NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Lactation Consultant (Registered Nurse) in Arkansas

19 NPPES records list lactation consultant (registered nurse) with a practice address in Arkansas, 0.6 per 100,000 residents, the 47th highest rate of 51. Fayetteville and Bentonville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Arkansas license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 163WL0100X · method

Fayetteville has the most, 7

Lactation Consultant (Registered Nurse) records in Arkansas

  1. Melissa CleavelandFayetteville, AR 727041851059307
  2. Dolly CrespoFayetteville, AR 727041861105140
  3. Kylie D'Hoostelaere, RN, IBCLCBentonville, AR 727121851907455
  4. Brenda KordikBella Vista, AR 727141992464846
  5. Amirah Koster, IBCLCJonesboro, AR 724041366102485
  6. Amy Larwood, RNFayetteville, AR 727041346082906
  7. Melissa Logan, IBCLCDecatur, AR 727221194330951
  8. Misty Lyons, RN, IBCLCFayetteville, AR 727041982538823
  9. Haley Maher, RN, IBCLCFayetteville, AR 727041285458810
  10. Pamela McArthur, RN, IBCLCBentonville, AR 727121851854905
  11. Susan McWilliams, RN, IBCLCSiloam Springs, AR 727611245521095
  12. Erica Nix, RN, IBCLCLittle Rock, AR 722231154270288
  13. Linda Pabin, RN, IBCLCConway, AR 720341679851620
  14. Paula Ross, RN, CPM, IBCLCSheridan, AR 721501629682539
  15. Tina Snider, RN IBCLCFort Smith, AR 729041144755810
  16. Lila StandeferRogers, AR 727581457753667
  17. Rebecca Traugott, RN,IBCLCStar City, AR 716671760204036
  18. Angela Wiggins, MSN, IBCLC, RNFayetteville, AR 727031194373472
  19. Leeanne Yopp, RN, IBCLCFayetteville, AR 727041700642048

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WL0100X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Arkansas ranks 47 of 51 per resident

  1. Minnesota0.8
  2. North Dakota0.8
  3. South Carolina0.8
  4. Arkansas0.6
  5. Kentucky0.6
  6. Wyoming0.5
  7. 50 states and D.C.1.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WL0100X 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 0.3% 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. Arkansas0.0%
  2. United States0.3%

Lactation Consultant (Registered Nurse) records in Arkansas, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 19 · 0.0% here, 0.3% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more9 · 47.4% here, 43.1% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 163WL0100X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

19 NPPES records list lactation consultant (registered nurse) (163WL0100X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Arkansas: 0.6 per 100,000 residents against 1.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Fayetteville has 7 of them (37%).

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. Maine17
  2. New Hampshire22
  3. District of Columbia15
  4. West Virginia14

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Kentucky0.6
  2. South Carolina0.8
  3. Minnesota0.8
  4. Mississippi0.4

The largest states

  1. California443
  2. Texas321
  3. New York237
  4. Florida208
  5. Illinois202

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.