NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doula in Alabama

59 NPPES records list doula with a practice address in Alabama, 1.2 per 100,000 residents, the 49th highest rate of 51. Birmingham and Madison have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Alabama license search. Page 2 of 2.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 374J00000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Birmingham has the most, 11

  1. Birmingham11
  2. Madison4
  3. Huntsville3
  4. Dothan2
  5. Enterprise2

Doula records in Alabama

  1. La-Shonda SpencerBirmingham, AL 352031861377988
  2. Kimberlee Styron, CD(DONA)Enterprise, AL 363301154133858
  3. Emily ThayerBirmingham, AL 352051376236877
  4. Heidi TrippeBrewton, AL 364261245591635
  5. Chandra WashingtonBirmingham, AL 352111477106441
  6. Alleah WelchMadison, AL 357561578254009
  7. Laura Weldon, CBDAuburn, AL 368301265936165
  8. Natashajean Whaley, CD, DONASlocomb, AL 363751821840216
  9. Celeste Youngblood, CBD, CBED, CHC, CNCHuntsville, AL 358011184953366

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 374J00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Alabama ranks 49 of 51 per resident

  1. Idaho1.7
  2. North Dakota1.5
  3. Montana1.5
  4. Alabama1.2
  5. West Virginia1.0
  6. Mississippi0.9
  7. 50 states and D.C.5.5

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 374J00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against under 0.1% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Alabama0.0%
  2. United States0.0%

Doula records in Alabama, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 59 · 0.0% here, under 0.1% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more23 · 39.0% here, 21.7% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 374J00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

59 NPPES records list doula (374J00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Alabama: 1.2 per 100,000 residents against 5.5 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Birmingham has 11 of them (19%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Delaware63
  2. Utah69
  3. New Hampshire44
  4. Arkansas76

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. West Virginia1.0
  2. Mississippi0.9
  3. Montana1.5
  4. North Dakota1.5

The largest states

  1. California3,542
  2. Michigan1,335
  3. New York1,284
  4. Florida1,065
  5. Washington1,059

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

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.