Ben E. Owens, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Jonesboro, AR
Ben E. Owens, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and NPI 1679569156, issued on Sep 21, 2005. Check the license (Arkansas C6645, as entered in NPPES) on the Arkansas State Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ben E. Owens
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- C6645 AR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 300 Carson St, Jonesboro, AR 72401
- Phone
- (870) 932-1198
- Enumerated
- Sep 21, 2005
- Record last updated
- Feb 20, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (870) 910-7700
- Medicaid ID
- 113346001 AR
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080625000540); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Arkansas College Of Medicine, 1984
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ben E. Owens in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArkansas State Medical Board
Search for license C6645Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
10.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
33,469 Medicare Part D claims for 1,148 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 2,107 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium1,417 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium1,130 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen1,052 claims
- Gabapentin985 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate979 claims
- Potassium Chloride923 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $389.93
23 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- St Bernards Hospital Inc.Jonesboro, AR
- St Bernards Physician Clinics IncJonesboro, AR
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ben E. Owens among 768 internal medicine physician records in Arkansas
Ben E. Owens, MD is one of 768 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Arkansas. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 92% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated1984 · median 2010 among the 519 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Arkansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
69 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Jonesboro
They are 69 of the 5,031 NPPES records with a practice address in Jonesboro, and 768 internal medicine physician records in Arkansas.
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Common questions
What is Ben E. Owens, MD's NPI number?
Ben E. Owens, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679569156, issued on Sep 21, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ben E. Owens, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 300 Carson St, Jonesboro, AR, 72401. Phone: (870) 932-1198. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ben E. Owens, MD's license?
NPPES lists Arkansas license number C6645, as entered by the provider. Search the Arkansas State Medical Board at https://armedicalboard.adh.arkansas.gov/public/verify/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ben E. Owens, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ben E. Owens, MD had 33,469 Medicare Part D claims for 1,148 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it 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.