NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Clinical Nurse Specialist in Texas

151 NPPES records list clinical nurse specialist with a practice address in Texas, 0.5 per 100,000 residents, the 23rd highest rate of 51. Houston and Austin have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Texas license search. Page 1 of 4.

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).

Houston has the most, 38

  1. Houston38
  2. Austin36
  3. Dallas12
  4. San Angelo10
  5. San Antonio9

Clinical Nurse Specialist records in Texas

  1. Michelle Alexandre, ACNS-BCPlano, TX 750751801023387
  2. Norma Applewhite, CNS, RNFADallas, TX 752271487699815
  3. Hester Arceneaux, CNS, M-C-H (APN)Missouri City, TX 774591861726564
  4. Patricia Ault, RN, ANP, CNS, FNP-CHouston, TX 770301568542694
  5. Emily Baker, APRN, CNSAustin, TX 787311568066413
  6. Macy Banfield, APRN, AGCNS-BCBastrop, TX 786021013893114
  7. Tamara Barnes, R.N., CNSHouston, TX 770301952479446
  8. Joann Beckett, CNSDallas, TX 752381063551851
  9. Emily Beddingfield, ACNS-BCAustin, TX 787311003161894
  10. Lisa Beil, ACNS-BCHouston, TX 770301225363609
  11. Sheila Berlin, APNHouston, TX 770301811276041
  12. Jeannie Blackburn, ACNPWebster, TX 775981700185378
  13. Denise Blair, RN CNSWichita Falls, TX 763011508167990
  14. Jennifer Bluntzer, DNP, APRN, ACAGNP-BCVictoria, TX 779011114536166
  15. Gina Bradley, CNS- APNHouston, TX 770301538338587
  16. Elaine Brannan, RN, CNSHouston, TX 770301609949270
  17. Adrienne Brenner, AG-CNSBCAustin, TX 787451588164263
  18. Nita Burrer, RN, ANP, CNSHouston, TX 770301255412086
  19. Beverly Butler, RN, ACNS-BCAustin, TX 787591194117119
  20. Floyd Butz, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BCAustin, TX 787011841886066
  21. Jamie Caldwell, CNSDallas, TX 752351598901092
  22. M Canty, CNSSan Antonio, TX 782401477898088
  23. Philip Chang, RN, CNSAustin, TX 787051902282221
  24. Mary Chaudet, RNWeslaco, TX 785961922180447
  25. Judith Chedville, RN, ACNS-BCAustin, TX 787041336497650
  26. Liffy Cherian, MSN, APRN,AGCNS-BCDallas, TX 753901265073225
  27. Rachael Conover, CNSSan Angelo, TX 769031508105982
  28. Kimberly Coon, CNSSan Angelo, TX 769031972577492
  29. Amanda Copeland, RN, CNSHouston, TX 770301437239480
  30. Gremar CorpuzAustin, TX 787011093372955
  31. Elena Cosenza, CNSAustin, TX 787021538644737
  32. Jennifer Cross, CNSDallas, TX 752351538323522
  33. Paula Demasi, RN, CNSHouston, TX 770301043300254
  34. Vinh Doquang, MSN, APRN, AG-CNSAustin, TX 787381508591132
  35. Mary Dovale, CNSTemple, TX 765081629030556
  36. Lisa Dubos, CNSTemple, TX 765021922066166
  37. Marc Duke, AGCNS-BCAustin, TX 787051659943322
  38. Delores Dunham, R.N., CNSHouston, TX 770301619032786
  39. Keith Duryea, CNSSan Angelo, TX 769031932173473
  40. Margaret Eastridge, MSN, AGCNS-BC, APRNSan Antonio, TX 782291548655350
  41. Adrian Ellis ShortCypress, TX 774331417628793
  42. Alison Gardner, PHD, RN, CNSHouston, TX 770301811078678
  43. Kimberly George, APN-CNSWichita Falls, TX 763011912208307
  44. Monica Gilliam, RN, CNSHouston, TX 770301467540716
  45. Kelly GlasscockRockwall, TX 750321699665067
  46. Mary Gordon, PHD, RNHouston, TX 770301164831608
  47. Gregory Greenberg, AGCNS-BCAustin, TX 787051083267702
  48. Janet Gruhn, CNSRound Rock, TX 786811417364043
  49. Felicity Guajardo, APRN-AGCNS-BCLytle, TX 780521023470366
  50. James Halloran, RN MSN CNSSan Antonio, TX 782091871512632

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

Texas ranks 23 of 51 per resident

  1. District of Columbia0.6
  2. Maine0.6
  3. Missouri0.5
  4. Texas0.5
  5. Nebraska0.5
  6. Virginia0.4
  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.

53.0% 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. Texas53.0%
  2. United States34.9%

Clinical Nurse Specialist records in Texas, measured

  • In a Medicare file80 of 151 · 53.0% here, 34.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file54 · 35.8% here, 20.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more97 · 64.2% here, 60.2% nationally
  • Median graduation year2016 · the 54 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

151 NPPES records list clinical nurse specialist (364S00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Texas: 0.5 per 100,000 residents against 0.5 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Houston has 38 of them (25%).

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. Illinois162
  2. Minnesota140
  3. California163
  4. Oklahoma73

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Missouri0.5
  2. Virginia0.4
  3. North Carolina0.4
  4. Oregon0.6

The largest states

  1. Ohio234
  2. California163
  3. Illinois162
  4. Minnesota140
  5. Oklahoma73

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.