Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist

NUCC 364SP0808X · Clinical Nurse Specialist

985 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 50 states · 265th of 690 specialties by headcount.

985
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
50
States
with ≥1 NPI
Massachusetts
Top state
131 providers
$1K
Open Pay avg
251st of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist ranks 265th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.01% of all registered NPIs), densest in Massachusetts; per resident Massachusetts leads.

985
NPPES providers in specialty
265th
of 690 specialties
453
state-share HHI
36.6%
Part D prescriber share

Massachusetts is densest per capita (6.4× the national rate; Rhode Island 5.6×); 10.7% of the Clinical Nurse Specialist category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (NUCC 364SP0808X; 36.6% Part D prescribers (361 of 985); avg 1,065 Part D claims/prescriber (132nd of 572); Open Payments avg $1K/physician (251st of 551; 254 paid, $297K total); state-share HHI 453; next-larger headcount neighbor Health Information Technician (+3); next-smaller Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician (-2)).

Next larger: Health Information Technician (988) Next smaller: Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician (983)

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
1Massachusetts131
2Texas63
3Indiana50
4New Jersey50
5Minnesota47
6Georgia45
7California44
8Florida41
9Ohio40
10Connecticut34
11Maryland34
12New York27
13Colorado25
14Pennsylvania25
15Virginia21

Top Cities for Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist

#CityProviders
1IndianapolisIndiana18
2BaltimoreMaryland14
3AtlantaGeorgia12
4San AntonioTexas10
5MinneapolisMinnesota9
6RochesterMinnesota9
7DallasTexas9
8HoustonTexas8
9PhoenixArizona7
10BostonMassachusetts7
11CambridgeMassachusetts7
12PittsfieldMassachusetts6

Sample Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist NPIs

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

#Provider
1Alice Griffitt, MSN, ARNP, BC, CNSGreat Bend, KS
2Cheryl Thomas, RN, MSN, CNS, BCEvansville, IN
3Diane Gaunt, ARNPOverland Park, KS
4Sharon Clevenger, MA, MSN, PMHCNS-BCFort Wayne, IN
5Deborah MurphyWichita, KS
6Victoria Faust, CNSDallas, TX
7Lee Bradshaw, APRNOgden, UT
8Eugenia Hammett, RN, CNSDallas, TX
9Peggy Evert, RN, CNSFindlay, OH
10Karen Phinney, APRNCGaithersburg, MD
11Mary Anne Secrist, MS, RN, CNSOklahoma City, OK
12Lois McDonald, CLINICAL NURSE SPECISheperdstown, WV
13Mary Carey, PHD, RN, CNSOklahoma City, OK
14Carol Tatum, ANP CNSTexarkana, TX
15Mary Curtis, APRN,BCBoise, ID
16Sarah Grosse, APRNLa Pine, OR
17Ragina Holiman-James, APRNOklahoma City, OK
18Linda Hertz, R.N.,C.N.S.Mankato, MN

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

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Frequently Asked Questions

How should I read Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist's mid-pack national roster?
985 CMS-registered Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist providers sit across 50 states; Massachusetts leads with 131. Leading metros: Indianapolis, IN; Baltimore, MD; Atlanta, GA; San Antonio, TX. Rank 265th of 690 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 254 Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist physicians receiving $297K across 6,253 payments (average $1K; 251st of 551 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist NPIs, 361 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,065 claims and $150K drug cost per prescriber; 132nd 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.