NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Cynthia Ruth Smith, ACNP

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner · Tupelo, MS

Cynthia Ruth Smith, ACNP is an acute care nurse practitioner with a practice address in Tupelo, Mississippi, and NPI 1679820799, issued on Aug 8, 2012. Check the license (Mississippi R872258, as entered in NPPES) with the Mississippi 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 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1679820799
Name
Cynthia Ruth Smith
Credential
ACNP
Primary taxonomy
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner 363LA2100X
License number
R872258 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
828 Turner Dr, Tupelo, MS 38801
Phone
(662) 279-5352
Enumerated
Aug 8, 2012
Record last updated
Apr 22, 2026
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20130212000117); 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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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Mississippi board licenses this profession
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  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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86% more Medicare Part D claims than the average acute care nurse practitioner in 2024

1,107 Medicare Part D claims for 236 beneficiaries, against an average of 594 among the 13,133 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 36% of claims.

  1. Cynthia Smith1,107
  2. Specialty average594

Most prescribed

  1. Sodium Chloride358 claims
  2. Ceftriaxone92 claims
  3. Daptomycin89 claims
  4. Vancomycin Hcl71 claims
  5. Ertapenem56 claims
  6. Cefazolin Sodium37 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.

The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 93.1 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score83.1
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%88.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $712.45

30 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Madrigal Pharmaceuticals. The 10,984 providers of this specialty with any payment received $647.94 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Cynthia Smith$712.45
  2. Specialty average$647.94

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. North Mississippi Medical Center, Inc.Tupelo, MS

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

Cynthia Ruth Smith among 272 acute care nurse practitioner records in Mississippi

Cynthia Ruth Smith, ACNP is one of 272 acute care nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Mississippi. 87% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 27% of them.

  • NPI issued2012 · 27% of these records are older, 70% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
  • Graduated2012 · median 2017 among the 197 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LA2100X and a Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

17 acute care nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Tupelo

They are 17 of the 2,315 NPPES records with a practice address in Tupelo, and 272 acute care nurse practitioner records in Mississippi.

The 8 acute care nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Harminder Atwal, ACNP-BCTupelo, MS 388011134427719
  2. Elizabeth Bailey, ACNPTupelo, MS 388011013941970
  3. Christopher Bell, ACNPTupelo, MS 388011225190382
  4. Mary Dean, ACNP-BCTupelo, MS 388011154572857
  5. Lori Forrester, NPTupelo, MS 388011205249471
  6. Kayla Hood, ACNPTupelo, MS 388011447622196
  7. Starla Horton, NPTupelo, MS 388011518412691
  8. Wanda Ikeda, ACNPTupelo, MS 388011013114677

Common questions

What is Cynthia Ruth Smith, ACNP's NPI number?

Cynthia Ruth Smith, ACNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679820799, issued on Aug 8, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Cynthia Ruth Smith, ACNP located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 828 Turner Dr, Tupelo, MS, 38801. Phone: (662) 279-5352. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Cynthia Ruth Smith, ACNP's license?

NPPES lists Mississippi license number R872258, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Cynthia Ruth Smith, ACNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Cynthia Ruth Smith, ACNP had 1,107 Medicare Part D claims for 236 beneficiaries; the average among acute care nurse practitioner prescribers was 594. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Cynthia Ruth Smith, ACNP's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.1 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

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.