NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Clinical Nurse Specialist in South Carolina

16 NPPES records list clinical nurse specialist with a practice address in South Carolina, 0.3 per 100,000 residents, the 32nd highest rate of 51. Charleston and Greenville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the South Carolina 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).

Charleston has the most, 9

  1. Charleston9
  2. Greenville2
  3. Columbia1
  4. Goose Creek1
  5. Mount Pleasant1

Clinical Nurse Specialist records in South Carolina

  1. Jean Brown, APNGreenville, SC 296051780646067
  2. Carol Burns, CNSCharleston, SC 294251306954359
  3. Donna Cole, RN, MN, CCRNColumbia, SC 292091588748925
  4. Patrick CoyneCharleston, SC 294251407241334
  5. Amanda Dawkins, APRNYork, SC 297451104705540
  6. Deborah Doucet, CNSCharleston, SC 294251780792721
  7. Lynette Franklin, CNSCharleston, SC 294251851332597
  8. Pamela French, CNSCharleston, SC 294251366550303
  9. Christine Hamolia, CNSCharleston, SC 294251902914856
  10. Carla Johnson, RNSalters, SC 295901558904565
  11. Teresa Kelechi, CNSCharleston, SC 294251417062951
  12. Amy King, CNSMount Pleasant, SC 294641356567747
  13. Diana Laikam, CNSCharleston, SC 294251861500712
  14. Alison Meeks, CNSCharleston, SC 294251780810739
  15. Bonnie Walker, RNGreenville, SC 296091073213492
  16. Sylvia Whiting, PHD APRNBCGoose Creek, SC 294451770524779

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

South Carolina ranks 32 of 51 per resident

  1. Louisiana0.4
  2. Wyoming0.3
  3. Maryland0.3
  4. South Carolina0.3
  5. Pennsylvania0.3
  6. Tennessee0.3
  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.

18.8% 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. South Carolina18.8%
  2. United States34.9%

Clinical Nurse Specialist records in South Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file3 of 16 · 18.8% here, 34.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file3 · 18.8% 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 South Carolina: 0.3 per 100,000 residents against 0.5 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Charleston has 9 of them (56%).

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. Rhode Island16
  4. Louisiana17

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Maryland0.3
  2. Pennsylvania0.3
  3. Tennessee0.3
  4. New Jersey0.2

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.