NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Lay Midwife in California

23 NPPES records list lay midwife with a practice address in California, 0.1 per 100,000 residents, the 36th highest rate of 44. Oakland and Ramona have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the California 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).

Oakland has the most, 2

  1. Oakland2
  2. Ramona2
  3. Albion1
  4. Arcadia1
  5. Bakersfield1

Lay Midwife records in California

  1. Luna Armstrong, LM, CPMAlbion, CA 954101326260134
  2. Amy Berg, CPM, LMEscondido, CA 920271073039533
  3. Brenda CappsBakersfield, CA 933091417002395
  4. Daushawn DawkinsHayward, CA 945441356182158
  5. Jianfang DengSan Gabriel, CA 917761528994308
  6. Jodi Dewhirst, LMCrestline, CA 923251164505004
  7. Yujuan Feng, DOULASan Jose, CA 951311699617753
  8. Catherine Gorchoff, CNMVallejo, CA 845891700911062
  9. Jessica Grayson, MPHSanta Clara, CA 950551114860236
  10. Heather Groves, LM,CPMTracy, CA 953041093056830
  11. Katie JacobsOakland, CA 946091861641664
  12. Ashley McIntosh, LM, CPM BD, CBENewport Beach, CA 926601871238006
  13. Olivia MirandaPalm Springs, CA 922621629119623
  14. Laura Mullen-Dewitt, L.M.Sacramento, CA 958251386611366
  15. Karly Nuttall, L.MSan Diego, CA 921031760636427
  16. Liming Peng, DOULASan Francisco, CA 941121689503229
  17. Juan QinSouth Pasadena, CA 910301932056280
  18. Brielle Rainney, LM, CPMRamona, CA 920651073195244
  19. Ashley Rodriguez, S. MIDWIFE, DOULARamona, CA 920651376158782
  20. Amina Sulaiman, L.M.T, N.DOakland, CA 946061831333202
  21. Yanqin Sun, DOULAArcadia, CA 910061538001698
  22. Ying WangMonterey Park, CA 917541629925938
  23. Jing Yang, DOULAPleasanton, CA 945661598683286

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

California ranks 36 of 44 per resident

  1. Florida0.1
  2. Louisiana0.1
  3. Maryland0.1
  4. California0.1
  5. South Carolina0.1
  6. New York0.0
  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.

4.3% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 0.4% 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. California4.3%
  2. United States0.4%

Lay Midwife records in California, measured

  • In a Medicare file1 of 23 · 4.3% here, 0.4% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more12 · 52.2% here, 62.6% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 175M00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

23 NPPES records list lay midwife (175M00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in California: 0.1 per 100,000 residents against 0.1 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Oakland has 2 of them (9%).

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. Colorado21
  2. Texas25
  3. Florida16
  4. Oregon30

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Georgia0.1
  2. Washington0.1
  3. Minnesota0.2
  4. Pennsylvania0.3

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.