NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Clinical Nurse Specialist in Maryland

19 NPPES records list clinical nurse specialist with a practice address in Maryland, 0.3 per 100,000 residents, the 31st highest rate of 51. Baltimore and Bethesda have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Maryland license search.

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

Baltimore has the most, 5

Clinical Nurse Specialist records in Maryland

  1. Eugena Baca, DNPBethesda, MD 208921356811475
  2. Sharon Beautz, RN, CNSGaithersburg, MD 208781649005547
  3. Trishia Carinio, RNBethesda, MD 208891750148102
  4. Elizabeth Corker, DNP, RN, APRN-CNSFrederick, MD 217011497508683
  5. Jennifer Helzer, APRN-CNSBaltimore, MD 212011053099358
  6. Deborah Howes, CNSPrince Frederick, MD 206781760492425
  7. Lisa Klein, MSN, AGCNS-BCBaltimore, MD 212871356949960
  8. Margaret McNeill, APRNFrederick, MD 217011528619376
  9. Stephanie Morgenstern, APRN, ACCNS-PBaltimore, MD 212871104556893
  10. Cheryl Parks, CRNAFrederick, MD 217021902880222
  11. Kimberly Peterson, APRN-CNSBaltimore, MD 212011679203210
  12. Amy Rushton, APRN BCRockville, MD 208501104975549
  13. Christian Shotwell, IDCAnnapolis, MD 214021053614891
  14. Carol SteffyTowson, MD 212041760627525
  15. Claudia Tilley, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BCEaston, MD 216011396337804
  16. Maria Valerio, RNKensington, MD 208951083416077
  17. Judy Waltz, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BCRandallstown, MD 211331588423339
  18. Jennifer Wilder, RNBethesda, MD 208921477146447
  19. Samantha Young, ACNPBaltimore, MD 212871578808440

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

Maryland ranks 31 of 51 per resident

  1. Alaska0.4
  2. Louisiana0.4
  3. Wyoming0.3
  4. Maryland0.3
  5. South Carolina0.3
  6. Pennsylvania0.3
  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.

47.4% 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. Maryland47.4%
  2. United States34.9%

Clinical Nurse Specialist records in Maryland, measured

  • In a Medicare file9 of 19 · 47.4% here, 34.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file1 · 5.3% here, 20.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more10 · 52.6% here, 60.2% nationally

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

19 NPPES records list clinical nurse specialist (364S00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Maryland: 0.3 per 100,000 residents against 0.5 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Baltimore has 5 of them (26%).

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. Georgia18
  2. Tennessee18
  3. Louisiana17
  4. North Dakota16

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. South Carolina0.3
  2. Pennsylvania0.3
  3. New Jersey0.2
  4. North Carolina0.4

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.