NPI Lookup Iowa — Find IA Healthcare Providers

About Iowa Healthcare Providers in NPPES

The NPPES registry contains approximately 18,000 active NPI records for Iowa healthcare providers. These include individual practitioners (physicians, nurses, dentists, therapists, and more) and organizational providers (hospitals, group practices, clinics, and pharmacies). Major healthcare institutions in Iowa include UnityPoint Health, MercyOne, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. Provider records are updated by providers themselves within 30 days of any change, and the registry is refreshed daily.

How to Find an NPI Number in Iowa

The search tool above is pre-filtered to show Iowa providers by default. Enter a provider's last name in the "By Provider Name" tab for the fastest results. For specific providers, entering both first and last name narrows results quickly. To find hospitals, clinics, or pharmacies operating in Iowa, use the "By Organization" tab and enter the facility or practice name. To look up a known NPI number and verify it belongs to a Iowa provider, use the "By NPI Number" tab.

Iowa Healthcare Provider Overview

Healthcare in Iowa is served by a network of providers across major cities including Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Sioux City, Iowa City. Iowa providers span all medical specialties — from primary care physicians and family medicine to specialized surgical centers, behavioral health providers, and long-term care facilities. All providers who accept insurance, bill Medicare or Medicaid, or participate in electronic health record systems are listed in the NPPES NPI registry with active NPI records.

Iowa Medical Board

The Iowa Board of Medicine is the state regulatory authority that issues and oversees medical licenses in Iowa. For license status verification, disciplinary actions, and medical board certification, visit the official website at https://medicalboard.iowa.gov. While this NPI lookup tool confirms a provider's federal NPPES enrollment, state license verification through the Iowa Board of Medicine is a separate but equally important step in complete provider credential verification. Both NPPES and state board data should be checked during credentialing workflows.

Common Healthcare Specialties in Iowa

Healthcare providers in Iowa cover the full spectrum of medical specialties. The most commonly registered specialties in the NPPES registry for Iowa include internal medicine, family medicine, general surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, cardiology, orthopedics, psychiatry, neurology, and radiology. Iowa also has significant numbers of advanced practice nurses (NPs, CRNAs, CNMs), physician assistants, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and clinical psychologists — all of whom have NPI records in NPPES.

NPI Lookup for Iowa Medicaid and Medicare

Verifying NPI enrollment for Iowa providers who participate in state Medicaid or federal Medicare programs requires checking multiple databases. This NPPES tool provides the foundational identity verification. For Iowa Medicaid enrollment, check with the state Medicaid agency directly. For Medicare enrollment, use the CMS PECOS system (see our PECOS NPI Lookup tool). For DEA prescribing authority verification for Iowa providers, see our DEA License Lookup by NPI tool.

Related Iowa Healthcare Resources

Additional resources for Iowa provider verification: the Iowa Board of Medicine at https://medicalboard.iowa.gov for license verification; the OIG LEIE exclusion database at oig.hhs.gov for Medicaid/Medicare exclusion checks; the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) for malpractice and disciplinary history; and CMS Medicare Physician Compare for Medicare enrollment verification. Using all these resources together constitutes a comprehensive provider credential verification process.

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