Doctors and health care providers in West Helena, AR
31 individual NPPES records list a West Helena practice address, 128th of 193 Arkansas cities. The largest group is mental health counselor: 5, 16% of the city's records, against 4% across Arkansas.
The 8 largest groups in West Helena
Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, loaded Aug 27, 2026.
West Helena in Arkansas
- Rank in Arkansas128th of 193 cities by records
- Share of the state<0.1% of Arkansas's records
- Specialties present17 taxonomy codes
- Top three groups38.7% of all records
- Mental Health Counselor rank11th of the 10 Arkansas cities with the most
Providers in West Helena, alphabetically
- Lance Audirsch, D.CChiropractor1235115551
- Brooke Barnes, MCD, CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1598912297
- Elizabeth BartlettSpeech-Language Pathologist1336351287
- Margaret Bryan, OTROccupational Therapist1689946626
- Geraldine Campbell, APRN-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1144294646
- Leslie Chin, ODOptometrist1619922333
- Charley Chu, O DOptometrist1871547786
- Emola ClemonsSpeech-Language Assistant1295270163
- Schrell Crockett, PHARMDPharmacist1811597503
- James Dove, D.D.SGeneral Practice Dentistry1972005908
- Rochelle Fair, RNMental Health Counselor1699853986
- Mary Gilbreath, PTAPhysical Therapy Assistant1639727126
- Theresa Ginn, RNMental Health Counselor1306924667
- Vincent Henderson, DCChiropractor1639156664
- Connie Jarrett, RNMental Health Counselor1669550224
- Sametrious JonesCase Manager/Care Coordinator1184544892
- Dorothy Jones-Michel, APNWomen's Health Nurse Practitioner1417037383
- Ryan McMurray, PHARM DPharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist1053911487
- Tasha Mitchell, BADay Training/Habilitation Specialist1841592839
- Theortres Parham, LPEMental Health Counselor1154411726
- Laura Phillips, RNMental Health Counselor1659704559
- Johnny Porter, PD (PHARMACIST)Pharmacist1992142640
- John Ragland, P.D.Pharmacist1952619306
- Lauren ReevesFamily Nurse Practitioner1134730005
- Felicia Ross Jordan, MHPPCase Manager/Care Coordinator1992149173
- Logan Simmons, PTPhysical Therapist1174722813
- Faneisha Smith, DRPharmacist1700564267
- Tarsha Smith, D.C.Chiropractor1649274358
- Akbar Somani, PTAPhysical Therapy Assistant1073761714
- Mal StokesContractor1942496476
- Shaneka Washington, COTAOccupational Therapy Assistant1902565468
The largest Arkansas cities
- Little Rock13,172
- Jonesboro5,031
- Fayetteville3,890
- Fort Smith2,951
- Conway2,848
How to read this directory
West Helena, Arkansas appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 31 registered healthcare providers spanning 17 distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in West Helena - physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors, physical therapists, optometrists, psychologists, podiatrists, and every other credentialed provider type CMS tracks. It does not measure hospital beds, urgent-care capacity, or whether a given clinic is accepting new patients; it measures the pool of professionals with current NPI enrollment and a West Helena practice location on file. Every figure is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES) - more than 7 million providers, maintained since May 2007, with 2024 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.
The provider mix in West Helena is weighted toward Mental Health Counselor (5 clinicians, followed by Pharmacist with 4 and Chiropractor with 3). That distribution reflects how NPPES records specialty: providers self-select a primary taxonomy code, so a family physician who also practices geriatrics will show up under whichever NUCC code they registered first. Relative to Arkansas's population, West Helena reports roughly 1 providers per 100,000 residents using the state-level denominator, which is a rough proxy rather than a precise access-to-care measurement; the true catchment area of any {cityName} clinician extends beyond the municipal boundary.
Of Arkansas's most common specialties, Behavior Technician is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a West Helena practice address, a coverage gap West Helena patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.
For West Helena patients, this directory is most useful as a starting shortlist. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available CMS government data, not a review site, a ranking, or medical advice. NPPES data is self-reported and refreshed monthly; call the practice directly to confirm the provider is still there, accepts your insurance, and is taking new patients.
For informational purposes only; this directory is not medical advice and not a substitute for checking a license. See also: how to find a doctor and how to verify one.
Common questions
How many doctors are in West Helena, AR?
There are 31 registered healthcare providers in West Helena, AR, covering 17 specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.
What are the most common medical specialties in West Helena?
The most common specialties in West Helena are Mental Health Counselor, Pharmacist, Chiropractor, Family Nurse Practitioner, Speech-Language Pathologist. Mental Health Counselor has the most providers with 5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file loaded Aug 27, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov). Records are self-reported registrations, not licenses.
Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 27, 2026.