Melissa Dirst-Roberts, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Mountain Home, AR
Melissa Dirst-Roberts, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Mountain Home, Arkansas, and NPI 1073749420, issued on May 29, 2009. Check the license (Arkansas E6906, as entered in NPPES) on the Arkansas State Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa Dirst-Roberts
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License numbers
- E6906 AR
E-6906 AR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 624 Hospital Dr, Mountain Home, AR 72653
- Phone
- (870) 508-1000
- Enumerated
- May 29, 2009
- Record last updated
- Mar 7, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (870) 424-3089
- Medicaid ID
- 188772001 AR
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110902000236); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Arkansas College Of Medicine, 2009
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melissa Dirst-Roberts in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArkansas State Medical Board
Search for license E6906Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
45% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
289 Medicare Part D claims for 137 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Cefdinir36 claims
- Clopidogrel24 claims
- Prednisone23 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass17 claims
- Azithromycin16 claims
- Buspirone Hcl13 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: $19.84
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- First IN Service Hospitalists PAMountain Home, AR
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melissa Dirst-Roberts among 154 hospitalist physician records in Arkansas
Melissa Dirst-Roberts, MD is one of 154 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Arkansas. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 40% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 40% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 82% of these records are
- Graduated2009 · median 2009 among the 125 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 57% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Arkansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
10 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Mountain Home
They are 10 of the 907 NPPES records with a practice address in Mountain Home, and 154 hospitalist physician records in Arkansas.
All 154 in Arkansas → Every provider in Mountain Home → Hospitalist Physician nationwide →
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Common questions
What is Melissa Dirst-Roberts, MD's NPI number?
Melissa Dirst-Roberts, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1073749420, issued on May 29, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa Dirst-Roberts, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 624 Hospital Dr, Mountain Home, AR, 72653. Phone: (870) 508-1000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa Dirst-Roberts, MD's license?
NPPES lists Arkansas license number E6906, 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 Melissa Dirst-Roberts, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa Dirst-Roberts, MD had 289 Medicare Part D claims for 137 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.