NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Tom Blicharski, APN

Clinical Nurse Specialist · Oak Lawn, IL

Tom Blicharski, APN is a clinical nurse specialist with a practice address in Oak Lawn, Illinois, and NPI 1033460381, issued on Sep 26, 2012. Check the license (Illinois 209.009677, as entered in NPPES) with the Illinois 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
1033460381
Name
Tom Blicharski
Credential
APN
Primary taxonomy
Clinical Nurse Specialist 364S00000X
License number
209.009677 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
4701 W 102ND St, Oak Lawn, IL 60453
Phone
(708) 738-1182
Enumerated
Sep 26, 2012
Record last updated
Sep 26, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20180223000146); 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 Illinois board licenses this profession
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75% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average clinical nurse specialist in 2024

237 Medicare Part D claims for 72 beneficiaries, against an average of 957 among the 361 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Tom Blicharski237
  2. Specialty average957

Most prescribed

  1. Amlodipine Besylate35 claims
  2. Lisinopril24 claims
  3. Lidocaine-Prilocaine22 claims
  4. Vitamin D222 claims
  5. Losartan Potassium14 claims
  6. Hydralazine Hcl12 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: $172.14

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. The 457 providers of this specialty with any payment received $871.23 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Tom Blicharski$172.14
  2. Specialty average$871.23

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. J R Nephology And Associates IncOak Lawn, IL

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

Tom Blicharski among 162 clinical nurse specialist records in Illinois

Tom Blicharski, APN is one of 162 clinical nurse specialist records with a practice address in Illinois. 51% 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 55% of them.

  • NPI issued2012 · 55% of these records are older, 38% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 51% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 30% of these records are
  • Graduated2011 · median 2008 among the 48 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2012 · 67% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 364S00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Clinical Nurse Specialist providers in Illinois

There are 162 clinical nurse specialist records in Illinois.

The 8 clinical nurse specialist records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Natalie Cates-Rudolph, APN/CNSOak Lawn, IL 604531336480359
  2. Maureen McCafferty, RN, APNOak Lawn, IL 604531669465480
  3. Renea McKeown, APN-BCOak Lawn, IL 604531720332125
  4. Andrea Merkler, APN, CDEOak Lawn, IL 604531477613073
  5. Maria Nilsson, M.S.N, A.P.N-BCOak Lawn, IL 604531881927457
  6. Judith Parker, R.N.Oak Lawn, IL 604531154410504
  7. Anne Gillian Roska, CNSOak Lawn, IL 604531548637804
  8. Roxanne Siemeck, APRN, CNS-BC, FNP-BCOak Lawn, IL 604531972774560

Common questions

What is Tom Blicharski, APN's NPI number?

Tom Blicharski, APN's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1033460381, issued on Sep 26, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Tom Blicharski, APN located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4701 W 102ND St, Oak Lawn, IL, 60453. Phone: (708) 738-1182. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Tom Blicharski, APN's license?

NPPES lists Illinois license number 209.009677, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Tom Blicharski, APN prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Tom Blicharski, APN had 237 Medicare Part D claims for 72 beneficiaries; the average among clinical nurse specialist prescribers was 957. 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.