NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Midwife in Mississippi

16 NPPES records list midwife with a practice address in Mississippi, 0.5 per 100,000 residents, the 49th highest rate of 51. Meridian and Jackson have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Mississippi 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).

Meridian has the most, 3

  1. Meridian3
  2. Jackson2
  3. Hattiesburg1
  4. Hernando1
  5. Indianola1

Midwife records in Mississippi

  1. Cynthia Bixby, D.E.M., CDNoxapater, MS 393461255875480
  2. Shelley Creighton, CNMMeridian, MS 393011790207702
  3. Aurielle Fields, CPMHernando, MS 386321598308488
  4. Kristina Harper, CPM, LMOlive Branch, MS 386541891185203
  5. Jessica HernandezTupelo, MS 388011053010512
  6. Kathleen Hill, CNMMeridian, MS 393011053702761
  7. Renata Hillman, CPMLucedale, MS 394521164758652
  8. Caitlin Kisner, CNMIndianola, MS 387511114730520
  9. Audreanna Lewis-Sholes, CNMJackson, MS 392061811627565
  10. Lydia McCoyRipley, MS 386631942086616
  11. Aisha Ralph, CPM, LMJackson, MS 392161073124194
  12. Michelle Roark, CNMMeridian, MS 393011164863262
  13. Christa ShermanStarkville, MS 397591811686157
  14. Amanda Smith, MIDWIFEHattiesburg, MS 394021184355307
  15. Tera Smith, CPMPass Christian, MS 395711700285350
  16. Reanna Zyla, DIRECT ENTRY MIDWIFEVicksburg, MS 391801497520720

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

Mississippi ranks 49 of 51 per resident

  1. Illinois0.7
  2. Alabama0.7
  3. Indiana0.6
  4. Mississippi0.5
  5. Nebraska0.5
  6. North Dakota0.4
  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.

18.8% 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. Mississippi18.8%
  2. United States16.1%

Midwife records in Mississippi, measured

  • In a Medicare file3 of 16 · 18.8% here, 16.1% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file3 · 18.8% here, 11.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more7 · 43.8% 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

16 NPPES records list midwife (176B00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Mississippi: 0.5 per 100,000 residents against 1.8 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Meridian has 3 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. Delaware17
  2. South Dakota15
  3. Puerto Rico14
  4. District of Columbia13

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Indiana0.6
  2. Alabama0.7
  3. Illinois0.7
  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.