NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Clinical Nurse Specialist in Arkansas

26 NPPES records list clinical nurse specialist with a practice address in Arkansas, 0.8 per 100,000 residents, the 12th highest rate of 51. Jonesboro and Fayetteville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Arkansas license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 364S00000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Jonesboro has the most, 7

  1. Jonesboro7
  2. Fayetteville6
  3. Little Rock3
  4. North Little Rock2
  5. Conway1

Clinical Nurse Specialist records in Arkansas

  1. Ryan Anderson, APRNJonesboro, AR 724051679117659
  2. Aaron Baxter, APRNConway, AR 720341679052559
  3. Ann Blaylock, APNNorth Little Rock, AR 721161578570131
  4. Jessica Camp, APRN, AGCNSJonesboro, AR 724011710430582
  5. Brennan Davis, APRNJonesboro, AR 724051962947200
  6. Michelle Driskill, NP-CNorth Little Rock, AR 721171497123129
  7. Rhonda Evans, APRNLittle Rock, AR 722051447621255
  8. Deborah Fairchild, RNPJonesboro, AR 724011851315352
  9. Ashley Featherston, APRNJonesboro, AR 724051144836347
  10. Deena Fitzgerald, APRNFayetteville, AR 727031528489994
  11. Sandra German, ANP RNP RNHot Springs, AR 719131932100625
  12. Melanie Haney, APRNFayetteville, AR 727031013324631
  13. Susan Kimbrell, CNSRogers, AR 727581326222183
  14. Rebecca LancasterRussellville, AR 728011508076563
  15. Vicki Mabry, APNLittle Rock, AR 722051912995911
  16. Heather Manchester, APRN, CNSFort Smith, AR 729011285003509
  17. Felicia May, CNSFayetteville, AR 727031235517152
  18. Stephanie McMellon, APRNJonesboro, AR 724011033511449
  19. Melanie New, APNJonesboro, AR 724011982982542
  20. Bilinda Norman, DNP, CNS-BC, APRNPocahontas, AR 724551841204278
  21. Ellen Odell, DNPSpringdale, AR 727621649698978
  22. Lindsey Sabatini, APRNFayetteville, AR 727031164956199
  23. Jessica Shepherd, AGCNS-BCFayetteville, AR 727031134596125
  24. Dawn Smedley, APRNFayetteville, AR 727031104361864
  25. Tammie Smith, ACNS-BCGravette, AR 727361255546974
  26. Sydney Wilbourn, RNLittle Rock, AR 722051487498994

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 364S00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Arkansas ranks 12 of 51 per resident

  1. Wisconsin0.9
  2. Indiana0.9
  3. South Dakota0.9
  4. Arkansas0.8
  5. Connecticut0.8
  6. Massachusetts0.8
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.5

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 364S00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

61.5% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 34.9% 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. Arkansas61.5%
  2. United States34.9%

Clinical Nurse Specialist records in Arkansas, measured

  • In a Medicare file16 of 26 · 61.5% here, 34.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file14 · 53.8% here, 20.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more19 · 73.1% here, 60.2% nationally
  • Median graduation year2015 · the 14 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 364S00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

26 NPPES records list clinical nurse specialist (364S00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Arkansas: 0.8 per 100,000 residents against 0.5 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Jonesboro has 7 of them (27%).

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. Oregon26
  2. Delaware27
  3. Kansas23
  4. Connecticut30

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Massachusetts0.8
  2. New Mexico0.8
  3. Colorado0.7
  4. Indiana0.9

The largest states

  1. Ohio234
  2. California163
  3. Illinois162
  4. Texas151
  5. Minnesota140

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.