NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Registered Nurse First Assistant in North Carolina

20 NPPES records list registered nurse first assistant with a practice address in North Carolina, 0.2 per 100,000 residents, the 44th highest rate of 51. Charlotte and Asheville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Carolina license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 163WR0006X · method

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

Charlotte has the most, 6

  1. Charlotte6
  2. Asheville3
  3. High Point3
  4. Elizabeth City2
  5. Browns Summit1

Registered Nurse First Assistant records in North Carolina

  1. Mary Lynn Brown, RNFAAsheville, NC 288011518615533
  2. James Clarke, PA-CAsheville, NC 288051780810754
  3. Annette Cross, RNFAGastonia, NC 280541235007121
  4. Virginia Crowder, RNFAWilmington, NC 284011659515328
  5. Cindy Darr, RNFAHigh Point, NC 272621346497112
  6. Margaret Deanes, RN, BSN, RNFAElizabeth City, NC 279091871639187
  7. Valerie DethlefsenDurham, NC 277041346031218
  8. Noah Dunn, RNFAHigh Point, NC 272621598348195
  9. Michael Facklmann, CRNFACharlotte, NC 282031386970515
  10. Kellen Gurkin, RNFA-CWashington, NC 278891376224469
  11. Dana Harrison, RNFACharlotte, NC 282031992653430
  12. Diane Hayes, CNA IIHigh Point, NC 272621669086153
  13. Danielle HodsonCharlotte, NC 282031093656845
  14. Madison HolcombCharlotte, NC 282031043150394
  15. April Keever, MSN, RNFACharlotte, NC 282031184436230
  16. Suzanne PrinzAsheville, NC 288011508512021
  17. Safiya Spivey, CCMACharlotte, NC 282171275400053
  18. Roger Sprague, CSAGreenville, NC 278341720164593
  19. Vee Stonikinis, RNElizabeth City, NC 279091548307507
  20. Linda Thompson, RNBrowns Summit, NC 272141356994586

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WR0006X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

North Carolina ranks 44 of 51 per resident

  1. South Dakota0.2
  2. Connecticut0.2
  3. Massachusetts0.2
  4. North Carolina0.2
  5. Rhode Island0.2
  6. Utah0.2
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.8

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WR0006X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

5.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 1.9% 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. North Carolina5.0%
  2. United States1.9%

Registered Nurse First Assistant records in North Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file1 of 20 · 5.0% here, 1.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.7% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more9 · 45.0% here, 74.6% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 163WR0006X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

20 NPPES records list registered nurse first assistant (163WR0006X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Carolina: 0.2 per 100,000 residents against 0.8 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Charlotte has 6 of them (30%).

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. Wyoming20
  2. Alabama21
  3. Minnesota19
  4. Oklahoma18

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Massachusetts0.2
  2. Michigan0.2
  3. South Carolina0.2
  4. Wisconsin0.3

The largest states

  1. Texas310
  2. California303
  3. Florida215
  4. New Jersey213
  5. New York127

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.