NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Hospitalist Physician in Arkansas

154 NPPES records list hospitalist physician with a practice address in Arkansas, 5 per 100,000 residents, the 44th highest rate of 51. Fayetteville and Hot Springs have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Arkansas license search. Page 4 of 4.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 208M00000X · method

Fayetteville has the most, 26

Hospitalist Physician records in Arkansas

  1. Aaron Winterstern, MDJonesboro, AR 724011881034460
  2. Suzanna Wooden, M.D.Fayetteville, AR 727031952504193
  3. William Wright, MDHot Springs, AR 719131538151014
  4. Ahmad Yousaf, M.D.Benton, AR 720151033405824

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208M00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Arkansas ranks 44 of 51 per resident

  1. Tennessee6.0
  2. Idaho5.3
  3. Texas5.2
  4. Arkansas5.0
  5. Vermont4.8
  6. Delaware4.2
  7. 50 states and D.C.8.3

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208M00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

89.6% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 90.5% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Arkansas89.6%
  2. United States90.5%

Hospitalist Physician records in Arkansas, measured

  • In a Medicare file138 of 154 · 89.6% here, 90.5% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file126 · 81.8% here, 83.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more88 · 57.1% here, 39.1% nationally
  • Median graduation year2009 · the 125 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 208M00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

154 NPPES records list hospitalist physician (208M00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Arkansas: 5 per 100,000 residents against 8.3 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Fayetteville has 26 of them (17%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Hawaii159
  2. North Dakota138
  3. New Hampshire132
  4. Kansas182

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Texas5.2
  2. Vermont4.8
  3. Idaho5.3
  4. Delaware4.2

The largest states

  1. California3,099
  2. New York2,067
  3. Florida1,817
  4. Texas1,587
  5. Illinois1,535

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record 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.