: Is there an official public list of US physicians? Where do Healthgrades and Vitals get their physician list from? Is there a publicly available central repository?

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There are several sources for publicly available health practitioner databases. One of the most common sources is from the US government, which assigns a National Provider Identification (NPI) number to all medical practitioners. There is an online database you can use here:
npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/
Enter a doctor's name, and you'll see a lot of information about them.