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.
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
- Massachusetts 6.4× · 1.9/100k
- Rhode Island 5.6× · 1.6/100k
- Wyoming 4.1× · 1.2/100k
- Maine 3.7× · 1.1/100k
- Connecticut 3.2× · 0.9/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Michigan 0.21× · 0.1/100k
- South Carolina 0.32× · 0.1/100k
- California 0.39× · 0.1/100k
- Illinois 0.47× · 0.1/100k
- New York 0.47× · 0.1/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts | 131 |
| 2 | Texas | 63 |
| 3 | Indiana | 50 |
| 4 | New Jersey | 50 |
| 5 | Minnesota | 47 |
| 6 | Georgia | 45 |
| 7 | California | 44 |
| 8 | Florida | 41 |
| 9 | Ohio | 40 |
| 10 | Connecticut | 34 |
| 11 | Maryland | 34 |
| 12 | New York | 27 |
| 13 | Colorado | 25 |
| 14 | Pennsylvania | 25 |
| 15 | Virginia | 21 |
Top Cities for Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | IndianapolisIndiana | 18 |
| 2 | BaltimoreMaryland | 14 |
| 3 | AtlantaGeorgia | 12 |
| 4 | San AntonioTexas | 10 |
| 5 | MinneapolisMinnesota | 9 |
| 6 | RochesterMinnesota | 9 |
| 7 | DallasTexas | 9 |
| 8 | HoustonTexas | 8 |
| 9 | PhoenixArizona | 7 |
| 10 | BostonMassachusetts | 7 |
| 11 | CambridgeMassachusetts | 7 |
| 12 | PittsfieldMassachusetts | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alice Griffitt, MSN, ARNP, BC, CNSGreat Bend, KS |
| 2 | Cheryl Thomas, RN, MSN, CNS, BCEvansville, IN |
| 3 | Diane Gaunt, ARNPOverland Park, KS |
| 4 | Sharon Clevenger, MA, MSN, PMHCNS-BCFort Wayne, IN |
| 5 | Deborah MurphyWichita, KS |
| 6 | Victoria Faust, CNSDallas, TX |
| 7 | Lee Bradshaw, APRNOgden, UT |
| 8 | Eugenia Hammett, RN, CNSDallas, TX |
| 9 | Peggy Evert, RN, CNSFindlay, OH |
| 10 | Karen Phinney, APRNCGaithersburg, MD |
| 11 | Mary Anne Secrist, MS, RN, CNSOklahoma City, OK |
| 12 | Lois McDonald, CLINICAL NURSE SPECISheperdstown, WV |
| 13 | Mary Carey, PHD, RN, CNSOklahoma City, OK |
| 14 | Carol Tatum, ANP CNSTexarkana, TX |
| 15 | Mary Curtis, APRN,BCBoise, ID |
| 16 | Sarah Grosse, APRNLa Pine, OR |
| 17 | Ragina Holiman-James, APRNOklahoma City, OK |
| 18 | Linda Hertz, R.N.,C.N.S.Mankato, MN |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Clinical Nurse Specialist category.
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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
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.