Richard Lee Hester, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Blytheville, AR
Richard Lee Hester, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Blytheville, Arkansas, and NPI 1336118157, issued on Mar 15, 2006. Check the license (Arkansas C6836, as entered in NPPES) on the Arkansas State Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Lee Hester
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- C6836 AR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1521 N 10TH St, Blytheville, AR 72315
- Phone
- (870) 762-5360
- Enumerated
- Mar 15, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 13, 2026
- Fax
- (870) 762-2095
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20061002000168); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Arkansas College Of Medicine, 1985
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1521 N 10TH St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Connie Ash, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner1720402464
- Karen Hester, MDPediatrics Physician1043289879
- James Russell, MDGeneral Practice Physician1497724223
- John WhiteSpecialist1245205178
Verify Richard Lee Hester in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArkansas State Medical Board
Search for license C6836Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
17,399 Medicare Part D claims for 352 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 1,281 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen782 claims
- Diclofenac Sodium775 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium583 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa568 claims
- Gabapentin472 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium407 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: $473.38
14 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Family Medicine Associates OF Blytheville PABlytheville, AR
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Lee Hester among 768 internal medicine physician records in Arkansas
Richard Lee Hester, MD is one of 768 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Arkansas. 84% 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 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated1985 · median 2010 among the 519 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Arkansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Internal Medicine Physician providers in Arkansas
There are 768 internal medicine physician records in Arkansas.
All 768 in Arkansas → Every provider in Blytheville → Internal Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Shalender Mittal, M.D.Blytheville, AR 723151447209606
- Holli Banks-Giles, M.D.West Memphis, AR 723011689644478
- Shakeb Hashmi, MDWest Memphis, AR 723011013958909
- Santosh Kale, MDWest Memphis, AR 723011649490418
- Kenneth Nadeau, M.D.West Memphis, AR 723011104805258
- Derrick Le'Mon Sloan Jr, MD SLOANWest Memphis, AR 723011619625522
- Raymond Valdes, M.D.West Memphis, AR 723011508817719
- Susan Ward-Jones, M.D.West Memphis, AR 723011851368740
Common questions
What is Richard Lee Hester, MD's NPI number?
Richard Lee Hester, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1336118157, issued on Mar 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Lee Hester, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1521 N 10TH St, Blytheville, AR, 72315. Phone: (870) 762-5360. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Lee Hester, MD's license?
NPPES lists Arkansas license number C6836, 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 Richard Lee Hester, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Lee Hester, MD had 17,399 Medicare Part D claims for 352 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.