Gerontology Nurse Practitioner providers in the U.S.
10,593 NPPES records list gerontology nurse practitioner as their primary taxonomy, about 3.2 per 100,000 residents; Minnesota and Rhode Island have the most per resident. 6,165 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 363LG0600X means
363LG0600X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Nurse Practitioner, Gerontology, in the grouping Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers. 10,593 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 363LG0600X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Nashville has the most, 256
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363LG0600X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 179 | 3.5 |
| Alaska | 12 | 1.6 |
| Arizona | 156 | 2.1 |
| Arkansas | 141 | 4.6 |
| California | 569 | 1.5 |
| Colorado | 173 | 2.9 |
| Connecticut | 166 | 4.6 |
| Delaware | 27 | 2.6 |
| District of Columbia | 25 | 3.7 |
| Florida | 1,043 | 4.6 |
| Georgia | 292 | 2.6 |
| Hawaii | 41 | 2.9 |
| Idaho | 33 | 1.7 |
| Illinois | 292 | 2.3 |
| Indiana | 323 | 4.7 |
| Iowa | 68 | 2.1 |
| Kansas | 78 | 2.7 |
| Kentucky | 106 | 2.3 |
| Louisiana | 73 | 1.6 |
| Maine | 38 | 2.7 |
| Maryland | 199 | 3.2 |
| Massachusetts | 379 | 5.4 |
| Michigan | 409 | 4.1 |
| Minnesota | 363 | 6.3 |
| Mississippi | 83 | 2.8 |
| Missouri | 229 | 3.7 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 29 | 2.6 |
| Nebraska | 39 | 2.0 |
| Nevada | 98 | 3.1 |
| New Hampshire | 40 | 2.9 |
| New Jersey | 547 | 5.9 |
| New Mexico | 36 | 1.7 |
| New York | 392 | 2.0 |
| North Carolina | 317 | 2.9 |
| North Dakota | 21 | 2.7 |
| Ohio | 526 | 4.5 |
| Oklahoma | 74 | 1.8 |
| Oregon | 113 | 2.7 |
| Pennsylvania | 587 | 4.5 |
| Rhode Island | 69 | 6.3 |
| South Carolina | 184 | 3.4 |
| South Dakota | 9 | 1.0 |
| Tennessee | 379 | 5.3 |
| Texas | 954 | 3.1 |
| Utah | 47 | 1.4 |
| Vermont | 11 | 1.7 |
| Virginia | 235 | 2.7 |
| Washington | 209 | 2.7 |
| West Virginia | 26 | 1.5 |
| Wisconsin | 146 | 2.5 |
| Wyoming | 5 | 0.9 |
In federal data
- NUCC code363LG0600X · Nurse Practitioner
- Size rank94th of 688 specialties by records (0.14% of all)
- In its family8th of 18 Nurse Practitioner codes, 2% of the family
- Part D prescribers6,165 (58.2% of records)
- Part D claims1,369 a year per prescriber, on average (54th of 496)
- Industry payments3,903 physicians paid $2.9M in 2024, $742 each on average
- Concentration9 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 gerontology nurse practitioner records
- Kimelia Clendenin, ARNPAnchorage, AK1447619259
- Karyn Overturf, ANPAnchorage, AK1518272913
- Marissa Gonzalez James, NPAnchorage, AK1811312721
- Claudia Smith, APRNAnchorage, AK1427691864
- Lily George, NPAnchorage, AK1245903962
- Jacob Burns, DNP-AGPCAnchorage, AK1285359711
- Melissa Harless, NPAnchorage, AK1275386740
- Theresa Hall, APRNPalmer, AK1265984181
- Lynn Stevens Knowles, ARNPSoldotna, AK1215932256
- Dana Oswald, APRNSoldotna, AK1124683636
- Todd Draper, ARNPFairbanks, AK1760912182
- Merritt Andruss, ANPJuneau, AK1114089232
- Valerie Henslee, AGNPMoody, AL1841655586
- Janet Wiles, NPAlabaster, AL1245893635
- Mallory Roberson, NPCullman, AL1134661440
- Sonya Hicks, NPCullman, AL1427571389
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Gerontology Nurse Practitioner headcount concentrate?
10,593 Gerontology Nurse Practitioner NPIs span 53 states; Florida alone holds 1,043. Top metros include Nashville, TN; Houston, TX; Indianapolis, IN; Philadelphia, PA. Nationally this is 94th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Gerontology Nurse Practitioner's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 3,903 Gerontology Nurse Practitioner physicians totaling $2.9M (58,856 payments; average $742, 256th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Gerontology Nurse Practitioner NPIs, 6,165 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,369 claims and $203K drug cost per prescriber; 54th 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.