Medicare providers in Arkansas

25,909 unique NPIs are enrolled in Medicare in Arkansas, number 33 of 51. Practitioners in the 79 specialties tracked here account for 19,922 of them; the largest is nurse practitioner (4,549), and nurse practitioners outnumber family-practice physicians 2.9 to 1.

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1Enrolled NPIs 25,909
2Largest specialty Nurse Practitioner
3Rank of 51 #33
4Specialties present 79

Medicare-enrolled practitioners in Arkansas by specialty, 15 largest, bars to scale. Source: CMS PPEF, 2026-09-29.

Every specialty in Arkansas

Each figure is the number of NPIs enrolled in Medicare in Arkansas under that specialty, beside its share of the specialty's national total.

Specialty	AR	Share of US
Nurse Practitioner	4,549	1.2%
Family Practice	1,558	1.3%
Internal Medicine	1,055	0.8%
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	988	1.6%
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	974	0.9%
Clinical Social Worker	931	0.9%
Mental Health Counselor	868	1.2%
Physician Assistant	763	0.4%
Emergency Medicine	657	1%
Diagnostic Radiology	561	1.5%
Pediatric Medicine	555	1%
Optometry	468	1%
Anesthesiology	438	0.9%
Obstetrics/Gynecology	376	0.9%
Chiropractic	372	0.8%
Psychiatry	341	0.9%
General Surgery	297	1.1%
Neurology	284	1.3%
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	272	1.1%
Orthopedic Surgery	242	0.9%
Pathology	232	1.6%
Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology)	214	0.9%
Qualified Speech Language Pathologist	207	1.4%
Ophthalmology	160	0.8%
Gastroenterology	146	0.8%
Clinical Psychologist	142	0.4%
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	132	1.2%
Neurosurgery	115	1.7%
Urology	109	0.9%
Pulmonary Disease	108	0.8%
Nephrology	107	1%
Otolaryngology	105	0.9%
Qualified Audiologist	92	0.8%
Dermatology	91	0.6%
Hematology/Oncology	90	0.7%
Hospitalist	86	0.3%
Podiatry	83	0.5%
Interventional Cardiology	77	1.3%
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	69	0.6%
General Practice	65	0.7%
Infectious Disease	64	0.8%
Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist (Cns)	62	2.8%
Critical Care (Intensivists)	59	0.7%
Radiation Oncology	57	1%
Thoracic Surgery	53	1.5%
Endocrinology	48	0.6%
Rheumatology	43	0.7%
Interventional Radiology	43	1.2%
Pain Management	42	1.1%
Dentist	37	0.6%
Allergy/Immunology	37	0.9%
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	35	0.6%
Certified Nurse Midwife (Cnm)	33	0.3%
Geriatric Medicine	32	1.2%
Cardiac Electrophysiology	29	1%
Cardiac Surgery	29	1.7%
Vascular Surgery	28	0.6%
Medical Oncology	22	0.4%
Hospice/Palliative Care	22	0.7%
Marriage and Family Therapist	18	0.1%
Interventional Pain Management	18	1%
Sports Medicine	14	0.5%
Hand Surgery	14	0.7%
Gynecological Oncology	13	1%
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	12	0.6%
Nuclear Medicine	12	1.6%
Surgical Oncology	11	0.7%
Sleep Medicine	9	0.7%
Hematology	9	0.7%
Preventive Medicine	9	0.9%
Oral Surgery	6	0.2%
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	5	0.4%
Addiction Medicine	5	0.6%
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	4	0.4%
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery (Mds)	4	0.6%
Psychologist Billing Independently	2	0.2%
Maxillofacial Surgery	1	0.1%
Medical Genetics and Genomics	1	0.2%
Neuropsychiatry	1	0.2%

Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment, extract of 2026-09-29; unique NPIs per state. Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.