NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Clinical Nurse Specialist in Rhode Island

16 NPPES records list clinical nurse specialist with a practice address in Rhode Island, 1.5 per 100,000 residents, the 6th highest rate of 51. Providence and Warwick have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Rhode Island license search.

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

Clinical Nurse Specialist records in Rhode Island

  1. Nicole Allison, CNSProvidence, RI 029061285660670
  2. Ann Back Price, CNSProvidence, RI 029051750391942
  3. Stacy Brady, CNSProvidence, RI 029081740786227
  4. Diane Brousseau-Pizzi, PCNSWest Warwick, RI 028931689667370
  5. Irene Dematteo, APRN, PCNS, RN, BCWarwick, RI 028861497709497
  6. Linda Eddleston, PCNS BCNorth Kingstown, RI 028521851389951
  7. Carrollyn Grace, APRN PCNSProvidence, RI 029061649288010
  8. Robert Hamel, APRN, PCNS, RN, BCWarwick, RI 028861467430512
  9. Vanessa Hampson, APRN-CNSProvidence, RI 029051780416339
  10. Sally Harrison, CNSProvidence, RI 029061164432472
  11. Brian Hickey, APRN BCWarwick, RI 028861700968518
  12. Vincent Lanzieri, CNSProvidence, RI 029041134227051
  13. Carmen Lysaght, MSN RNCS APRNNorth Kingstown, RI 028521609899608
  14. Sharon Murray, NPProvidence, RI 029081790782571
  15. Patricia Reposa, APRN BCWarwick, RI 028861619059425
  16. Therese Woodford, PCNSWoonsocket, RI 028951376890145

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

Rhode Island ranks 6 of 51 per resident

  1. North Dakota2.0
  2. Ohio2.0
  3. Oklahoma1.8
  4. Rhode Island1.5
  5. Illinois1.3
  6. Hawaii1.0
  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.

50.0% 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. Rhode Island50.0%
  2. United States34.9%

Clinical Nurse Specialist records in Rhode Island, measured

  • In a Medicare file8 of 16 · 50.0% here, 34.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file2 · 12.5% 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 Rhode Island: 1.5 per 100,000 residents against 0.5 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Providence has 8 of them (50%).

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. North Dakota16
  2. New Mexico16
  3. South Carolina16
  4. Louisiana17

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Illinois1.3
  2. Oklahoma1.8
  3. Hawaii1.0
  4. Wisconsin0.9

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.