NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

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.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1073749420
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
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 624 Hospital Dr

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Payton Barnett, PAMedical Physician Assistant1639001332
  2. Krista Bell, PHARMDPharmacist1699535831
  3. Billy Bisswanger, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1023280062
  4. John Black, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1659334951
  5. Timothy Brown, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician1013056027
  6. Phillip Bufford, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1487617791

Verify Melissa Dirst-Roberts in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArkansas State Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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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.

  1. Melissa Dirst-Roberts289
  2. Specialty average521

Most prescribed

  1. Cefdinir36 claims
  2. Clopidogrel24 claims
  3. Prednisone23 claims
  4. Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass17 claims
  5. Azithromycin16 claims
  6. 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.

  1. Melissa Dirst-Roberts$19.84
  2. Specialty average$494.84

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

  1. 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.

The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Almas Chughtai, MDMountain Home, AR 726531306378062
  2. Michael Elkins, MDMountain Home, AR 726531013572270
  3. Lincoln Godfrey, D.O.Mountain Home, AR 726531417908872
  4. Daniel Goodwin, MDMountain Home, AR 726531245407576
  5. Franklin Gray, M.D.Mountain Home, AR 726531912226234
  6. Arlene Johnson, MDMountain Home, AR 726531366501827
  7. Warren Scott, DOMountain Home, AR 726531750878286
  8. Chesney SkaggsMountain Home, AR 726531457093528

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.