NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Speech-Language Assistant in Alabama

12 NPPES records list speech-language assistant with a practice address in Alabama, 0.2 per 100,000 residents, the 37th highest rate of 50. Hartselle and Auburn have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Alabama license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 2355S0801X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Hartselle has the most, 4

  1. Hartselle4
  2. Auburn2
  3. Ashford1
  4. Daleville1
  5. Dothan1

Speech-Language Assistant records in Alabama

  1. Chantal AlfordFort Mitchell, AL 368561609603034
  2. Kheala Beck, SLPAHartselle, AL 356401689293680
  3. Kimble Eastman, CCC-SLPAuburn, AL 368491346559986
  4. Lauren Johnson, BSAshford, AL 363121891417531
  5. Hannah Knowles, SLPAHartselle, AL 356401225794258
  6. Anna McAbee, SLPAHartselle, AL 356401972313294
  7. Melissa McQuadeFort Payne, AL 359671497185417
  8. Mary Mikel, SLPA, BSDaleville, AL 363221093195505
  9. Lara PhillipsHoover, AL 352441194664227
  10. Leanne Presley, CCC-SLPAuburn, AL 368491730498361
  11. Jodie SekeresDothan, AL 363051356037519
  12. Haley Townsend, SLPAHartselle, AL 356401023871076

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2355S0801X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Alabama ranks 37 of 50 per resident

  1. Montana0.4
  2. Nevada0.3
  3. Hawaii0.3
  4. Alabama0.2
  5. Minnesota0.2
  6. West Virginia0.2
  7. 50 states and D.C.3.7

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2355S0801X 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 0.1% 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. Alabama0.0%
  2. United States0.1%

Speech-Language Assistant records in Alabama, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 12 · 0.0% here, 0.1% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.2% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more6 · 50.0% here, 50.8% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 2355S0801X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

12 NPPES records list speech-language assistant (2355S0801X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Alabama: 0.2 per 100,000 residents against 3.7 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Hartselle has 4 of them (33%).

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. Kansas12
  2. Minnesota13
  3. South Dakota11
  4. New Jersey10

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Georgia0.2
  2. Michigan0.2
  3. Nevada0.3
  4. Pennsylvania0.1

The largest states

  1. Texas3,430
  2. California2,532
  3. Arizona2,340
  4. Florida1,571
  5. Puerto Rico421

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.