Lewis E. Porter, M.D.
Surgery Physician · Benton, AR
Lewis E. Porter, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Benton, Arkansas, and NPI 1407883044, issued on Jun 27, 2006. Check the license (Arkansas E5015, as entered in NPPES) on the Arkansas State Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lewis E. Porter
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- E5015 AR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5 Medical Park Dr, Benton, AR 72015
- Phone
- (501) 778-4862
- Enumerated
- Jun 27, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 23, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (501) 778-4685
- Medicaid ID
- 164093001 AR
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070426000492); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Mayo Medical School, 2001
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 5 Medical Park Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Melissa Duncan, AU.D.Audiologist1891966339
- Janna Jennings, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1497836209
- Cynthia MartindalePharmacist1881007466
- Mark Martindale, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1205911849
- Credonna Miller, AUDAudiologist1063487288
- Lynda Milligan, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1205934957
Verify Lewis E. Porter in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArkansas State Medical Board
Search for license E5015Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
16.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average surgery physician in 2024
2,446 Medicare Part D claims for 548 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 164 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium1,054 claims
- Sucralfate273 claims
- Dicyclomine Hcl115 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen106 claims
- Linzess83 claims
- Cholestyramine71 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: $226.51
10 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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 one group practice
- Saline Clinics LLCBenton, AR
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lewis E. Porter among 284 surgery physician records in Arkansas
Lewis E. Porter, M.D. is one of 284 surgery physician records with a practice address in Arkansas. 79% 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 13% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 13% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2004 among the 178 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Arkansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Arkansas
There are 284 surgery physician records in Arkansas.
All 284 in Arkansas → Every provider in Benton → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Kristin Patton, MDBenton, AR 720151770745523
- Michael Schmidt, M.D.Benton, AR 720151629257266
- Oscar Talledo ZevallosBryant, AR 720191265850671
- Steve Schoettle, MDClinton, AR 720311538114186
- Bertrand Fonji, M.D.Conway, AR 720321073764403
- Landon HumphreyConway, AR 720321649447806
- Richard Rairigh, M.D.Conway, AR 720321184001273
- James Walker, M.D.Conway, AR 720321659513133
Common questions
What is Lewis E. Porter, M.D.'s NPI number?
Lewis E. Porter, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1407883044, issued on Jun 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lewis E. Porter, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5 Medical Park Dr, Benton, AR, 72015. Phone: (501) 778-4862. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lewis E. Porter, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Arkansas license number E5015, 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 Lewis E. Porter, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lewis E. Porter, M.D. had 2,446 Medicare Part D claims for 548 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Lewis E. Porter, 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.