NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Clinical Nurse Specialist in North Dakota

16 NPPES records list clinical nurse specialist with a practice address in North Dakota, 2 per 100,000 residents, the 3rd highest rate of 51. Fargo and Grand Forks have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Dakota 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).

Fargo has the most, 6

  1. Fargo6
  2. Grand Forks5
  3. Bismarck2
  4. Minot2
  5. Jamestown1

Clinical Nurse Specialist records in North Dakota

  1. C. Birger, CNSJamestown, ND 584011861429870
  2. Rebecca Elbert, CNSFargo, ND 581041235156191
  3. Patricia Freitag, APRNFargo, ND 581021265473482
  4. Desiree Gagner-Tjellesen, RNCS,APRN,BCGrand Forks, ND 582011518906437
  5. Lauree Hellman, APRN, PMHCNSBismarck, ND 585011962635078
  6. Lucy Johnson, CNSFargo, ND 581031184642753
  7. Nancy Joyner, APRN BCGrand Forks, ND 582011427070002
  8. Jacqueline Nolz Leingang, PA-CBismarck, ND 585011346297827
  9. Mary Riske, RN, CNSGrand Forks, ND 582021093835472
  10. Deborah Roerig, CNSFargo, ND 581031346262912
  11. Jeanine Senti, APRN, CNSGrand Forks, ND 582011386811842
  12. Kris Stellon, APRN-CNSGrand Forks, ND 582011346417508
  13. Deborah Townsend, CNSMinot, ND 587011477627867
  14. Gail Waagen, CNSFargo, ND 581021578584819
  15. Vickie Weathers, CNSMinot, ND 587011649215070
  16. Candice White, APNFargo, ND 581021104272079

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

North Dakota ranks 3 of 51 per resident

  1. Delaware2.6
  2. Minnesota2.4
  3. North Dakota2.0
  4. Ohio2.0
  5. Oklahoma1.8
  6. 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.

43.8% 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. North Dakota43.8%
  2. United States34.9%

Clinical Nurse Specialist records in North Dakota, measured

  • In a Medicare file7 of 16 · 43.8% here, 34.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file4 · 25.0% here, 20.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more13 · 81.3% 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

16 NPPES records list clinical nurse specialist (364S00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Dakota: 2 per 100,000 residents against 0.5 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Fargo has 6 of them (38%).

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. New Mexico16
  2. Rhode Island16
  3. South Carolina16
  4. Louisiana17

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Ohio2.0
  2. Oklahoma1.8
  3. Minnesota2.4
  4. Delaware2.6

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.