Wound Care Registered Nurse
NUCC 163WW0000X · Registered Nurse
652 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 53 states · 312th of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Wound Care Registered Nurse ranks 312th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.01% of all registered NPIs), densest in Texas; per resident Alaska leads.
- 652
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 312th
- of 690 specialties
- 376
- state-share HHI
- 17.2%
- Part D prescriber share
Alaska is densest per capita (5× the national rate; South Dakota 4×); 0.2% of the Registered Nurse category.
Taxonomy fingerprint
Wound Care Registered Nurse (NUCC 163WW0000X; 17.2% Part D prescribers (112 of 652); avg 970 Part D claims/prescriber (158th of 572); Open Payments avg $813/physician (296th of 551; 112 paid, $91K total); state-share HHI 376; next-larger headcount neighbor Nursing Home Administrator (+7); next-smaller Clinical Neurophysiology Physician (-2)).
Next larger: Nursing Home Administrator (659) Next smaller: Clinical Neurophysiology Physician (650)
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
- Alaska 5× · 1/100k
- South Dakota 4× · 0.8/100k
- Montana 2.8× · 0.5/100k
- Maine 2.6× · 0.5/100k
- New Mexico 2.5× · 0.5/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Pennsylvania 0.56× · 0.1/100k
- North Carolina 0.62× · 0.1/100k
- Maryland 0.67× · 0.1/100k
- Michigan 0.67× · 0.1/100k
- California 0.69× · 0.1/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 53 |
| 2 | California | 52 |
| 3 | Florida | 47 |
| 4 | New York | 36 |
| 5 | Ohio | 35 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | 27 |
| 7 | Illinois | 25 |
| 8 | Georgia | 20 |
| 9 | Massachusetts | 18 |
| 10 | Minnesota | 18 |
| 11 | Washington | 17 |
| 12 | Arizona | 16 |
| 13 | Oregon | 16 |
| 14 | Colorado | 15 |
| 15 | New Jersey | 15 |
Top Cities for Wound Care Registered Nurse
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HoustonTexas | 8 |
| 2 | MilwaukeeWisconsin | 7 |
| 3 | Palo AltoCalifornia | 6 |
| 4 | MinneapolisMinnesota | 6 |
| 5 | Kansas CityMissouri | 6 |
| 6 | New YorkNew York | 6 |
| 7 | San AntonioTexas | 6 |
| 8 | SoldotnaAlaska | 5 |
| 9 | TucsonArizona | 5 |
| 10 | JacksonvilleFlorida | 5 |
| 11 | TampaFlorida | 5 |
| 12 | ChicagoIllinois | 5 |
Sample Wound Care Registered Nurse NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jennifer Hurlow, GNP, CWOCNMemphis, TN |
| 2 | Gregory Ginsburg, M.D.Torrance, CA |
| 3 | Robert Knowles, M.D.Roanoke, VA |
| 4 | Michael White, MDGreenwood, SC |
| 5 | Elizabeth Kasper, ARNP, FNP-C, DCNPJacksonville, FL |
| 6 | F Orenduff, FNPTucson, AZ |
| 7 | Mary Anne Landowski, RN00130116Tacoma, WA |
| 8 | David Crumbley, MSNPensacola, FL |
| 9 | Donald Fowler, BSN-NURSINGPortsmouth, VA |
| 10 | Linda Hanson, CNPSioux Falls, SD |
| 11 | Theresa Morton, R.N.Nacogdoches, TX |
| 12 | Andrew Slemp, MDRoanoke, VA |
| 13 | Christine Bennett, ARNPSt Petersburg, FL |
| 14 | Anne Schmidlin, RNCincinnati, OH |
| 15 | Brenda Brown, RNCincinnati, OH |
| 16 | Galina Markovich, NPNew Brunswick, NJ |
| 17 | Kimberly McIltrot, C.R.N.P.Baltimore, MD |
| 18 | Angela Johnson, FNPGreeneville, TN |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Registered Nurse category.
Frequently Asked Questions
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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
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