NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Nurse Practitioner in New Mexico

559 NPPES records list nurse practitioner with a practice address in New Mexico, 26 per 100,000 residents, the 33rd highest rate of 51. Albuquerque and Las Cruces have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the New Mexico license search. Page 12 of 12.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 363L00000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Albuquerque has the most, 276

  1. Albuquerque276
  2. Las Cruces42
  3. Santa Fe36
  4. Rio Rancho27
  5. Roswell18

Nurse Practitioner records in New Mexico

  1. Jia Wu, CNPAlbuquerque, NM 871061730795626
  2. Theresa Wussow, FNP-BCAlbuquerque, NM 871061831617265
  3. Whitney Wyers, CNPRuidoso, NM 883451972003119
  4. Melonie Yarnell, NPLas Cruces, NM 880011881525319
  5. Celia Yazzie, APRN-CNPAlbuquerque, NM 871021104213354
  6. Alton Young, CNPCarlsbad, NM 882201619933926
  7. Shannon Zaffino, CNPAlbuquerque, NM 871101972005874
  8. Edna Zapata, CNPClovis, NM 881011003400680
  9. David Zarikta, CNPRio Rancho, NM 871241073033650

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363L00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

New Mexico ranks 33 of 51 per resident

  1. Georgia28
  2. Missouri28
  3. Vermont27
  4. New Mexico26
  5. Connecticut25
  6. Montana25
  7. 50 states and D.C.29

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363L00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

73.3% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 73.4% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. New Mexico73.3%
  2. United States73.4%

Nurse Practitioner records in New Mexico, measured

  • In a Medicare file410 of 559 · 73.3% here, 73.4% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file336 · 60.1% here, 57.4% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more239 · 42.8% here, 44.6% nationally
  • Median graduation year2018 · the 336 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 363L00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

559 NPPES records list nurse practitioner (363L00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in New Mexico: 26 per 100,000 residents against 29 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Albuquerque has 276 of them (49%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Delaware545
  2. West Virginia540
  3. Idaho593
  4. Oregon599

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Vermont26.7
  2. Connecticut25.5
  3. Montana25.3
  4. Missouri27.8

The largest states

  1. Florida8,844
  2. California8,223
  3. Illinois4,892
  4. Texas4,825
  5. North Carolina4,524

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

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.