Advanced Practice Midwife providers in the U.S.
13,301 NPPES records list advanced practice midwife as their primary taxonomy, about 4.0 per 100,000 residents; Alaska and New Hampshire have the most per resident. 2,776 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 367A00000X means
367A00000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Advanced Practice Midwife, in the grouping Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers. 13,301 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
Advanced practice midwifery encompasses the independent provision of care during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period; sexual and reproductive health; gynecologic health; and family planning services, including preconception care. Midwives also provide primary care for individuals from adolescence throughout the lifespan as well as care for the healthy newborn during the first 28 days of life. Midwives provide initial and ongoing comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. Midwifery care includes health promotion, disease prevention, risk assessment and management, and individualized wellness education and counseling.
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 367A00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Chicago has the most, 183
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 367A00000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 37 | 0.7 |
| Alaska | 100 | 13.6 |
| Arizona | 306 | 4.1 |
| Arkansas | 41 | 1.3 |
| California | 1,115 | 2.9 |
| Colorado | 455 | 7.7 |
| Connecticut | 251 | 6.9 |
| Delaware | 48 | 4.7 |
| District of Columbia | 66 | 9.7 |
| Florida | 874 | 3.9 |
| Georgia | 533 | 4.8 |
| Hawaii | 57 | 4.0 |
| Idaho | 63 | 3.2 |
| Illinois | 494 | 3.9 |
| Indiana | 245 | 3.6 |
| Iowa | 128 | 4.0 |
| Kansas | 80 | 2.7 |
| Kentucky | 151 | 3.3 |
| Louisiana | 58 | 1.3 |
| Maine | 111 | 8.0 |
| Maryland | 310 | 5.0 |
| Massachusetts | 454 | 6.5 |
| Michigan | 476 | 4.7 |
| Minnesota | 406 | 7.1 |
| Mississippi | 35 | 1.2 |
| Missouri | 108 | 1.7 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 62 | 5.5 |
| Nebraska | 50 | 2.5 |
| Nevada | 56 | 1.8 |
| New Hampshire | 150 | 10.7 |
| New Jersey | 304 | 3.3 |
| New Mexico | 188 | 8.9 |
| New York | 776 | 4.0 |
| North Carolina | 567 | 5.2 |
| North Dakota | 33 | 4.2 |
| Ohio | 494 | 4.2 |
| Oklahoma | 75 | 1.9 |
| Oregon | 404 | 9.5 |
| Pennsylvania | 464 | 3.6 |
| Rhode Island | 76 | 6.9 |
| South Carolina | 119 | 2.2 |
| South Dakota | 42 | 4.6 |
| Tennessee | 310 | 4.3 |
| Texas | 632 | 2.1 |
| Utah | 173 | 5.1 |
| Vermont | 67 | 10.3 |
| Virginia | 349 | 4.0 |
| Washington | 528 | 6.8 |
| West Virginia | 54 | 3.1 |
| Wisconsin | 281 | 4.8 |
| Wyoming | 14 | 2.4 |
In federal data
- NUCC code367A00000X
- Size rank80th of 688 specialties by records (0.18% of all)
- Part D prescribers2,776 (20.9% of records)
- Part D claims72 a year per prescriber, on average (381st of 496)
- Industry payments3,833 physicians paid $784K in 2024, $204 each on average
- Concentration11 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of advanced practice midwife records
- Angela Gookin, CNMJber, AK1629392915
- Stephanie Shivers, CNM/ARNPJber, AK1588118509
- Kaitlyn Bathold, DNPJber, AK1710439575
- Jennifer Smith, CNMJber, AK1750905154
- Barbara Norton, CNM, APRNAnchorage, AK1346245099
- Tanya Kirk, FNPAnchorage, AK1912903337
- Laura Sarcone, CNM, ANPAnchorage, AK1780677955
- Cindy Bonney, CNMAnchorage, AK1588651004
- Debra Kristich-Miskill, CNMAnchorage, AK1033190053
- Elisabeth Weston, A.N.PAnchorage, AK1609821578
- Bethany Berry, CNM, MSN, SANEAnchorage, AK1699722959
- Trina Strang, CNM, ANPAnchorage, AK1548290075
- Zelda Collett-Paule, CNM, ANPAnchorage, AK1316950694
- Mary Terranova, CNMAnchorage, AK1740293026
- Janet Froeschle, CNMAnchorage, AK1306859566
- Janet Kirsch, CNMAnchorage, AK1962596346
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Advanced Practice Midwife headcount concentrate?
13,301 Advanced Practice Midwife NPIs span 55 states; California alone holds 1,115. Top metros include Chicago, IL; Portland, OR; Nashville, TN; Brooklyn, NY. Nationally this is 80th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Advanced Practice Midwife's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 3,833 Advanced Practice Midwife physicians totaling $784K (16,750 payments; average $204, 362nd of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Advanced Practice Midwife Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Advanced Practice Midwife NPIs, 2,776 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 72 claims and $6K drug cost per prescriber; 381st of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
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.