Hospice Registered Nurse providers in the U.S.
445 NPPES records list hospice registered nurse as their primary taxonomy, about 0.1 per 100,000 residents; Washington and South Dakota have the most per resident. 5 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 163WH1000X means
163WH1000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Registered Nurse, Hospice, in the grouping Nursing Service Providers. 445 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 163WH1000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Tacoma has the most, 34
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WH1000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 46 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 2 | 0.2 |
| Nebraska | 6 | 0.3 |
| Nevada | 7 | 0.2 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 0.1 |
| New Jersey | 3 | 0.0 |
| New Mexico | 3 | 0.1 |
| New York | 23 | 0.1 |
| North Carolina | 8 | 0.1 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 0.1 |
| Ohio | 23 | 0.2 |
| Oklahoma | 2 | 0.0 |
| Oregon | 8 | 0.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | 0.1 |
| South Carolina | 6 | 0.1 |
| South Dakota | 10 | 1.1 |
| Tennessee | 3 | 0.0 |
| Texas | 48 | 0.2 |
| Utah | 1 | 0.0 |
| Virginia | 5 | 0.1 |
| Washington | 90 | 1.2 |
| West Virginia | 3 | 0.2 |
| Wisconsin | 9 | 0.2 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 0.2 |
In federal data
- NUCC code163WH1000X · Registered Nurse
- Size rank352nd of 688 specialties by records (0.01% of all)
- In its family28th of 56 Registered Nurse codes, 0.2% of the family
- Part D prescribers5 (1.1% of records)
- Part D claims1,388 a year per prescriber, on average (49th of 496)
- Industry payments1 physicians paid $127 in 2024, $127 each on average
- Concentration5 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 hospice registered nurse records
- Leslie FultonSitka, AK1144086984
- Ray ShroutBirmingham, AL1619368073
- Karen Harper, RNVestavia Hills, AL1679131783
- Leigh Davis, RNTroy, AL1215893839
- Charity Hafer, RNPhoenix, AZ1760857155
- Faith MuchiriSan Tan Valley, AZ1255067294
- Luis MoralesTempe, AZ1093549388
- Cheryl Andress, RNGilbert, AZ1376728428
- Wilbur Pulido, DBAYuma, AZ1669845004
- Leslie Garwood, RNSafford, AZ1811764582
- Dawn Jacobson, RNSierra Vista, AZ1073380937
- Nitza Lopez, RNOro Valley, AZ1245008499
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
How should I read Hospice Registered Nurse's mid-pack national roster?
445 CMS-registered Hospice Registered Nurse providers sit across 46 states; Washington leads with 90. Rank 352nd of 688 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Hospice Registered Nurse show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1 Hospice Registered Nurse physicians receiving $127 across 1 payments (average $127; 398th of 470 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Hospice Registered Nurse NPIs, 5 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,388 claims and $96K drug cost per prescriber; 49th 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.