NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Midwife in West Virginia

36 NPPES records list midwife with a practice address in West Virginia, 2 per 100,000 residents, the 19th highest rate of 51. Martinsburg and Beckley have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the West Virginia 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).

Martinsburg has the most, 5

  1. Martinsburg5
  2. Beckley4
  3. Charleston3
  4. Morgantown3
  5. Buckhannon2

Midwife records in West Virginia

  1. Kathryn Albright, CNMMartinsburg, WV 254011538163449
  2. Jenna AllenMorgantown, WV 265061477440378
  3. Megan Bergum, DEMRavenswood, WV 261641790135119
  4. Tina Bias, CNMBeckley, WV 258011386959252
  5. Catherine Brunschwyler, CNMCharleston, WV 253021750506200
  6. Sandra Capps, CPMGerrardstown, WV 254201275390908
  7. Martha Carter, CNMScott Depot, WV 255601457427429
  8. Ruth Ann Colby Martin, CPM, EMTCircleville, WV 268041033380738
  9. Debra Crowder, NMBeckley, WV 258011205003266
  10. Nancy Davisson, CNMClarksburg, WV 263011518887835
  11. Maureen Farrell, MIDWIFEBeverly, WV 262531447808605
  12. Deborah Forst, CNMBeckley, WV 258011538336623
  13. Linda Gillet, CNMMartinsburg, WV 254011154323269
  14. Lori Goforth, CNMMartinsburg, WV 254011609870518
  15. Patricia Harman, CNMMorgantown, WV 265051821054396
  16. Sarah Highlander, CNM, WHNP-BCCharleston, WV 253021689234122
  17. Christina Hines, CNMBuckhannon, WV 262011306905708
  18. Karen Laakaniemi, MSN,CNMMartinsburg, WV 254011104829977
  19. Courtney LesterPrinceton, WV 247401184122301
  20. Anne Monson, CPMCharles Town, WV 254141457848798
  21. Grace Mueller, CPMHarpers Ferry, WV 254251447749528
  22. Zazi MullerBrandywine, WV 268021043766033
  23. Stephanie Nicodemus, CNMMartinsburg, WV 254011881696995
  24. Zachary Nunnally, DEMMount Hope, WV 258801376160986
  25. Elizabeth Oshea, LMCharles Town, WV 254141497950828
  26. Cynthia Pierzala, CNMBarboursville, WV 255041811019540
  27. Ramona PoticherBeckley, WV 258011649584970
  28. Staysha Quentrill, CPMWinfield, WV 252131124512272
  29. Melissa Riggleman-LafffertyRidgeley, WV 267531821350224
  30. Kathryn Robinson, CNMBuckhannon, WV 262011295729028
  31. Jessica Slonaker, LM, CPMGerrardstown, WV 254201124843545
  32. Kristina SmouseMorgantown, WV 265081205243144
  33. Ruth WalshLinn, WV 263841235537705
  34. Evi WaybrightRipley, WV 252711780392464
  35. Mariea WebbCharleston, WV 253011508474495
  36. Maxine Yaged, CNMHuntington, WV 257011972625614

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

West Virginia ranks 19 of 51 per resident

  1. Rhode Island2.1
  2. Hawaii2.1
  3. Wyoming2.1
  4. West Virginia2.0
  5. Massachusetts2.0
  6. California2.0
  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.

19.4% 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. West Virginia19.4%
  2. United States16.1%

Midwife records in West Virginia, measured

  • In a Medicare file7 of 36 · 19.4% here, 16.1% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file3 · 8.3% here, 11.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more21 · 58.3% 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

36 NPPES records list midwife (176B00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in West Virginia: 2 per 100,000 residents against 1.8 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Martinsburg has 5 of them (14%).

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. Vermont36
  2. Alabama34
  3. Iowa33
  4. Kentucky40

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Massachusetts2.0
  2. Wyoming2.1
  3. Hawaii2.1
  4. Rhode Island2.1

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.