NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Clinical Nurse Specialist NPI 1033460381 APN
Verify on CMS → Tom Blicharski, APN
Clinical Nurse Specialist in Oak Lawn, Illinois.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 1,760 in Clinical Nurse Specialist, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
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We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
237
Medicare Part D claims · 72 beneficiaries · Clinical Nurse Specialist avg: 1K
Industry payments
$172.14
2 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
What the federal data shows
Tom Blicharski, APN filed 237 Medicare Part D claims in 2024 as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Oak Lawn, Illinois.
- 237
- Part D claims, 2024
- $172.14
- industry payments (Sunshine Act)
- ≥48th
- pct by Part D claim volume (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Tom Blicharski, APN
Federal records show an active NPI with Medicare Part D prescribing activity — verifiable registry data, not a proprietary rating.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1033460381), first enumerated 09/26/2012.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 237 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$172.14 in reported industry payments (2 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
Illinois statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Tom Blicharski, APN's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: IDFPR annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.
Source: State medical board / FSMB
This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.
Compare Blicharski with other Clinical Nurse Specialist providers
Same primary specialty, same federal CMS NPPES roster.
Also enrolled in Illinois
- Dr. Jeffrey Albaugh, PHD, APRN, CUCNS Glenview, IL
- Chris Ayers, CNS Galesburg, IL
- Virginia Baker, MSN APN Chicago, IL
- Maria Barnes, C.N.S. Chicago, IL
- Cynthia Barrett, A.P.N. CCNS Jerseyville, IL
- Tina Marie Bauman, RN, MSN, APN, AGN-BC Barrington, IL
Other specialties in Oak Lawn: Behavior Technician (257) · Physical Therapist (202) · Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (197) · Internal Medicine Physician (178)
CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1033460381 · Clinical Nurse Specialist
NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-NARROW · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-ENUM
- NPI-10 1033460381
- ENUM-MID 2012
- TAX-NARROW 1,760
- RX-LIGHT 237
- BOOK-THIN 137 in Illinois
- PHOTO-ENUM Merita Konstantacos,… · 2012
Tom Blicharski, APN's Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber
Total Medicare Part D claims, 2024, across all CMS prescribers nationally
237 ≥ 48th percentile 48% of 1,416,883 prescribers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative 100-claim band: it counts only prescribers in lower claim-volume bands. Medicare Part D claim volume is activity context, not a quality measure or recommendation. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2024
What does the federal data show about Tom Blicharski, APN?
Quality data not reportedPrimary specialty
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Medicare Part D claims
237 77% vs specialty avg
Specialty distribution in Illinois
How Clinical Nurse Specialist compares to other specialties among Illinois providers
Board certification
Not published by CMS
CMS does not publish a per-provider board-certification field in NPPES. PlainDoctor does not have a reliable per-specialty certification rate to show for Clinical Nurse Specialist. Verify directly:
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1033460381 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Clinical Nurse Specialist |
| Credentials | APN |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 09/26/2012 |
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Tom Blicharski, APN bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
J R Nephology And Associates Inc
Oak Lawn, IL
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Tom Blicharski, APN. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$172
Largest payer
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - Illinois IDFPR 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~42K Illinois medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Tom Blicharski, APN. To verify Tom Blicharski, APN's current license status, search the IDFPR public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
106
Total board actions, Illinois 2023
Across 103 cases
2.52
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Illinois statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
38 cases
IDFPR publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Illinois disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
237
Total Claims
$7K
Total Drug Cost
72
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 558.533
- Total Day Supply
- 16,219
- Generic Drug Cost
- $6K
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 71.7 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 4.88
- Gender Split
- 67% female / 33% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 15, 65-74: 22, 75-84: 22, 85+: 13
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Tom Blicharski, APN prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Amlodipine Besylate
Amlodipine Besylate
35 claims
- Lisinopril
Lisinopril
24 claims
- Lidocaine-Prilocaine
Lidocaine-Prilocaine
22 claims
- Vitamin D2
Vitamin D2
22 claims
- Losartan Potassium
Losartan Potassium
14 claims
- Hydralazine Hcl 12
Hydralazine Hcl
12 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Amlodipine Besylate | 35 |
| Lisinopril | 24 |
| Lidocaine-Prilocaine Lidocaine/Prilocaine | 22 |
| Vitamin D2 Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D2) | 22 |
| Losartan Potassium | 14 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 12 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Clinical Nurse Specialist Overview
How Tom Blicharski, APN fits within the Clinical Nurse Specialist landscape nationally.
1,760
Clinical Nurse Specialist Providers in US
51
States with Clinical Nurse Specialist
1,012
Avg Claims per Provider
Tom Blicharski, APN's 237 claims are below the specialty average of 1,012.
Nationwide Clinical Nurse Specialist peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Blicharski, both outside Illinois so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Same NPPES enumeration year (2012)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Clinical Nurse Specialist Providers in Illinois
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Illinois, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Blicharski.
One of 137 Clinical Nurse Specialist providers enrolled in Illinois, 11 are shown on this page.
Debra Beach
APN
Peoria, IL
Ana Bedon
Chicago, IL
Jill Benedeck
APRN, CNS
McHenry, IL
Janice Beschorner
C.N.S.
Chicago, IL
Jodi Blaszczyk
RN, APN
Joliet, IL
Compare Clinical Nurse Specialist nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Tom Blicharski, APN's specialty? ▼
Tom Blicharski, APN specializes in Clinical Nurse Specialist and practices in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Credentials: APN.
How much does Tom Blicharski, APN prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Tom Blicharski, APN wrote 237 Medicare Part D claims totaling $7K in drug costs for 72 beneficiaries.
Where is Tom Blicharski, APN located? ▼
Tom Blicharski, APN is located at 4701 W 102ND ST, Oak Lawn, IL, 60453. Phone: (708) 738-1182.
What is Tom Blicharski, APN's NPI number? ▼
Tom Blicharski, APN's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1033460381, issued on 09/26/2012.
How many Clinical Nurse Specialist providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 1,760 Clinical Nurse Specialist providers across 51 states in the US. The average Clinical Nurse Specialist provider writes 1,012 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Tom Blicharski, APN prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Tom Blicharski, APN's most frequently prescribed drugs include Amlodipine Besylate, Lisinopril, Lidocaine-Prilocaine. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Tom Blicharski, APN accept Medicare? ▼
Tom Blicharski, APN appears in CMS Medicare data with 237 Part D claims and 72 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Tom Blicharski, APN's credentials? ▼
Tom Blicharski, APN's NPI is 1033460381 with credentials APN. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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