Clinical Nurse Specialist
Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers › Clinical Nurse Specialist
About this specialty
A registered nurse who, through a graduate degree program in nursing, or through a formal post-basic education program or continuing education courses and clinical experience, is expert in a specialty area of nursing practice within one or more of the components of direct patient/client care, consultation, education, research and administration.
Sources: American Nurses Association, American Nurses Credentialing Center, 1996 Certification Catalogue and The Interagency Conference on Nursing Statistics.
Highest Medicare-paid providers
| Provider | Location | Medicare paid |
|---|---|---|
| JESSICA GAMBLIN, APN | PEORIA, IL | $356,553 |
| TAMERA DAILY, APP | PEORIA, IL | $321,167 |
| JESSICA STEWART, CNS | PEORIA, IL | $271,642 |
| TAMMY JOPLIN, APRN | TULSA, OK | $220,923 |
| MELANIE NEW, APN | JONESBORO, AR | $176,684 |
| DONNA SPRINGER, R.N., M.S. | ROCHESTER, MN | $173,179 |
| MIGUEL GONZALEZ, APRN | FORT MYERS, FL | $167,645 |
| DAVIN TUAZON, AGCNS-BC | SAN ANTONIO, TX | $164,447 |
| JEANNIE BLACKBURN, ACNP | WEBSTER, TX | $161,223 |
| HEATHER MANCHESTER, APRN, CNS | FORT SMITH, AR | $130,016 |
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.