Franklin G. Bivins, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Heber Springs, AR
Franklin G. Bivins, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Heber Springs, Arkansas, and NPI 1427038082, issued on Jan 19, 2006. Check the license (Arkansas C-7660, as entered in NPPES) on the Arkansas State Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Franklin G. Bivins
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- C-7660 AR
C7660 AR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 101 Ely Dr, Heber Springs, AR 72543
- Phone
- (501) 362-6000
- Enumerated
- Jan 19, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 13, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (501) 362-6542
- Medicaid ID
- 146109002 AR
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110112000842); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Arkansas College Of Medicine, 1989
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Franklin G. Bivins in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArkansas State Medical Board
Search for license C-7660Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
6.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
21,830 Medicare Part D claims for 689 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 958 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin695 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium658 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate652 claims
- Losartan Potassium571 claims
- Omeprazole546 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium536 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $504.85
25 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Astellas Pharma US Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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.
Franklin G. Bivins among 1,681 family medicine physician records in Arkansas
Franklin G. Bivins, M.D. is one of 1,681 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Arkansas. 87% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 14% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 14% of these records are older, 47% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 2004 among the 1,156 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Arkansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
11 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Heber Springs
They are 11 of the 195 NPPES records with a practice address in Heber Springs, and 1,681 family medicine physician records in Arkansas.
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Common questions
What is Franklin G. Bivins, M.D.'s NPI number?
Franklin G. Bivins, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1427038082, issued on Jan 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Franklin G. Bivins, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 101 Ely Dr, Heber Springs, AR, 72543. Phone: (501) 362-6000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Franklin G. Bivins, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Arkansas license number C-7660, 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 Franklin G. Bivins, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Franklin G. Bivins, M.D. had 21,830 Medicare Part D claims for 689 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Franklin G. Bivins, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.