Hospice Registered Nurse

NUCC 163WH1000X · Registered Nurse

575 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 49 states · 329th of 690 specialties by headcount.

575
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
49
States
with ≥1 NPI
Washington
Top state
100 providers
$340
Open Pay avg
413th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Hospice Registered Nurse ranks 329th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.01% of all registered NPIs), densest in Washington; per resident Washington leads.

575
NPPES providers in specialty
329th
of 690 specialties
692
state-share HHI
10.4%
Part D prescriber share

Washington is densest per capita (7.5× the national rate; South Dakota 6.4×); 0.2% of the Registered Nurse category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Hospice Registered Nurse (NUCC 163WH1000X; 10.4% Part D prescribers (60 of 575); avg 1,745 Part D claims/prescriber (52nd of 572); Open Payments avg $340/physician (413th of 551; 20 paid, $7K total); state-share HHI 692; next-larger headcount neighbor Aerospace Medicine Physician (+2); next-smaller Family Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (-1)).

Next larger: Aerospace Medicine Physician (577) Next smaller: Family Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (574)

Population-adjusted state index

Each multiple is this specialty's providers-per-resident in a state divided by the national rate (Census Vintage population estimates). Raw headcount favors large states; this ranking surfaces denser markets.

Over-indexed vs national rate

Under-indexed vs national rate

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1Washington100
2California68
3Texas57
4Ohio33
5New York27
6Pennsylvania22
7Florida21
8Michigan19
9Georgia13
10Indiana13
11Massachusetts13
12Colorado12
13Oregon12
14Wisconsin11
15Arizona10

Top Cities for Hospice Registered Nurse

#CityProviders
1TacomaWashington33
2SeattleWashington21
3YakimaWashington17
4HoustonTexas9
5San AntonioTexas9
6Sioux FallsSouth Dakota8
7CortlandNew York7
8WichitaKansas6
9ClevelandOhio6
10OmahaNebraska5
11Las VegasNevada5
12UniontownPennsylvania5

Sample Hospice Registered Nurse NPIs

A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.

#Provider
1Gayla Cauldwell, ARNP-CVienna, VA
2Colleen Fleming-Damon, MSNPoughkeepsie, NY
3Regina O'Donnell, FNPWilmington, NC
4Kelly Schoeppner, ANPPortland, OR
5Michelle Gabriel, RN, MS, CNSFoster City, CA
6Kristine Allen, CERTIFIED NURSE PRACRobbinsdale, MN
7Steven Hinkle, R.N.Grand Rapids, MI
8Cecilia Espino, BSNSouthfield, MI
9Pierre Soffe, M.D.Medical Lake, WA
10Leah Black, RNTacoma, WA
11Deborah Read, RN, CHPNBig Spring, TX
12Karen Shealy, RNChapin, SC
13Josephine Nwankpa, RNStafford, TX
14Terry Ticey, RNRiverside, CA
15Tanya Turk, RNRiverside, CA
16Irma Covarrubias, RNRiverside, CA
17Ilina Singh, RNWendell, MA
18Philomena Place, RNVero Beach, FL

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Registered Nurse category.

Compare Hospice Registered Nurse vs Registered Nurse →

Frequently Asked Questions

How should I read Hospice Registered Nurse's mid-pack national roster?
575 CMS-registered Hospice Registered Nurse providers sit across 49 states; Washington leads with 100. Leading metros: Tacoma, WA; Seattle, WA; Yakima, WA; Houston, TX. Rank 329th of 690 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Hospice Registered Nurse show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 20 Hospice Registered Nurse physicians receiving $7K across 262 payments (average $340; 413th of 551 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Hospice Registered Nurse NPIs, 60 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,745 claims and $129K drug cost per prescriber; 52nd of 572 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Data sources and methodology

Provider data from CMS NPPES (download.cms.gov/nppes). Specialty classification from NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org). Part D averages from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; industry payments from CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts reflect self-designated primary taxonomy at NPI enrollment. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Methodology · About

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-27.