Community Health Registered Nurse providers in the U.S.
7,328 NPPES records list community health registered nurse as their primary taxonomy, about 2.2 per 100,000 residents; Oregon and Tennessee have the most per resident. 17 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 163WC1500X means
163WC1500X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Registered Nurse, Community Health, in the grouping Nursing Service Providers. 7,328 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 163WC1500X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Santa Ana has the most, 124
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WC1500X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 50 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 30 | 0.6 |
| Alaska | 39 | 5.3 |
| Arizona | 138 | 1.9 |
| Arkansas | 11 | 0.4 |
| California | 1,083 | 2.8 |
| Colorado | 288 | 4.9 |
| Connecticut | 36 | 1.0 |
| Delaware | 13 | 1.3 |
| District of Columbia | 24 | 3.5 |
| Florida | 199 | 0.9 |
| Georgia | 205 | 1.9 |
| Hawaii | 14 | 1.0 |
| Idaho | 8 | 0.4 |
| Illinois | 61 | 0.5 |
| Indiana | 24 | 0.3 |
| Iowa | 13 | 0.4 |
| Kansas | 27 | 0.9 |
| Kentucky | 24 | 0.5 |
| Louisiana | 259 | 5.7 |
| Maine | 14 | 1.0 |
| Maryland | 254 | 4.1 |
| Massachusetts | 349 | 5.0 |
| Michigan | 167 | 1.7 |
| Minnesota | 101 | 1.8 |
| Mississippi | 12 | 0.4 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 69 | 1.1 |
| Montana | 58 | 5.1 |
| Nebraska | 27 | 1.4 |
| Nevada | 58 | 1.8 |
| New Hampshire | 6 | 0.4 |
| New Jersey | 31 | 0.3 |
| New Mexico | 59 | 2.8 |
| New York | 467 | 2.4 |
| North Carolina | 235 | 2.2 |
| North Dakota | 21 | 2.7 |
| Ohio | 172 | 1.5 |
| Oklahoma | 83 | 2.0 |
| Oregon | 522 | 12.3 |
| Pennsylvania | 187 | 1.4 |
| Rhode Island | 16 | 1.5 |
| South Carolina | 437 | 8.1 |
| South Dakota | 22 | 2.4 |
| Tennessee | 802 | 11.3 |
| Texas | 127 | 0.4 |
| Utah | 61 | 1.8 |
| Virginia | 33 | 0.4 |
| Washington | 257 | 3.3 |
| West Virginia | 13 | 0.7 |
| Wisconsin | 156 | 2.6 |
| Wyoming | 8 | 1.4 |
In federal data
- NUCC code163WC1500X · Registered Nurse
- Size rank111th of 688 specialties by records (0.1% of all)
- In its family5th of 56 Registered Nurse codes, 3% of the family
- Part D prescribers17 (0.2% of records)
- Part D claims1,516 a year per prescriber, on average (41st of 496)
- Industry payments43 physicians paid $5K in 2024, $112 each on average
- Concentration7 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 registered nurse records
- Jill McCormick, REGISTERED NURSEAnchorage, AK1407615586
- Bridget RoughneenAnchorage, AK1255976833
- Pamela Archer-Beck, RNAnchorage, AK1386662328
- Catherine Sears, RN, BSNAnchorage, AK1285286260
- Jennifer Supler, RNBethel, AK1770363731
- Susanne Daley, REGISTERED NURSEHomer, AK1942714373
- Amanda McKinley, RNKenai, AK1013433259
- Kaylee Lazaro, RNKenai, AK1578089710
- Andrea Hooper, RN-MSNKenai, AK1689160327
- Amy Butts, RN, BSNKodiak, AK1700451309
- Chanda HessonPalmer, AK1316475395
- Rene Dillow, RNWasilla, AK1306265822
- Jamie Allison, RNWasilla, AK1922413525
- Dawn HicksWasilla, AK1689102519
- Anne IvanoffUnalakleet, AK1114050267
- Sara Pullen, RNValdez, AK1467847665
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Community Health Registered Nurse headcount concentrate?
7,328 Community Health Registered Nurse NPIs span 52 states; California alone holds 1,083. Top metros include Santa Ana, CA; San Diego, CA; Rochester, NY; La Crosse, WI. Nationally this is 111th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Community Health Registered Nurse's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 43 Community Health Registered Nurse physicians totaling $5K (106 payments; average $112, 412th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Community Health Registered Nurse Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Community Health Registered Nurse NPIs, 17 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,516 claims and $135K drug cost per prescriber; 41st 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.