Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist
NUCC 364SA2100X · Clinical Nurse Specialist
520 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 47 states · 342nd of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist ranks 342nd of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.01% of all registered NPIs), densest in Ohio; per resident Oklahoma leads.
- 520
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 342nd
- of 690 specialties
- 526
- state-share HHI
- 27.5%
- Part D prescriber share
Oklahoma is densest per capita (8.3× the national rate; Ohio 2.9×); 5.7% of the Clinical Nurse Specialist category.
Taxonomy fingerprint
Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (NUCC 364SA2100X; 27.5% Part D prescribers (143 of 520); avg 887 Part D claims/prescriber (179th of 572); Open Payments avg $792/physician (302nd of 551; 179 paid, $142K total); state-share HHI 526; next-larger headcount neighbor Critical Care Registered Respiratory Therapist (+7); next-smaller Research Study Specialist (-12)).
Next larger: Critical Care Registered Respiratory Therapist (527) Next smaller: Research Study Specialist (508)
Population-adjusted state index
Each multiple is this specialty's providers-per-resident in a state divided by the national rate (Census Vintage population estimates). Raw headcount favors large states; this ranking surfaces denser markets.
Over-indexed vs national rate
Under-indexed vs national rate
- New York 0.40× · 0.1/100k
- New Jersey 0.49× · 0.1/100k
- Arizona 0.53× · 0.1/100k
- Texas 0.58× · 0.1/100k
- South Carolina 0.61× · 0.1/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio | 53 |
| 2 | Oklahoma | 52 |
| 3 | California | 51 |
| 4 | Illinois | 41 |
| 5 | Texas | 27 |
| 6 | Virginia | 24 |
| 7 | Florida | 23 |
| 8 | Colorado | 18 |
| 9 | Indiana | 15 |
| 10 | Maryland | 15 |
| 11 | Michigan | 15 |
| 12 | Pennsylvania | 15 |
| 13 | Georgia | 14 |
| 14 | Massachusetts | 14 |
| 15 | North Carolina | 14 |
Top Cities for Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma CityOklahoma | 27 |
| 2 | ClevelandOhio | 17 |
| 3 | ChicagoIllinois | 14 |
| 4 | TulsaOklahoma | 14 |
| 5 | Los AngelesCalifornia | 10 |
| 6 | AuroraColorado | 9 |
| 7 | BaltimoreMaryland | 9 |
| 8 | AkronOhio | 9 |
| 9 | BostonMassachusetts | 8 |
| 10 | ColumbusOhio | 7 |
| 11 | RoanokeVirginia | 6 |
| 12 | HuntsvilleAlabama | 5 |
Sample Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Andrea McCoy, R.N.Oklahoma City, OK |
| 2 | Rosalyn Reischman, PHD, ARNPGainesville, FL |
| 3 | Janet Shanahan, NPYpsilanti, MI |
| 4 | Jan Shriner, R.N., CNSPalo Alto, CA |
| 5 | Grace Brady, APRNMiddletown, CT |
| 6 | Michele O'Hara, NPColumbia, SC |
| 7 | Mary Digate, APNNaperville, IL |
| 8 | Celia Thomas, CNSNaperville, IL |
| 9 | Nancy Schwabauer, CNSElmhurst, IL |
| 10 | Deborah Kass, PMHNP-BCSan Francisco, CA |
| 11 | Christine Locke, CNSPortland, OR |
| 12 | Raquel Vaughan, NPMemphis, TN |
| 13 | Patricia Wolff, MSN,APRN,BCSan Antonio, TX |
| 14 | Maureen Holcomb, RN, CNSSan Antonio, TX |
| 15 | Betty Evans, RNMemphis, TN |
| 16 | Jean Uy, MSN, CCRN, CSHouston, TX |
| 17 | Victoria Paparelli, CCNS-ACSan Antonio, TX |
| 18 | Margaret Justus, APNLittle Rock, AR |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Clinical Nurse Specialist category.
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Data sources and methodology
Provider data from CMS NPPES (download.cms.gov/nppes). Specialty classification from NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org). Part D averages from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; industry payments from CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts reflect self-designated primary taxonomy at NPI enrollment. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Methodology · About
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