Community Health/Public Health Clinical Nurse Specialist

NUCC 364SC1501X · Clinical Nurse Specialist

146 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 40 states · 492nd of 690 specialties by headcount.

146
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
40
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
34 providers
$500
Open Pay avg
361st of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Community Health/Public Health Clinical Nurse Specialist ranks 492nd of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident Colorado leads.

146
NPPES providers in specialty
492nd
of 690 specialties
759
state-share HHI
12.3%
Part D prescriber share

Colorado is densest per capita (3.5× the national rate; Oregon 2.7×); 1.6% of the Clinical Nurse Specialist category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Community Health/Public Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (NUCC 364SC1501X; 12.3% Part D prescribers (18 of 146); avg 971 Part D claims/prescriber (157th of 572); Open Payments avg $500/physician (361st of 551; 18 paid, $9K total); state-share HHI 759; next-larger headcount neighbor Laboratory Management Specialist/Technologist (+1); next-smaller Nephrology Registered Nurse (-5)).

Next larger: Laboratory Management Specialist/Technologist (147) Next smaller: Nephrology Registered Nurse (141)

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California34
2Colorado9
3Illinois8
4Ohio7
5New Jersey5
6Oregon5
7Texas5
8Delaware4

Sample Community Health/Public Health Clinical Nurse Specialist NPIs

A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.

#Provider
1Jay Capan, RN, PHCNS-BCDenton, TX
2Lisa Taylor, RN, CNS, FNPWaxahachie, TX
3Mary Rank, APRN-BCFarmville, VA
4Karen Nave, MSNPittsburgh, PA
5Noreen Haren, CNSNew York, NY
6Elizabeth Greene, APRNColumbia, SC
7Kimberly GerardiGeorgetown, DE
8Rita Tjoelker, RN, CNSPortland, OR
9Tracy Harrison, PACOmaha, NE
10Karen Jones, CNSDenver, CO
11Sherri Atherton, RN, CNSPortland, OR
12Colleen Mellen, APRNHartford, CT

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is Community Health/Public Health Clinical Nurse Specialist a thin NUCC code in NPPES?
Only 146 NPIs list Community Health/Public Health Clinical Nurse Specialist as primary taxonomy across 40 states (peak California, 34). That is 492nd of 690 NUCC codes by headcount. Thin codes are still searchable by NPI; do not treat the low count as a quality signal.
Do the few Community Health/Public Health Clinical Nurse Specialist NPIs in Open Payments look unusual?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 18 paid Community Health/Public Health Clinical Nurse Specialist physicians totaling $9K (60 payments; average $500, 361st of 551 by average). Presence is not a quality judgment; thin specialties often have sparse payment rows.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Community Health/Public Health Clinical Nurse Specialist NPIs, 18 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 971 claims and $124K drug cost per prescriber; 157th of 572 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Data sources and methodology

Provider data from CMS NPPES (download.cms.gov/nppes). Specialty classification from NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org). Part D averages from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; industry payments from CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts reflect self-designated primary taxonomy at NPI enrollment. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Methodology · About

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-27.