Provider Density

Source

CMS National Provider Registry · vintage 2024 · refresh cadence: quarterly

Distinct active NPIs / 1k residents. Catalog merged with id=66 May 7.

Direction of better

Higher values are better. Used to rank candidate towns/properties; higher score = stronger fit.

Unit

Values are reported in count.

Default weight in Health composite

20% of the Health composite by default. Users can override this weight in their intake; the displayed score reflects the user's chosen weighting, never a fixed default.

Where the data lives

Tables: health_providers

Columns: [computed], population

Input field: providerCount,population

JSON-LD example

Every value emitted by ValiFit (in /api/v1, MCP responses, on-page JSON-LD) carries a propertyID set to this metric_id, so AI clients can resolve it back here in one round-trip.

{
  "@type": "PropertyValue",
  "propertyID": "health.provider_density",
  "name": "Provider Density",
  "value": 8,
  "unitText": "count",
  "additionalProperty": [
    {
      "@type": "PropertyValue",
      "name": "composite",
      "value": "Health"
    },
    {
      "@type": "PropertyValue",
      "name": "level",
      "value": "city"
    },
    {
      "@type": "PropertyValue",
      "name": "direction",
      "value": "higher_better"
    },
    {
      "@type": "PropertyValue",
      "name": "source_year",
      "value": "2024"
    },
    {
      "@type": "PropertyValue",
      "name": "fha_safe",
      "value": true
    }
  ],
  "valueReference": {
    "@type": "QuantitativeValue",
    "additionalType": "https://valifit.com/catalog/metric",
    "identifier": "health.provider_density",
    "sameAs": "CMS National Provider Registry"
  },
  "mentions": [
    {
      "@type": "Dataset",
      "@id": "https://valifit.com/sources/cms-npi",
      "identifier": "CMS_NPI",
      "name": "CMS National Provider Identifier",
      "url": "https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov",
      "sameAs": "https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov",
      "creator": {
        "@type": "Organization",
        "name": "Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services"
      },
      "temporalCoverage": "monthly",
      "dateModified": "2026-04-01"
    }
  ]
}