Doctors in Liberty, MO
Active healthcare providers in Liberty sourced from the CMS NPPES weekly file, no proprietary ratings, no editorial scores. NPI counts, specialty distribution, and primary practice addresses refreshed each release.
Where this city sits in the corpus
Liberty ranks 18th among 321 Missouri cities by CMS provider count, holding 0.9% of the state's NPIs, led by Behavior Technician.
- 1,000
- NPPES providers in city
- 18th
- of 321 MO cities
- 0.9%
- of Missouri providers
- 40.7%
- in top 3 specialties
Liberty ranks #2 of 10 Missouri cities for Behavior Technician.
Where Liberty ranks among Missouri cities
Provider count vs every Missouri city in CMS NPPES (321 cities)
1,000 Top 6% higher than 94% of 321 cities
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Source CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) · 2026
Specialty mix in Liberty
Share of the city's NPPES registrations by NUCC taxonomy
- Behavior Technician
Behavior Technician
319 providers
- Professional Counselor 47
Professional Counselor
47 providers
- Physical Therapist 41
Physical Therapist
41 providers
- Family Nurse Practit… 35
Family Nurse Practitioner
35 providers
- Speech-Language Path… 32
Speech-Language Pathologist
32 providers
- Pharmacist 29
Pharmacist
29 providers
- Mental Health Counse… 28
Mental Health Counselor
28 providers
- Clinical Social Worker 26
Clinical Social Worker
26 providers
- Anesthesiologist Ass… 23
Anesthesiologist Assistant
23 providers
- Family Medicine Phys… 23
Family Medicine Physician
23 providers
What this shows Behavior Technician is the largest specialty (319 providers, 31.9% of the city), followed by Professional Counselor.
City vs state specialty index
Specialties Liberty has more, and fewer, of than Missouri average
Each multiple is this city's share of a specialty divided by that specialty's average share across Missouri , Liberty over-indexes behavior technician at 10.1× the state average and under-indexes internal medicine physician at 0.48×. This reflects local practice structure, not care quality.
More common here than Missouri average
Less common here than Missouri average
- Internal Medicine Physician 0.48×
- Clinical Social Worker 0.57×
- Pharmacist 0.60×
- Occupational Therapist 0.68×
How to read this directory & data limitations
Liberty, Missouri appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 1,000 registered healthcare providers spanning 20 distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Liberty - physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors, physical therapists, optometrists, psychologists, podiatrists, and every other credentialed provider type CMS tracks. It does not measure hospital beds, urgent-care capacity, or whether a given clinic is accepting new patients; it measures the pool of professionals with current NPI enrollment and a Liberty practice location on file. Every figure is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES) - more than 7 million providers, maintained since May 2007, with 2023 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.
The provider mix in Liberty is weighted toward Behavior Technician (319 clinicians, followed by Professional Counselor with 47 and Physical Therapist with 41). That distribution reflects how NPPES records specialty: providers self-select a primary taxonomy code, so a family physician who also practices geriatrics will show up under whichever NUCC code they registered first. Relative to Missouri's population, Liberty reports roughly 16.1 providers per 100,000 residents using the state-level denominator, which is a rough proxy rather than a precise access-to-care measurement; the true catchment area of any {cityName} clinician extends beyond the municipal boundary.
Of Missouri's most common specialties, Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Liberty practice address, a coverage gap Liberty patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.
For Liberty patients, this directory is most useful as a starting shortlist. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available CMS government data, not a review site, a ranking, or medical advice. NPPES data is self-reported and refreshed monthly; call the practice directly to confirm the provider is still there, accepts your insurance, and is taking new patients.
Which specialties are most common in Liberty
| # | Specialty | Providers | % of city |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Behavior Technician | 319 | 31.9% |
| 2 | Professional Counselor | 47 | 4.7% |
| 3 | Physical Therapist | 41 | 4.1% |
| 4 | Family Nurse Practitioner | 35 | 3.5% |
| 5 | Speech-Language Pathologist | 32 | 3.2% |
| 6 | Pharmacist | 29 | 2.9% |
| 7 | Mental Health Counselor | 28 | 2.8% |
| 8 | Clinical Social Worker | 26 | 2.6% |
| 9 | Anesthesiologist Assistant | 23 | 2.3% |
| 10 | Family Medicine Physician | 23 | 2.3% |
| 11 | Chiropractor | 18 | 1.8% |
| 12 | Occupational Therapist | 17 | 1.7% |
| 13 | Emergency Medicine Physician | 16 | 1.6% |
| 14 | General Practice Dentistry | 16 | 1.6% |
| 15 | Social Worker | 16 | 1.6% |
Healthcare Providers (Page 4)
| Name |
|---|
| Kaleena Carlin Behavior Technician |
| Brent Carlson, MD Emergency Medicine Physician |
| Christopher Carlson, M.D. Emergency Medicine Physician |
| Kathryn Carmichael Coulson, MD Emergency Medicine Physician |
| Susan Carney, MD Ophthalmology Physician |
| Jonnie Carrigan, MS Speech-Language Pathologist |
| Kathryn Carter Behavior Technician |
| Lance Carter, AA Anesthesiologist Assistant |
| Mallory Carty Behavior Technician |
| Arizona Case Behavior Technician |
| Kate Casey, RD Registered Dietitian |
| Karli Cash Behavior Technician |
| Melanie Cejka, CRNA Registered Nurse |
| Phillip Chapman, D.C. Chiropractor |
| Jacqueline Chase, OTR Occupational Therapist |
| Abigail Chenoweth, R.N. Registered Nurse |
| Emily Chernich Behavior Technician |
| Scott Christ, PT Physical Therapist |
| Jewell Christiansen Behavior Technician |
| Susan Cimino Professional Counselor |
| Rebecca Clancy Behavior Technician |
| Crystal Clark Behavior Technician |
| Anna Clark Gibson, M.D. Surgery Physician |
| Steven Clary, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Physician |
| Joni Clausen, MA, LPC Professional Counselor |
| Amber Claypool Pharmacist |
| Johnny Clymore Social Worker |
| Crystal Coakley, MA, PLPC Professional Counselor |
| Paige Cobb Behavior Technician |
| Stacy Cogan, PHARM.D. Pharmacist |
| Anastasia Coleman Social Worker |
| Terrence Coleman, MD Gastroenterology Physician |
| Daniel Colgan, DDS Dentist |
| Kenneth Collins, MD Urology Physician |
| Molly Collins, MA, LPC, NCC Professional Counselor |
| Jordan Colyer Neuroscience Registered Nurse |
| Kim Conard Occupational Therapy Assistant |
| Shannan Conner, M.S.CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathologist |
| Baylinn Conyers Behavior Technician |
| Grace Cooper Behavior Technician |
| Jessica Cooper Behavior Technician |
| Brayden Copeland Behavior Technician |
| Jami Coulter, MA Professional Counselor |
| Casey Coultis, MSCCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathologist |
| Bette Courtney, PTA Physical Therapy Assistant |
| Amelia Couture Behavior Technician |
| Mikayla Cox, RDH Dental Hygienist |
| Robert Cox, MA, NCC, PLPC Counselor |
| Scott Cozad, MD Radiation Oncology Physician |
| Joshua Cress, MA, LPC, NCC Professional Counselor |
Nearby Cities in Missouri
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