NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Lay Midwife in New Mexico

15 NPPES records list lay midwife with a practice address in New Mexico, 0.7 per 100,000 residents, the 4th highest rate of 44. Albuquerque and Santa Fe have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the New Mexico 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).

Albuquerque has the most, 4

  1. Albuquerque4
  2. Santa Fe4
  3. Las Cruces2
  4. Espanola1
  5. Los Ranchos1

Lay Midwife records in New Mexico

  1. Martha Andrew, LM, CPMRanchos De Taos, NM 875571871891101
  2. Elizabeth Cassidy, CPM, LMSanta Fe, NM 875051356565139
  3. Jessica Frechette-Gutfreund, LM, CPMEspanola, NM 875321285966838
  4. Seva Khalsa, L.M., CPMSanta Fe, NM 875051356489488
  5. Denise Kielpinski, CPM,LMRio Rancho, NM 871241598964116
  6. Donna Lee, LM, CPMLas Cruces, NM 880071194989665
  7. Julianne Martinez, LMRoswell, NM 882031235952888
  8. Rebecca MartinezSanta Fe, NM 875051528615556
  9. Sonja Passalacqua, LMSanta Fe, NM 875051104072248
  10. Barbara Pepper, LICENSED MIDWIFELos Ranchos, NM 871071306904404
  11. Heather Rische, LM, CPMLas Cruces, NM 880051982893798
  12. Terri Simmons, LM, CPMAlbuquerque, NM 871051154450229
  13. Madeline Skillman DeanAlbuquerque, NM 871041861372187
  14. Angelique Steadman, LMAlbuquerque, NM 871101639007370
  15. Tiffany Toe, LM, CPMAlbuquerque, NM 871121578931986

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

New Mexico ranks 4 of 44 per resident

  1. Utah1.1
  2. Alaska1.0
  3. Vermont0.8
  4. New Mexico0.7
  5. Oregon0.7
  6. Montana0.7
  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.

0.0% 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. New Mexico0.0%
  2. United States0.4%

Lay Midwife records in New Mexico, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 15 · 0.0% here, 0.4% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more11 · 73.3% 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

15 NPPES records list lay midwife (175M00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in New Mexico: 0.7 per 100,000 residents against 0.1 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Albuquerque has 4 of them (27%).

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. Florida16
  2. Minnesota14
  3. Georgia12
  4. Nevada12

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Oregon0.7
  2. Ohio0.4
  3. Arkansas0.4
  4. Colorado0.4

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.