Chronic Care Clinical Nurse Specialist

NUCC 364SC2300X · Clinical Nurse Specialist

18 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 13 states · 650th of 690 specialties by headcount.

18
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
13
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
3 providers
$378
Open Pay avg
394th of 552 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Chronic Care Clinical Nurse Specialist ranks 650th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0% of all registered NPIs), densest in California.

18
NPPES providers in specialty
650th
of 690 specialties
926
state-share HHI
11.1%
Part D prescriber share

4 states hold half of this specialty's national roster; 0.2% of the Clinical Nurse Specialist category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Chronic Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (NUCC 364SC2300X; 11.1% Part D prescribers (2 of 18); avg 3,051 Part D claims/prescriber (23rd of 567); Open Payments avg $378/physician (394th of 552; 4 paid, $2K total); state-share HHI 926; next-larger headcount neighbor Emergency Care Certified Respiratory Therapist (+1); next-smaller Nephrology Specialist/Technologist (-1)).

Next larger: Emergency Care Certified Respiratory Therapist (19) Next smaller: Nephrology Specialist/Technologist (17)

Which states have the most providers?

# State Providers
1 California 3
2 Illinois 2
3 Missouri 2
4 Texas 2
5 Colorado 1
6 Indiana 1
7 Kansas 1
8 Kentucky 1

Sample Chronic 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 Kathleen Lademann, RN MSN APN CWCN Naperville, IL
2 Melanie Stone, FNP C Lawrenceburg, TN
3 Joyce Sinding, MSN RN Dallas, TX
4 Irene Trzupek, RN, APN Oak Lawn, IL
5 Robyn Tyler, RN, CNS Sioux Falls, SD
6 Dawn James, APN, CNS Burlington, CO
7 Eunhwa Lee, N.P. Sacramento, CA
8 Jeanette Kennedy, RN, MS, CNS Palo Alto, CA
9 Christina Dilorenzo, RN, CNS Sacramento, CA
10 Kyle Lafarge Columbia, MO
11 Amanda Kulikowski, RN Saint Louis, MO
12 Marcella Ross, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC Columbus, IN

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Chronic Care Clinical Nurse Specialist providers are in the US?
There are 18 Chronic Care Clinical Nurse Specialist providers registered in the CMS NPPES database across 13 US states and territories. California has the most with 3 providers. Among 690 NUCC specialties, this code ranks 650th by headcount.
Do Chronic Care Clinical Nurse Specialist clinicians appear in Open Payments?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 4 Chronic Care Clinical Nurse Specialist physicians receiving industry payments totaling $2K (46 payments; average $378 per paid physician, 394th of 552 specialties by average). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Chronic Care Clinical Nurse Specialist NPIs, 2 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 3,051 claims and $498K drug cost per prescriber; 23rd of 567 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
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 2026-05-20.