Hospice Registered Nurse
NUCC 163WH1000X · Registered Nurse
575 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 49 states · 329th of 690 specialties by headcount.
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
- Washington 7.5× · 1.3/100k
- South Dakota 6.4× · 1.1/100k
- Maine 2.5× · 0.4/100k
- Nebraska 2.4× · 0.4/100k
- Oregon 1.7× · 0.3/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- New Jersey 0.32× · 0.1/100k
- Minnesota 0.51× · 0.1/100k
- North Carolina 0.54× · 0.1/100k
- Florida 0.55× · 0.1/100k
- Virginia 0.61× · 0.1/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | 100 |
| 2 | California | 68 |
| 3 | Texas | 57 |
| 4 | Ohio | 33 |
| 5 | New York | 27 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | 22 |
| 7 | Florida | 21 |
| 8 | Michigan | 19 |
| 9 | Georgia | 13 |
| 10 | Indiana | 13 |
| 11 | Massachusetts | 13 |
| 12 | Colorado | 12 |
| 13 | Oregon | 12 |
| 14 | Wisconsin | 11 |
| 15 | Arizona | 10 |
Top Cities for Hospice Registered Nurse
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TacomaWashington | 33 |
| 2 | SeattleWashington | 21 |
| 3 | YakimaWashington | 17 |
| 4 | HoustonTexas | 9 |
| 5 | San AntonioTexas | 9 |
| 6 | Sioux FallsSouth Dakota | 8 |
| 7 | CortlandNew York | 7 |
| 8 | WichitaKansas | 6 |
| 9 | ClevelandOhio | 6 |
| 10 | OmahaNebraska | 5 |
| 11 | Las VegasNevada | 5 |
| 12 | UniontownPennsylvania | 5 |
Sample Hospice Registered Nurse NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Gayla Cauldwell, ARNP-CVienna, VA |
| 2 | Colleen Fleming-Damon, MSNPoughkeepsie, NY |
| 3 | Regina O'Donnell, FNPWilmington, NC |
| 4 | Kelly Schoeppner, ANPPortland, OR |
| 5 | Michelle Gabriel, RN, MS, CNSFoster City, CA |
| 6 | Kristine Allen, CERTIFIED NURSE PRACRobbinsdale, MN |
| 7 | Steven Hinkle, R.N.Grand Rapids, MI |
| 8 | Cecilia Espino, BSNSouthfield, MI |
| 9 | Pierre Soffe, M.D.Medical Lake, WA |
| 10 | Leah Black, RNTacoma, WA |
| 11 | Deborah Read, RN, CHPNBig Spring, TX |
| 12 | Karen Shealy, RNChapin, SC |
| 13 | Josephine Nwankpa, RNStafford, TX |
| 14 | Terry Ticey, RNRiverside, CA |
| 15 | Tanya Turk, RNRiverside, CA |
| 16 | Irma Covarrubias, RNRiverside, CA |
| 17 | Ilina Singh, RNWendell, MA |
| 18 | Philomena Place, RNVero Beach, FL |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Registered Nurse category.
Frequently Asked Questions
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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
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