Community Health Nurse Practitioner providers in the U.S.
334 NPPES records list community health nurse practitioner as their primary taxonomy, about 0.1 per 100,000 residents; Colorado and Vermont have the most per resident. 119 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 363LC1500X means
363LC1500X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Nurse Practitioner, Community Health, in the grouping Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers. 334 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363LC1500X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Denver has the most, 21
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363LC1500X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 45 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 1 | 0.1 |
| Arizona | 2 | 0.0 |
| Arkansas | 2 | 0.1 |
| California | 41 | 0.1 |
| Colorado | 27 | 0.5 |
| Connecticut | 7 | 0.2 |
| Delaware | 2 | 0.2 |
| Florida | 24 | 0.1 |
| Georgia | 13 | 0.1 |
| Hawaii | 3 | 0.2 |
| Idaho | 1 | 0.1 |
| Illinois | 4 | 0.0 |
| Indiana | 2 | 0.0 |
| Iowa | 3 | 0.1 |
| Kansas | 11 | 0.4 |
| Kentucky | 2 | 0.0 |
| Louisiana | 4 | 0.1 |
| Maine | 3 | 0.2 |
| Maryland | 1 | 0.0 |
| Massachusetts | 28 | 0.4 |
| Michigan | 7 | 0.1 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mississippi | 2 | 0.1 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 4 | 0.1 |
| Montana | 4 | 0.4 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 0.1 |
| Nevada | 3 | 0.1 |
| New Hampshire | 3 | 0.2 |
| New Jersey | 3 | 0.0 |
| New Mexico | 3 | 0.1 |
| New York | 31 | 0.2 |
| North Carolina | 12 | 0.1 |
| Ohio | 6 | 0.1 |
| Oklahoma | 4 | 0.1 |
| Oregon | 8 | 0.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 10 | 0.1 |
| Rhode Island | 2 | 0.2 |
| South Carolina | 6 | 0.1 |
| Tennessee | 8 | 0.1 |
| Texas | 7 | 0.0 |
| Utah | 1 | 0.0 |
| Vermont | 3 | 0.5 |
| Virginia | 3 | 0.0 |
| Washington | 19 | 0.2 |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 0.0 |
In federal data
- NUCC code363LC1500X · Nurse Practitioner
- Size rank388th of 688 specialties by records (0% of all)
- In its family16th of 18 Nurse Practitioner codes, 0.1% of the family
- Part D prescribers119 (35.6% of records)
- Part D claims1,432 a year per prescriber, on average (46th of 496)
- Industry payments92 physicians paid $82K in 2024, $895 each on average
- Concentration6 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of community health nurse practitioner records
- Susan Holit, FNPSoldotna, AK1780676502
- Brenda Fowler, ANPDermott, AR1174637896
- Marie Crosse-Sumlin, APRNSpringdale, AR1205846813
- Shawandalynn Chubb, APRN, FNPScottsdale, AZ1831874866
- Wendy Kramer, FNP-CGilbert, AZ1265202287
- Mi Chang, N.P.Los Angeles, CA1023287372
- Debby McClendon, NURSE PRACTITIONERCompton, CA1104677558
- Maria Payne, RNCPasadena, CA1265640957
- Rebecca Tomokiyo, NPPasadena, CA1295943801
- Lanelle LapigSherman Oaks, CA1114666765
- Shelly Ferrari, FNPGlendora, CA1255650537
- Bibiane Tinio, NPSan Diego, CA1346435625
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
How should I read Community Health Nurse Practitioner's mid-pack national roster?
334 CMS-registered Community Health Nurse Practitioner providers sit across 45 states; California leads with 41. Rank 388th of 688 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Community Health Nurse Practitioner show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 92 Community Health Nurse Practitioner physicians receiving $82K across 1,100 payments (average $895; 239th of 470 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Community Health Nurse Practitioner NPIs, 119 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,432 claims and $346K drug cost per prescriber; 46th of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
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.