Home Health Registered Nurse providers in the U.S.
9,389 NPPES records list home health registered nurse as their primary taxonomy, about 2.8 per 100,000 residents; Nevada and West Virginia have the most per resident. 13 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 163WH0200X means
163WH0200X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Registered Nurse, Home Health, in the grouping Nursing Service Providers. 9,389 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 163WH0200X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Las Vegas has the most, 680
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WH0200X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 33 | 0.6 |
| Alaska | 36 | 4.9 |
| Arizona | 90 | 1.2 |
| Arkansas | 35 | 1.1 |
| California | 284 | 0.7 |
| Colorado | 43 | 0.7 |
| Connecticut | 32 | 0.9 |
| Delaware | 23 | 2.2 |
| District of Columbia | 113 | 16.6 |
| Florida | 307 | 1.4 |
| Georgia | 189 | 1.7 |
| Hawaii | 21 | 1.5 |
| Idaho | 10 | 0.5 |
| Illinois | 127 | 1.0 |
| Indiana | 50 | 0.7 |
| Iowa | 26 | 0.8 |
| Kansas | 23 | 0.8 |
| Kentucky | 14 | 0.3 |
| Louisiana | 19 | 0.4 |
| Maine | 76 | 5.4 |
| Maryland | 143 | 2.3 |
| Massachusetts | 367 | 5.2 |
| Michigan | 328 | 3.3 |
| Minnesota | 505 | 8.8 |
| Mississippi | 25 | 0.9 |
| Missouri | 44 | 0.7 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 9 | 0.8 |
| Nebraska | 185 | 9.4 |
| Nevada | 853 | 26.7 |
| New Hampshire | 27 | 1.9 |
| New Jersey | 90 | 1.0 |
| New Mexico | 20 | 0.9 |
| New York | 1,430 | 7.3 |
| North Carolina | 77 | 0.7 |
| North Dakota | 10 | 1.3 |
| Ohio | 807 | 6.8 |
| Oklahoma | 18 | 0.4 |
| Oregon | 98 | 2.3 |
| Pennsylvania | 189 | 1.5 |
| Rhode Island | 14 | 1.3 |
| South Carolina | 96 | 1.8 |
| South Dakota | 17 | 1.8 |
| Tennessee | 52 | 0.7 |
| Texas | 702 | 2.3 |
| Utah | 10 | 0.3 |
| Vermont | 19 | 2.9 |
| Virginia | 110 | 1.3 |
| Washington | 516 | 6.6 |
| West Virginia | 363 | 20.5 |
| Wisconsin | 669 | 11.3 |
| Wyoming | 16 | 2.7 |
In federal data
- NUCC code163WH0200X · Registered Nurse
- Size rank100th of 688 specialties by records (0.13% of all)
- In its family4th of 56 Registered Nurse codes, 3.9% of the family
- Part D prescribers13 (0.1% of records)
- Part D claims851 a year per prescriber, on average (97th of 496)
- Industry payments23 physicians paid $7K in 2024, $320 each on average
- Concentration6 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 home health registered nurse records
- Dixie St. John, R.N.Anchorage, AK1043534019
- Rebecca HydeAnchorage, AK1043527807
- Sidney Cowan, RNAnchorage, AK1700020211
- Nina Davidson, R.N.Anchorage, AK1174850986
- Teresa BurnettAnchorage, AK1033446752
- Tonie Jones, RNAnchorage, AK1285962233
- Sarah Florence, RNAnchorage, AK1528397452
- Zora Lesueur, RN, LPNAnchorage, AK1366841363
- Kristina O'Mara, R.N.Anchorage, AK1821477795
- Timothy HauganAnchorage, AK1962852152
- Aleshia SelfAnchorage, AK1902316045
- Shontrell Weaver, RNAnchorage, AK1366270910
- Amber BoschAnchorage, AK1083549182
- Joseph Marvin PenafortAnchorage, AK1407240526
- Julie CampbellAnchorage, AK1235335340
- Jean DoreAnchorage, AK1306044722
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Home Health Registered Nurse headcount concentrate?
9,389 Home Health Registered Nurse NPIs span 55 states; New York alone holds 1,430. Top metros include Las Vegas, NV; Brooklyn, NY; San Antonio, TX; Washington, DC. Nationally this is 100th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Home Health Registered Nurse's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 23 Home Health Registered Nurse physicians totaling $7K (233 payments; average $320, 326th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Home Health Registered Nurse Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Home Health Registered Nurse NPIs, 13 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 851 claims and $102K drug cost per prescriber; 97th 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.