NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Midwife in Montana

56 NPPES records list midwife with a practice address in Montana, 4.9 per 100,000 residents, the 5th highest rate of 51. Bozeman and Kalispell have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Montana license search. Page 2 of 2.

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).

Bozeman has the most, 14

  1. Bozeman14
  2. Kalispell9
  3. Missoula9
  4. Great Falls4
  5. Billings3

Midwife records in Montana

  1. Joyce Vogel, CPM LMLibby, MT 599231326140997
  2. Alicia Walker, LM, CPMFlorence, MT 598331558209080
  3. Julia Weaver, LM, CPMNoxon, MT 598531619314663
  4. Abigail Wolf, LDEMBozeman, MT 597181376210906
  5. Pamela Wright, CPMKalispell, MT 599011366659922
  6. Tricia Zahn, LMBillings, MT 591011396398277

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

Montana ranks 5 of 51 per resident

  1. Idaho6.5
  2. New Mexico5.6
  3. Vermont5.6
  4. Montana4.9
  5. Oregon4.8
  6. Maine4.1
  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.

16.1% 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. Montana16.1%
  2. United States16.1%

Midwife records in Montana, measured

  • In a Medicare file9 of 56 · 16.1% here, 16.1% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file4 · 7.1% here, 11.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more31 · 55.4% 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

56 NPPES records list midwife (176B00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Montana: 4.9 per 100,000 residents against 1.8 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Bozeman has 14 of them (25%).

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. Maine57
  2. Nevada50
  3. Oklahoma50
  4. Alaska65

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Oregon4.8
  2. Vermont5.6
  3. New Mexico5.6
  4. Utah4.0

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.