Nizar Chafik Issa, M.D
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Forrest City, AR
Nizar Chafik Issa, M.D is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Forrest City, Arkansas, and NPI 1609096577, issued on Apr 26, 2007. Check the license (Arkansas E5166, as entered in NPPES) on the Arkansas State Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nizar Chafik Issa
- Credential
- M.D
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License numbers
- E5166 AR
42346 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 904 Holiday Dr, Forrest City, AR 72335
- Phone
- (870) 630-9362
- Enumerated
- Apr 26, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jul 20, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (870) 630-9364
- Medicaid ID
- 165992001 AR
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070822000639); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 904 Holiday Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Steffany Benton, DNP, APRN, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1760873319
- David Coss, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1851340939
- Brandy Davis, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1629027313
- Courtney Morgan-Dildine, APNFamily Nurse Practitioner1184857690
Verify Nizar Chafik Issa in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArkansas State Medical Board
Search for license E5166Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
92% more Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
2,735 Medicare Part D claims for 547 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 74% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trelegy Ellipta801 claims
- Anoro Ellipta479 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa470 claims
- Breo Ellipta174 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate105 claims
- Ventolin Hfa98 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $610.61
24 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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
- Forrest City Clinic Company LLCForrest City, AR
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in Arkansas
There are 112 pulmonary disease physician records in Arkansas.
Other pulmonary disease physician records in Arkansas
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- Ladly Abraham, MDConway, AR1972537090
- Kim Agee, MDFayetteville, AR1003851072
- Ali Al-Nashif, M.D.White Hall, AR1699731430
- Muhammad Ali, M.D.North Little Rock, AR1780971192
- Mohammad Alnabulsi, MDJonesboro, AR1669953212
- Mohammed Amari, M.D., FCCPBentonville, AR1447353339
- Paula Anderson, MDLittle Rock, AR1366532848
- Arinze Anyabolu, MBBSHot Springs, AR1003468414
- Rosa Arancibia, MDLittle Rock, AR1205125846
Common questions
What is Nizar Chafik Issa, M.D's NPI number?
Nizar Chafik Issa, M.D's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1609096577, issued on Apr 26, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nizar Chafik Issa, M.D located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 904 Holiday Dr, Forrest City, AR, 72335. Phone: (870) 630-9362. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nizar Chafik Issa, M.D's license?
NPPES lists Arkansas license number E5166, 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 Nizar Chafik Issa, M.D prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nizar Chafik Issa, M.D had 2,735 Medicare Part D claims for 547 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Nizar Chafik Issa, 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.