nursing care to the extent permitted by state law.

Reading the sole-proprietor share

For this specialty, 5,601 records, or 56.4%, carry NPPES's sole-proprietor flag. That field is self-reported and can help describe how providers identify their business status, but it is an imperfect proxy for private practice because it does not by itself show independent ownership, employment arrangements, agency affiliation, or billing structure.

By state

New NPI registrations by year

Counts reflect the year each NPI was first issued, among records still active today. The final year is partial: this data covers through 2026-01-11.

Data notes

• The sole-proprietor field is self-reported by the provider in NPPES and is an imperfect proxy for private practice.
• A sole-proprietor count shown as <11 is suppressed: the true value is below 11, which could include zero.
• - NPPES taxonomy and sole-proprietor fields are provider-reported and may not fully describe current services, ownership, employment, or business structure.
• - An NPI record is not necessarily a unique person, practice location, or measure of patient volume, and providers may hold more than one taxonomy.
• - State counts are associated with NPI registration information and may not show where services are delivered.
• Providers are counted once, by their primary taxonomy code only.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) Data Dissemination file, FOIA-disclosable public data under CMS-6060-N. Aggregated by Hero EMR on 2026-08-03; deactivated NPIs excluded; specialty assigned from the primary taxonomy code (NUCC 25.1). Counts below 11 are suppressed. Individual providers are never published. All provider data pages.

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