NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist in North Carolina

17 NPPES records list acute care clinical nurse specialist with a practice address in North Carolina, 0.2 per 100,000 residents, the 19th highest rate of 45. Durham and Raleigh have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Carolina license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 364SA2100X · method

Durham has the most, 3

Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist records in North Carolina

  1. Jennifer Carmichael, RN, MSN, ACCNS-AGGreensboro, NC 274011497511224
  2. Erica Cook, APRN, AGCNS-BCRaleigh, NC 276101720864440
  3. Christine Hearn, APRNDurham, NC 277051942025259
  4. Marisa LedfordAsheville, NC 288051508599861
  5. Julie Linder, DNP, RN, ACCNS-AGGreenville, NC 278341760034490
  6. Anna MallDurham, NC 277051285312041
  7. Natalie Parce, CNSAsheville, NC 288051649648171
  8. Mary Pilon, MSN, APRN, ACCNS-AG,Harrisburg, NC 280751740048214
  9. Thomas Rutan, CNSRaleigh, NC 276101154091577
  10. Reginald Santiago, MSN, APRN, ACCNS-AGGarner, NC 275291639002553
  11. Miranda Scoggins, MSN, APRN, ACCNS-AGCharlotte, NC 282031235024894
  12. Kathryn Smith, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BCDurham, NC 277051336027283
  13. Katie Sparks, CNSShelby, NC 281501609687391
  14. Tracy Suddreth, ACCNS-AGCharlotte, NC 282031992696397
  15. Deborah Sumrall, CPNP-ACWinston Salem, NC 271571700595444
  16. Erin Taylor, DNP, APRN, ACCNS-AGRaleigh, NC 276101619702586
  17. Stephanie Tran, APRN, CNSWilmington, NC 284011790229623

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 364SA2100X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

North Carolina ranks 19 of 45 per resident

  1. Montana0.2
  2. Alabama0.2
  3. Kansas0.2
  4. North Carolina0.2
  5. Michigan0.1
  6. Pennsylvania0.1
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.1

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 364SA2100X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

11.8% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 45.7% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. North Carolina11.8%
  2. United States45.7%

Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist records in North Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file2 of 17 · 11.8% here, 45.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 28.3% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more3 · 17.6% here, 53.3% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 364SA2100X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

17 NPPES records list acute care clinical nurse specialist (364SA2100X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Carolina: 0.2 per 100,000 residents against 0.1 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Durham has 3 of them (18%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Pennsylvania17
  2. Colorado16
  3. Florida18
  4. Indiana16

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Michigan0.1
  2. Maryland0.2
  3. Georgia0.1
  4. Massachusetts0.2

The largest states

  1. Oklahoma56
  2. Ohio53
  3. California38
  4. Illinois35
  5. Texas27

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record 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.