NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Carol Marie Budgin, CNS

Critical Care Medicine Clinical Nurse Specialist · East Chicago, IN

Carol Marie Budgin, CNS is a critical care medicine clinical nurse specialist with a practice address in East Chicago, Indiana, and NPI 1912056482, issued on Jan 10, 2007. Check the license (Indiana 28083700A, as entered in NPPES) with the Indiana board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1912056482
Name
Carol Marie Budgin
Credential
CNS
Primary taxonomy
Critical Care Medicine Clinical Nurse Specialist 364SC0200X
License number
28083700A IN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
4320 Fir St, East Chicago, IN 46312
Phone
(219) 554-4080
Enumerated
Jan 10, 2007
Record last updated
Dec 30, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(219) 554-4085
Medicaid IDs
200067750A IN
200067750C IN
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20070518000144); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 4320 Fir St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Samer Abbas, MDInterventional Cardiology Physician1568481182
  2. Constance Adams, MS RN CCNS CCRNClinical Nurse Specialist1972821643
  3. Lana Glorioso, NPNurse Practitioner1598476160
  4. Rajaraman Iyer, MDPediatrics Physician1538150842
  5. Amit Kakkar, MDInterventional Cardiology Physician1144489048
  6. Jessica Rayner, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1679000525

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Indiana board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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72% more Medicare Part D claims than the average critical care medicine clinical nurse specialist in 2024

1,157 Medicare Part D claims for 266 beneficiaries, against an average of 674 among the 23 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 18% of claims.

  1. Carol Budgin1,157
  2. Specialty average674

Most prescribed

  1. Furosemide69 claims
  2. Atorvastatin Calcium66 claims
  3. Metoprolol Succinate62 claims
  4. Alprazolam57 claims
  5. Hydralazine Hcl42 claims
  6. Metoprolol Tartrate40 claims

Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.

Industry payments in 2024: $582.98

33 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. The 52 providers of this specialty with any payment received $678.21 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Carol Budgin$582.98
  2. Specialty average$678.21

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Cardiovascular Consultants PCHammond, IN

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Carol Marie Budgin among 10 critical care medicine clinical nurse specialist records in Indiana

Carol Marie Budgin, CNS is one of 10 critical care medicine clinical nurse specialist records with a practice address in Indiana. 70% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 0% of them.

  • NPI issued2007 · 0% of these records are older, 80% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 70% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 30% of these records are
  • Record last updated2010 · 60% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 364SC0200X and a Indiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Critical Care Medicine Clinical Nurse Specialist providers in Indiana

There are 10 critical care medicine clinical nurse specialist records in Indiana.

The 8 critical care medicine clinical nurse specialist records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Virginia Hyland, MS, CNSEast Chicago, IN 463121831473685
  2. Melissa PietraszakHammond, IN 463201275974131
  3. Andrea Reader, MS, RN, CNSMunster, IN 463211982090239
  4. Laura Rodriguez, APNMerrillville, IN 464101174642763
  5. Diane Doty, RNIndianapolis, IN 462021588130108
  6. Dawn Horvath, MSN, RN, ACNS-BCIndianapolis, IN 462021285331256
  7. Vincent Holly, RN, APRN, CNSBloomington, IN 474031891359139
  8. Courtney Chastain, RN, ACCNS-AGTerre Haute, IN 478041477289965

Common questions

What is Carol Marie Budgin, CNS's NPI number?

Carol Marie Budgin, CNS's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1912056482, issued on Jan 10, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Carol Marie Budgin, CNS located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4320 Fir St, East Chicago, IN, 46312. Phone: (219) 554-4080. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Carol Marie Budgin, CNS's license?

NPPES lists Indiana license number 28083700A, as entered by the provider. Search the Indiana board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Carol Marie Budgin, CNS prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Carol Marie Budgin, CNS had 1,157 Medicare Part D claims for 266 beneficiaries; the average among critical care medicine clinical nurse specialist prescribers was 674. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.