Howland Chen
Dentist · Fort Smith, AR
Howland Chen is a dentist with a practice address in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and NPI 1427758432, issued on Mar 8, 2023. Check the license (Arkansas 4773, as entered in NPPES) with the Arkansas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Howland Chen
- Primary taxonomy
- Dentist 122300000X
- License number
- 4773 AR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8239 Rogers Ave, Fort Smith, AR 72903
- Phone
- (479) 221-9342
- Enumerated
- Mar 8, 2023
- Record last updated
- Jul 3, 2024
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 8239 Rogers Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Kiranpreet BabbarGeneral Practice Dentistry1629920202
- Zachary Coleman, DDSDentist1548999873
Verify Howland Chen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Arkansas board licenses this profession
Search for license 4773Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
84% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average dentist in 2024
14 Medicare Part D claims for 12 beneficiaries, against an average of 86 among the 51,021 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of 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: $30.51
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was OraPharma, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC. The 31,974 providers of this specialty with any payment received $540.36 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.
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Common questions
What is Howland Chen's NPI number?
Howland Chen's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1427758432, issued on Mar 8, 2023. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Howland Chen located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8239 Rogers Ave, Fort Smith, AR, 72903. Phone: (479) 221-9342. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Howland Chen's license?
NPPES lists Arkansas license number 4773, as entered by the provider. Search the Arkansas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Howland Chen prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Howland Chen had 14 Medicare Part D claims for 12 beneficiaries; the average among dentist prescribers was 86. 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.