NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Lactation Consultant (Registered Nurse) in West Virginia

14 NPPES records list lactation consultant (registered nurse) with a practice address in West Virginia, 0.8 per 100,000 residents, the 43rd highest rate of 51. Morgantown and Charleston have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the West Virginia license search.

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

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

Morgantown has the most, 5

  1. Morgantown5
  2. Charleston2
  3. Martinsburg2
  4. Buckhannon1
  5. Elkins1

Lactation Consultant (Registered Nurse) records in West Virginia

  1. Sydney Barnett, IBCLCMorgantown, WV 265051427769157
  2. Robin Batz, IBCLC, BSN, RNRomney, WV 267571275335291
  3. Jennifer Bender, RN-C, IBCLCMorgantown, WV 265051881445674
  4. Amy BlueMartinsburg, WV 254011275143828
  5. Susan Bonasso, RN, IBCLCMorgantown, WV 265061881532430
  6. Shirley Daniels, RNCOB,CTTS,CLCElkins, WV 262411952179426
  7. Ashley Gordon, RN IBCLCBuckhannon, WV 262011174489249
  8. Caitlyn Hensley, MSN, RN, IBCLCMorgantown, WV 265061447198098
  9. Brittany McDonald, RN, IBCLCMartinsburg, WV 254011528827656
  10. Molly McMillion, RN, BSN, IBCLC, CCELewisburg, WV 249011790192243
  11. Meredith Nimitz, RN, CPN, IBCLCMorgantown, WV 265081336892009
  12. Jamie PedenCharleston, WV 253021679199780
  13. Savannah Slaughter, RN, RNC-MNN, IBCLCCharleston, WV 253141770391500
  14. Kristy Wilson, RN, IBCLCParkersburg, WV 261011952941296

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

West Virginia ranks 43 of 51 per resident

  1. Wisconsin0.8
  2. Iowa0.8
  3. Michigan0.8
  4. West Virginia0.8
  5. Minnesota0.8
  6. North Dakota0.8
  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. West Virginia0.0%
  2. United States0.3%

Lactation Consultant (Registered Nurse) records in West Virginia, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 14 · 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 more4 · 28.6% 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

14 NPPES records list lactation consultant (registered nurse) (163WL0100X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in West Virginia: 0.8 per 100,000 residents against 1.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Morgantown has 5 of them (36%).

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. District of Columbia15
  2. Mississippi13
  3. Nevada13
  4. Montana12

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Michigan0.8
  2. Iowa0.8
  3. Wisconsin0.8
  4. Minnesota0.8

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.