NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Midwife in Arkansas

27 NPPES records list midwife with a practice address in Arkansas, 0.9 per 100,000 residents, the 44th highest rate of 51. Fayetteville and Conway 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 176B00000X · 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, 5

  1. Fayetteville5
  2. Conway2
  3. Little Rock2
  4. North Little Rock2
  5. Barling1

Midwife records in Arkansas

  1. Mary Alexander, RN, LM, CPMLittle Rock, AR 722051578747135
  2. Marlies Biesinger, DNP, CNMColt, AR 723261114384427
  3. Maria Camp, CPM, LLMFayetteville, AR 727011386120202
  4. Amy Cefalo, LM, CPMLittle Rock, AR 722061801160395
  5. Shea Childs, LM, CPMHot Springs, AR 719011841565868
  6. Heather ChowdhuryFayetteville, AR 727011093111072
  7. Janessa Craig, L.M.Siloam Springs, AR 727611609021914
  8. Jayde Girardo, CPM, LLMClinton, AR 720311306284799
  9. Paula Hill, CNM APNFayetteville, AR 727031881652246
  10. Misty Hudspeth, LLM CPMFayetteville, AR 727011972187953
  11. Kimberly Jacob, L.M., C.P.M.Conway, AR 720321518120062
  12. Rebekah Martinez, TMHeber Springs, AR 725431154197341
  13. Jessica McGilvray, CPM, LLM, CLCSearcy, AR 721431447979539
  14. Carrie Miller, LLMHarrison, AR 726011154808236
  15. Abigail Morgart, LLM, CPMGreenbrier, AR 720581689227340
  16. Deborah Phillips, CPMNorth Little Rock, AR 721161225293731
  17. Ashley Pickering, LM,CPMCave City, AR 725211598290637
  18. Debbie Query, LM, CPMGravette, AR 727361346780095
  19. Nadean Ribitzki, LM, CPMConway, AR 720341720377286
  20. Katie RobertsMena, AR 719531831922780
  21. Madison SmallwoodFort Smith, AR 729011952170524
  22. Martha Staires, CPM, LLMFayetteville, AR 727011306502679
  23. Gabrielle Thrailkill, LLMDe Queen, AR 718321013171404
  24. Belinda Tucker, CPM, LMMountain Home, AR 726531841440351
  25. Tressia Vondran, R.N., L.M., C.P.MJonesboro, AR 724011427358597
  26. Melanie Ware, CNMNorth Little Rock, AR 721141033134457
  27. Shelley Wasson, CPM, LMBarling, AR 729231679708176

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 176B00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Arkansas ranks 44 of 51 per resident

  1. Georgia1.0
  2. Louisiana0.9
  3. Kentucky0.9
  4. Arkansas0.9
  5. North Carolina0.7
  6. Illinois0.7
  7. 50 states and D.C.1.8

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 176B00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

7.4% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 16.1% 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. Arkansas7.4%
  2. United States16.1%

Midwife records in Arkansas, measured

  • In a Medicare file2 of 27 · 7.4% here, 16.1% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file1 · 3.7% here, 11.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more20 · 74.1% here, 56.0% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 176B00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

27 NPPES records list midwife (176B00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Arkansas: 0.9 per 100,000 residents against 1.8 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Fayetteville has 5 of them (19%).

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. Hawaii30
  2. Rhode Island23
  3. Iowa33
  4. Alabama34

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Kentucky0.9
  2. Louisiana0.9
  3. Georgia1.0
  4. North Carolina0.7

The largest states

  1. California762
  2. Texas503
  3. New York494
  4. Florida347
  5. Washington298

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.