NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Gerontology Nurse Practitioner in Alaska

12 NPPES records list gerontology nurse practitioner with a practice address in Alaska, 1.6 per 100,000 residents, the 45th highest rate of 51. Anchorage and Soldotna have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Alaska license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 363LG0600X · method

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

Anchorage has the most, 7

  1. Anchorage7
  2. Soldotna2
  3. Fairbanks1
  4. Juneau1
  5. Palmer1

Gerontology Nurse Practitioner records in Alaska

  1. Merritt Andruss, ANPJuneau, AK 998011114089232
  2. Jacob Burns, DNP-AGPCAnchorage, AK 995081285359711
  3. Kimelia Clendenin, ARNPAnchorage, AK 995031447619259
  4. Todd Draper, ARNPFairbanks, AK 997011760912182
  5. Lily George, NPAnchorage, AK 995081245903962
  6. Marissa Gonzalez James, NPAnchorage, AK 995081811312721
  7. Theresa Hall, APRNPalmer, AK 996451265984181
  8. Melissa Harless, NPAnchorage, AK 995081275386740
  9. Dana Oswald, APRNSoldotna, AK 996691124683636
  10. Karyn Overturf, ANPAnchorage, AK 995081518272913
  11. Claudia Smith, APRNAnchorage, AK 995081427691864
  12. Lynn Stevens Knowles, ARNPSoldotna, AK 996691215932256

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363LG0600X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Alaska ranks 45 of 51 per resident

  1. New Mexico1.7
  2. Vermont1.7
  3. Idaho1.7
  4. Alaska1.6
  5. Louisiana1.6
  6. West Virginia1.5
  7. 50 states and D.C.3.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363LG0600X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

83.3% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 76.0% 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. Alaska83.3%
  2. United States76.0%

Gerontology Nurse Practitioner records in Alaska, measured

  • In a Medicare file10 of 12 · 83.3% here, 76.0% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file7 · 58.3% here, 61.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more3 · 25.0% here, 37.0% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 363LG0600X); 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 gerontology nurse practitioner (363LG0600X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Alaska: 1.6 per 100,000 residents against 3.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Anchorage has 7 of them (58%).

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. Vermont11
  2. North Dakota21
  3. District of Columbia25
  4. West Virginia26

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Louisiana1.6
  2. Idaho1.7
  3. New Mexico1.7
  4. California1.5

The largest states

  1. Florida1,043
  2. Texas954
  3. Pennsylvania587
  4. California569
  5. New Jersey547

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.