NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Maternal Newborn Registered Nurse providers in the U.S.

648 NPPES records list maternal newborn registered nurse as their primary taxonomy, about 0.2 per 100,000 residents; Delaware and Alaska have the most per resident. 6 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 163WM0102X · method

What taxonomy code 163WM0102X means

163WM0102X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Registered Nurse, Maternal Newborn, in the grouping Nursing Service Providers. 648 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 163WM0102X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

Seattle has the most, 12

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WM0102X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.

All 48 states and D.C. with records, by state

StateRecordsPer 100,000
Alabama60.1
Alaska81.1
Arizona230.3
Arkansas40.1
California820.2
Colorado230.4
Connecticut100.3
Delaware111.1
District of Columbia60.9
Florida230.1
Georgia380.3
Hawaii40.3
Idaho20.1
Illinois140.1
Indiana70.1
Iowa20.1
Kansas30.1
Kentucky50.1
Louisiana60.1
Maryland120.2
Massachusetts240.3
Michigan150.1
Minnesota90.2
Mississippi30.1
StateRecordsPer 100,000
Missouri70.1
Montana40.4
Nebraska10.1
Nevada20.1
New Hampshire10.1
New Jersey110.1
New Mexico130.6
New York370.2
North Carolina140.1
Ohio130.1
Oklahoma60.1
Oregon150.4
Pennsylvania460.4
Rhode Island20.2
South Carolina130.2
South Dakota40.4
Tennessee70.1
Texas310.1
Utah160.5
Virginia70.1
Washington420.5
West Virginia10.1
Wisconsin100.2
Wyoming20.3

In federal data

  • NUCC code163WM0102X · Registered Nurse
  • Size rank308th of 688 specialties by records (0.01% of all)
  • In its family23rd of 56 Registered Nurse codes, 0.3% of the family
  • Part D prescribers6 (0.9% of records)
  • Part D claims112 a year per prescriber, on average (331st of 496)
  • Industry payments8 physicians paid $3K in 2024, $434 each on average
  • Concentration9 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 maternal newborn registered nurse records

  1. Heather Harvey, RNFairbanks, AK1720059884
  2. Patricia McCorkle, RN,BSNFt Wainwright, AK1073584264
  3. Juel Radtke, RNFt Wainwright, AK1386615417
  4. Cheryl Roper, NURSEFt Wainwright, AK1124099106
  5. Kristi Masterson, RNCFort Wainwright, AK1720051139
  6. Debbie Davis, RNFt Wainwright, AK1881825909
  7. Cindy Stout, RNSitka, AK1164606513
  8. Deborah Owen, RNSitka, AK1306091053
  9. Ashley Leonard, RNBirmingham, AL1255924494
  10. Bonita Baggett, RN, DOULA, MIDWIFEAtmore, AL1093504375
  11. Tamara SnellMobile, AL1033066709
  12. Ava Ballard, RNOpelika, AL1093391146
  13. Margaret Monroe, RNOpelika, AL1306568860
  14. Veola DowdellPhenix City, AL1124947411
  15. Shelly Caine, RNPine Bluff, AR1164044509
  16. Chelsea Riggs, RNPrairie Grove, AR1225872344

Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.

Common questions

How should I read Maternal Newborn Registered Nurse's mid-pack national roster?

648 CMS-registered Maternal Newborn Registered Nurse providers sit across 50 states; California leads with 82. Leading metros: Seattle, WA; Phoenix, AZ; Gallup, NM; Lancaster, PA. Rank 308th of 688 NUCC specialties by headcount.

How does Maternal Newborn Registered Nurse show up in Open Payments mid-pack?

CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 8 Maternal Newborn Registered Nurse physicians receiving $3K across 48 payments (average $434; 297th of 470 specialties). Not a quality score.

How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?

Among Maternal Newborn Registered Nurse NPIs, 6 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 112 claims and $6K drug cost per prescriber; 331st 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.