NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optician in Arkansas

17 NPPES records list optician with a practice address in Arkansas, 0.6 per 100,000 residents, the 46th highest rate of 51. Fort Smith and Bentonville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Arkansas license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 156FX1800X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Fort Smith has the most, 3

  1. Fort Smith3
  2. Bentonville2
  3. Fayetteville2
  4. Little Rock2
  5. Batesville1

Optician records in Arkansas

  1. Kindra Brock, ABOC, LICENSED OPTICLittle Rock, AR 722231760808752
  2. Larry Bryant, OPTICANBryant, AR 720221811199730
  3. Lonnie Burrow, LICENSED OPTICIANLittle Rock, AR 722071609012053
  4. Mickey Drake, OPTICIANHot Springs Village, AR 719091053643817
  5. Ami Hinkson, LDOBenton, AR 720151295428068
  6. Sandra MitchellNorth Little Rock, AR 721161801123450
  7. Elizabett MolinaBentonville, AR 727161245093491
  8. Samantha NaegeleBentonville, AR 727121215637780
  9. Tresa Napier, LDO,ABO,COAFayetteville, AR 727041982363693
  10. Velvet Prewitt, LICENSED OPTICIANBatesville, AR 725011376620559
  11. Rick Rakotz, OPTICIANWinslow, AR 729591063837847
  12. Lenora RoeFort Smith, AR 729031720435589
  13. Zoella Rogers, OWNER AND OPTICIANFort Smith, AR 729031235378589
  14. Steven SlaneRogers, AR 727561336447887
  15. Lacy Thomas, LDO,ABOCFort Smith, AR 729031063135812
  16. Dorris West, LIC. OPTICIANSheridan, AR 721501508130626
  17. Traci Wyatt, OPTICIANFayetteville, AR 727031346401650

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 156FX1800X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Arkansas ranks 46 of 51 per resident

  1. Idaho0.6
  2. Oklahoma0.6
  3. Iowa0.6
  4. Arkansas0.6
  5. Illinois0.4
  6. Missouri0.4
  7. 50 states and D.C.2.0

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 156FX1800X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 0.7% 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. Arkansas0.0%
  2. United States0.7%

Optician records in Arkansas, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 17 · 0.0% here, 0.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, under 0.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more12 · 70.6% here, 54.4% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 156FX1800X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

17 NPPES records list optician (156FX1800X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Arkansas: 0.6 per 100,000 residents against 2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Fort Smith has 3 of them (18%).

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. Nebraska17
  2. Iowa18
  3. Maine16
  4. South Dakota18

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Oklahoma0.6
  2. Idaho0.6
  3. Louisiana0.6
  4. Illinois0.4

The largest states

  1. New York1,141
  2. Ohio729
  3. Florida654
  4. California334
  5. Kentucky304

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.