Lay Midwife
NUCC 175M00000X · Midwife, Lay
496 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 44 states · 345th of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Lay Midwife ranks 345th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.01% of all registered NPIs), densest in Ohio; per resident Utah leads.
- 496
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 345th
- of 690 specialties
- 474
- state-share HHI
- 0.4%
- Part D prescriber share
Utah is densest per capita (8.2× the national rate; Alaska 7.4×); 100% of the Midwife, Lay category.
Taxonomy fingerprint
Lay Midwife (NUCC 175M00000X; 0.4% Part D prescribers (2 of 496); avg 218 Part D claims/prescriber (419th of 572); Open Payments avg $40/physician (538th of 551; 1 paid, $40 total); state-share HHI 474; next-larger headcount neighbor Psychosomatic Medicine Physician (+5); next-smaller Clinical Laboratory Director (Non-physician) (-12)).
Next larger: Psychosomatic Medicine Physician (501) Next smaller: Clinical Laboratory Director (Non-physician) (484)
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio | 51 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | 45 |
| 3 | Utah | 41 |
| 4 | Oregon | 31 |
| 5 | California | 27 |
| 6 | Texas | 27 |
| 7 | Colorado | 21 |
| 8 | Florida | 18 |
Sample Lay Midwife NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kimberly Horvath, PAC CMTacoma, WA |
| 2 | Margaret Cole, CNMBrooklyn, NY |
| 3 | Laura Mullen-Dewitt, L.M.Sacramento, CA |
| 4 | Lisa Boyd, L.M.Duvall, WA |
| 5 | Katherine McLachlan, CPM, LDEMPortland, OR |
| 6 | Kori Muth, DEMGladstone, OR |
| 7 | Susan Moray, LDEM, CPMPortland, OR |
| 8 | Lori Wilson, RMColorado Springs, CO |
| 9 | Alexandra Wagner, LM, CPMColumbia, SC |
| 10 | Lucille Fream, C.N.M.Wayne, NJ |
| 11 | Sherry Dress, LDM, CPMCanyon City, OR |
| 12 | Debra Cannon, LMSeattle, WA |
Frequently Asked Questions
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Data sources and methodology
Provider data from CMS NPPES (download.cms.gov/nppes). Specialty classification from NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org). Part D averages from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; industry payments from CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts reflect self-designated primary taxonomy at NPI enrollment. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Methodology · About
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