Registered Nurse
Nursing Service Providers › Registered Nurse
About this specialty
(1) A registered nurse is a person qualified by graduation from an accredited nursing school (depending upon schooling, a registered nurse may receive either a diploma from a hospital program, an associate degree in nursing (A.D.N.) or a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing (B.S.N.), who is licensed or certified by the state, and is practicing within the scope of that license or certification. R.N.'s assist patient in recovering and maintaining their physical or mental health. They assist physicians during treatments and examinations and administer medications. (2) A provider who is trained and educated in a formal nursing education program at an accredited school of nursing, passes a national certification examination, and is licensed by the state to practice nursing. The individual provides nursing services to patients or clients in areas such as health promotion, disease prevention, acute and chronic care and restoration and maintenance of health across the life span.
Sources: (2) American Nurses Association, American Nurses Credentialing Center, 1996 Certification Catalogue, and Rhea, Ott, and Shafritz, The Facts On File Dictionary of Health Care Management, New York: Facts On File Publications, 1988.
Highest Medicare-paid providers
| Provider | Location | Medicare paid |
|---|---|---|
| MICHELLE LEVINS | BROOKLYN, NY | $4,612,647 |
| SHARDAE WHITE | BROOKLYN, NY | $2,666,431 |
| CASSIE MEYNARD | LAFAYETTE, LA | $1,155,487 |
| ANDREA CRONLEY, ARNP | PENSACOLA, FL | $541,541 |
| KAREN NEWSOME | OAKVILLE, CT | $379,398 |
| GENNA TEODOSIO | GRANADA HILLS, CA | $332,548 |
| MICHELLE SIMONDS | CHARLOTTE, NC | $310,219 |
| ZORA JOHNSON, R.N. | CHARLESTON, SC | $267,221 |
| AMY SMITH, RN | BEL AIR, MD | $265,544 |
| KELLY NELSON | NORWALK, CT | $256,542 |
Ranked by total Medicare payments — a measure of billing volume, not care quality.
Taxonomy definitions from the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (public domain). Provider counts derived from NPPES; payment figures from CMS Medicare data. Not affiliated with CMS, NPPES, NUCC, or any government agency.