NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Diabetes Educator Registered Nurse in Tennessee

12 NPPES records list diabetes educator registered nurse with a practice address in Tennessee, 0.2 per 100,000 residents, the 51st highest rate of 51. Carthage and Knoxville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Tennessee license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 163WD0400X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Carthage has the most, 2

  1. Carthage2
  2. Knoxville2
  3. Bartlett1
  4. Germantown1
  5. Hermitage1

Diabetes Educator Registered Nurse records in Tennessee

  1. Margaret Cockrum, RNSweetwater, TN 378741992535058
  2. Sarah Ferguson, NPKnoxville, TN 379161518072206
  3. Erin Fontenot, RNMemphis, TN 381041154827392
  4. Gloria Hart, RNCarthage, TN 370301063532489
  5. Margaret McLeod, RNNashville, TN 372121205939287
  6. Kristy Merritt, RN BSN CDEGermantown, TN 381381699263129
  7. Marian MooreBartlett, TN 381331902365497
  8. Brooklyn Pedigo, RNMcMinnville, TN 371101912750811
  9. Kimberly Smith, RN, CDEParis, TN 382421275826679
  10. Irina TollersonHermitage, TN 370761114891710
  11. Catherine Van Ostrand, RN, MSN, CDE, PCNS-BKnoxville, TN 379161124562152
  12. Chelsey White, RN, CLCCarthage, TN 370301093586711

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WD0400X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Tennessee ranks 51 of 51 per resident

  1. Florida0.3
  2. New Jersey0.3
  3. Texas0.2
  4. Tennessee0.2
  5. 50 states and D.C.0.7

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WD0400X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 3.1% 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. Tennessee0.0%
  2. United States3.1%

Diabetes Educator Registered Nurse records in Tennessee, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 12 · 0.0% here, 3.1% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.9% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more7 · 58.3% here, 71.8% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 163WD0400X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

12 NPPES records list diabetes educator registered nurse (163WD0400X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Tennessee: 0.2 per 100,000 residents against 0.7 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Carthage has 2 of them (17%).

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. South Dakota12
  2. Maine11
  3. Montana11
  4. Alaska14

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Texas0.2
  2. New Jersey0.3
  3. Florida0.3
  4. Georgia0.3

The largest states

  1. California185
  2. New York185
  3. Rhode Island119
  4. Wisconsin114
  5. Florida73

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.