Doctors in Arkansas: 5,470 enrolled in Medicare
Arkansas has 5,470 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 177 per 100,000 residents, 44th of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Little Rock, 1,449 in our physician files.
By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.
Arkansas physicians by specialty
Every specialty with at least one clinician in Arkansas, largest first. Rank is among the states and DC (51 in all) by clinicians per 100,000 residents. Where we have a state page or a list for the specialty, the name links to it.
| Specialty | Arkansas | Per 100,000 | Rank | US per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioners | 3,273 | 106 | 17th | 83.7 |
| Family Physicians | 1,166 | 37.8 | 14th | 28.7 |
| Internal Medicine Physicians | 690 | 22.3 | 37th | 30.9 |
| Physician Assistants | 527 | 17.1 | 50th | 40.8 |
| Optometrists | 400 | 13.0 | 22nd | 10.9 |
| Chiropractors | 344 | 11.1 | 29th | 11.8 |
| Emergency Physicians | 335 | 10.8 | 44th | 13.5 |
| Radiologists | 328 | 10.6 | 25th | 11.1 |
| Anesthesiologists | 252 | 8.2 | 48th | 13.3 |
| OB/GYNs | 242 | 7.8 | 47th | 10.1 |
| Cardiologists | 218 | 7.1 | 35th | 8.7 |
| Orthopedic Surgeons | 208 | 6.7 | 41st | 7.4 |
| General Surgeons | 203 | 6.6 | 40th | 6.9 |
| Psychiatrists | 190 | 6.2 | 37th | 8.4 |
| Pediatricians | 160 | 5.2 | 10th | 3.8 |
| Pathologists | 139 | 4.5 | 11th | 3.8 |
| Ophthalmologists | 119 | 3.9 | 43rd | 5.3 |
| Oncologists | 109 | 3.5 | 47th | 5.0 |
| Neurologists | 107 | 3.5 | 47th | 5.5 |
| Gastroenterologists | 98 | 3.2 | 46th | 4.7 |
| Pulmonologists | 80 | 2.6 | 43rd | 3.4 |
| Nephrologists | 78 | 2.5 | 30th | 2.9 |
| Dermatologists | 71 | 2.3 | 47th | 4.0 |
| Urologists | 71 | 2.3 | 45th | 3.0 |
| ENTs | 71 | 2.3 | 46th | 2.9 |
| Podiatrists | 68 | 2.2 | 50th | 4.7 |
| Neurosurgeons | 65 | 2.1 | 9th | 1.7 |
| Hospitalists | 55 | 1.8 | 50th | 7.1 |
| Pain Management Physicians | 53 | 1.7 | 8th | 1.4 |
| Physiatrists | 47 | 1.5 | 47th | 2.7 |
| Radiation Oncologists | 41 | 1.3 | 37th | 1.6 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgeons | 41 | 1.3 | 17th | 1.2 |
| Infectious Disease Physicians | 39 | 1.3 | 45th | 2.1 |
| Endocrinologists | 37 | 1.2 | 44th | 2.1 |
| Rheumatologists | 33 | 1.1 | 47th | 1.6 |
| General practice physicians | 29 | 0.9 | 17th | 1.2 |
| Allergists | 28 | 0.9 | 29th | 1.1 |
| Plastic Surgeons | 26 | 0.8 | 47th | 1.4 |
| Geriatric medicine physicians | 21 | 0.7 | 17th | 0.6 |
| Critical care physicians | 20 | 0.6 | 48th | 1.8 |
| Vascular Surgeons | 18 | 0.6 | 48th | 1.2 |
| Sports medicine physicians | 13 | 0.4 | 46th | 0.7 |
| Hospice and palliative care physicians | 13 | 0.4 | 42nd | 0.7 |
| Colorectal surgeons | 11 | 0.4 | 36th | 0.5 |
| Nuclear medicine physicians | 6 | 0.2 | 18th | 0.2 |
| Sleep medicine physicians | 5 | 0.2 | 46th | 0.3 |
| Hematologists | 5 | 0.2 | 34th | 0.3 |
| Micrographic dermatologic surgeons | 4 | 0.1 | 30th | 0.2 |
| Preventive medicine physicians | 4 | 0.1 | 25th | 0.2 |
| Addiction medicine physicians | 3 | 0.1 | 35th | 0.2 |
| Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians | 2 | 0.1 | 49th | 0.3 |
Counts are one row per NPI under the clinician's primary Medicare specialty, from the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026. Rates use the Census Bureau's July 2024 estimate for Arkansas. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total. Arkansas ranks lowest per capita in physician assistants (50th, 17.1 per 100,000), podiatrists (50th, 2.2 per 100,000), hospitalists (50th, 1.8 per 100,000) and anesthesiologists (48th, 8.2 per 100,000).
Where Arkansas physicians practice
In the 5,286 clinicians Arkansas has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 27% are women and 15% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2005. These are the cities with the most of them.
| City | Clinicians | Share of Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| Little Rock | 1,449 | 27% |
| Jonesboro | 419 | 7.9% |
| Fort Smith | 333 | 6.3% |
| Fayetteville | 309 | 5.8% |
| Conway | 195 | 3.7% |
Largest practice groups in Arkansas
Groups ranked by the number of Arkansas clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 74% of Arkansas physicians with a group on file are in a group of 50 or more listed clinicians, against 80% across the US.
| Practice or health system, as CMS prints it | Arkansas clinicians listed |
|---|---|
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | 623 |
| Arkansas Health Group | 337 |
| Mercy Clinic Fort Smith Communities | 186 |
| Mercy Health Northwest Arkansas Communities | 164 |
| Northeast Arkansas Clinic Charitable Foundation, INC. | 158 |
A health system can appear under more than one legal name, so a group here may be part of a larger one.
Questions about Arkansas doctors
5,470 MD and DO clinicians in Arkansas are enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026, one per NPI, in the state of their main practice location. That is 177 per 100,000 residents, 44th of 51 among the states and DC. Physicians who bill no Medicare patients are not in the file.
Nurse Practitioners are the largest group in Arkansas, with 3,273, then family physicians with 1,166. Nurse practitioners and physician assistants are counted in their own files and are not in the MD and DO total.
We sell national lists, one CSV per specialty for $295, or every specialty in one file for $995. We don't sell a state-only file. City, state and ZIP are on nearly every row, so keeping the Arkansas rows is one filter in any spreadsheet.
States with a similar count per capita
Specialty email lists
National CSVs, one per specialty. City, state and ZIP are on the rows, so any state is one filter away.