Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
NUCC 363LA2100X · Nurse Practitioner
25,345 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 53 states · 52nd of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner ranks 52nd of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.35% of all registered NPIs), densest in Texas; per resident District of Columbia leads.
- 25,345
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 52nd
- of 690 specialties
- 462
- state-share HHI
- 48.4%
- Part D prescriber share
District of Columbia is densest per capita (2.9× the national rate; Alabama 2.3×); 5.4% of the Nurse Practitioner category.
Taxonomy fingerprint
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (NUCC 363LA2100X; 48.4% Part D prescribers (12,256 of 25,345); avg 623 Part D claims/prescriber (260th of 572); Open Payments avg $631/physician (330th of 551; 10,240 paid, $6.5M total); state-share HHI 462; next-larger headcount neighbor Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (+764); next-smaller Cardiovascular Disease Physician (-47)).
Next larger: Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (26,109) Next smaller: Cardiovascular Disease Physician (25,298)
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
- District of Columbia 2.9× · 21.4/100k
- Alabama 2.3× · 17.4/100k
- Arkansas 1.9× · 13.8/100k
- Ohio 1.8× · 13.3/100k
- Tennessee 1.8× · 13.1/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Wyoming 0.27× · 2.1/100k
- Delaware 0.30× · 2.2/100k
- Vermont 0.31× · 2.3/100k
- Montana 0.33× · 2.5/100k
- North Dakota 0.34× · 2.6/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 2,935 |
| 2 | Florida | 1,922 |
| 3 | California | 1,703 |
| 4 | Ohio | 1,573 |
| 5 | New York | 1,558 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | 1,237 |
| 7 | Tennessee | 934 |
| 8 | Alabama | 890 |
| 9 | Georgia | 866 |
| 10 | New Jersey | 851 |
| 11 | Michigan | 820 |
| 12 | Virginia | 808 |
| 13 | Illinois | 723 |
| 14 | Maryland | 676 |
| 15 | Arizona | 582 |
Top Cities for Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New YorkNew York | 757 |
| 2 | HoustonTexas | 655 |
| 3 | PhiladelphiaPennsylvania | 542 |
| 4 | NashvilleTennessee | 487 |
| 5 | DallasTexas | 408 |
| 6 | BirminghamAlabama | 393 |
| 7 | MiamiFlorida | 392 |
| 8 | BaltimoreMaryland | 366 |
| 9 | ColumbusOhio | 352 |
| 10 | ClevelandOhio | 345 |
| 11 | Los AngelesCalifornia | 285 |
| 12 | AtlantaGeorgia | 283 |
Sample Acute Care Nurse Practitioner NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jennifer Colucci, APRNHartford, CT |
| 2 | Meredith Messing, APRNMinnetonka, MN |
| 3 | Cindy Zerfoss, N.P.Vinton, VA |
| 4 | Vickie Blackburn, NPRock Hill, SC |
| 5 | Theresa Deveaux, CRNPGlen Burnie, MD |
| 6 | Judith Glann, ACNP-BCPrescott, AZ |
| 7 | Joanne Frazee, ACNPNashville, TN |
| 8 | Krista Prinzi, NPRochester, NY |
| 9 | Patricia Bierman, CRNPPittsburgh, PA |
| 10 | Beatrice Launius, NPShreveport, LA |
| 11 | Timothy Stacy, ACNPSherman Oaks, CA |
| 12 | Wendy Dusenbury, ARNPPhoenix, AZ |
| 13 | Elizabeth Bolton-Harris, ACNPAtlanta, GA |
| 14 | Debra Fikes, ACNPFort Myers, FL |
| 15 | Leslie Van Dyke, ARNPWichita, KS |
| 16 | Tally Bell, ARNPWichita, KS |
| 17 | Dawn Tilgner, ACNP, FNPPortland, OR |
| 18 | Luann Harris, N.P.Greenville, SC |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Nurse Practitioner category.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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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
Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-27.