Individual Healthcare Provider
Lora D Defreese, CNM
Provider's NPPES record last updated: May 12, 2025
Overview
- Entity Type
- Individual Healthcare Provider
- NPI
- 1336618644
- Primary Specialty
- Advanced Practice Midwife
- Practice Location
- Elkhart, Indiana
- Sole Proprietor
- No
Federal Screening
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List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE)
HHS Office of Inspector General
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- Source data
- September 10, 2026
- Records indexed
- 84,001
- Screened
- Sep 19, 2026, 7:04 AM UTC
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SAM.gov Exclusions
U.S. General Services Administration
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- Screened
- Not checked
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Specialties & Taxonomies
- Primary
Advanced Practice Midwife
Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers
Advanced practice midwifery encompasses the independent provision of care during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period; sexual and reproductive health; gynecologic health; and family planning services, including preconception care. Midwives also provide primary care for individuals from adolescence throughout the lifespan as well as care for the healthy newborn during the first 28 days of life. Midwives provide initial and ongoing comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. Midwifery care includes health promotion, disease prevention, risk assessment and management, and individualized wellness education and counseling.
Taxonomy code 367A00000X
Provider-Reported License Information
- Advanced Practice Midwife (Indiana)
- 09000316A
Practice Locations
Practice Location
1215 Lawn Ave Ste 100
Elkhart, Indiana 46514-2450
Phone: (574) 293-2893
Additional Practice Location
550 University Blvd
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5149
Phone: (317) 944-8231
Fax: (317) 948-7300
Additional Practice Location
206 W Warren St
Middlebury, Indiana 46540-9410
Phone: (574) 825-2146
Fax: (574) 524-7435
Additional Practice Location
2405 W Lexington Ave
Elkhart, Indiana 46514-1417
Phone: (574) 524-7575
Fax: (574) 524-7576
Additional Practice Location
2222 Rieth Blvd Ste 104
Goshen, Indiana 46526-5869
Phone: (574) 875-1082
Fax: (574) 875-3860
Additional Practice Location
1215 Lawn Ave Ste 110
Elkhart, Indiana 46514-2493
Phone: (574) 524-7570
Fax: (574) 524-7571
Additional Practice Location
1545 Cassopolis St
Elkhart, Indiana 46514-3128
Phone: (574) 584-7373
Record Information
- Enumeration Date
- November 15, 2018
- Provider's NPPES Record Last Updated
- May 12, 2025
- Certification Date
- May 12, 2025
- NPISignal NPPES Dataset
- August 2026
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