NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Lay Midwife in Arkansas

11 NPPES records list lay midwife with a practice address in Arkansas, 0.4 per 100,000 residents, the 10th highest rate of 44. Fayetteville and Fort Smith 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 175M00000X · method

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

Fayetteville has the most, 2

  1. Fayetteville2
  2. Fort Smith1
  3. Gravette1
  4. Horatio1
  5. Leslie1

Lay Midwife records in Arkansas

  1. Felicia Bumbalough, LLMTilly, AR 726791497402564
  2. Carrie Cobb, LICENSED MIDWIFELittle Rock, AR 722071578776845
  3. Joy Coonfield, LM, CPMGravette, AR 727361558673285
  4. Debra DischFort Smith, AR 729041568887883
  5. Lucy Ferguson, L.M., C.P.M.Sulphur Springs, AR 727681912151416
  6. Diana Nash, LM, CPMLeslie, AR 726451184801961
  7. Keilahrose RutzFayetteville, AR 727031114618410
  8. Emory Slater, LMMountain Home, AR 726531316491319
  9. Anna Tarbet, LICENSED MIDWIFERogers, AR 727581013315498
  10. Ashley Thorup, CPM, LLMFayetteville, AR 727041649023995
  11. Christina Winton, CPMHoratio, AR 718421265148761

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 175M00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Arkansas ranks 10 of 44 per resident

  1. Ohio0.4
  2. West Virginia0.4
  3. Nevada0.4
  4. Arkansas0.4
  5. Colorado0.4
  6. Pennsylvania0.3
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.1

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 175M00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

What the count covers

11 NPPES records list lay midwife (175M00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Arkansas: 0.4 per 100,000 residents against 0.1 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Fayetteville has 2 of them (18%).

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. Georgia12
  2. Nevada12
  3. Washington10
  4. Minnesota14

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Colorado0.4
  2. Pennsylvania0.3
  3. Ohio0.4
  4. Texas0.1

The largest states

  1. Ohio47
  2. Pennsylvania43
  3. Utah38
  4. Oregon30
  5. Texas25

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.