NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pediatrics Physician in Arkansas

509 NPPES records list pediatrics physician with a practice address in Arkansas, 17 per 100,000 residents, the 39th highest rate of 51. Little Rock and Fayetteville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Arkansas license search. Page 11 of 11.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 208000000X · method

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

Little Rock has the most, 217

  1. Little Rock217
  2. Fayetteville31
  3. Springdale24
  4. Conway23
  5. Hot Springs20

Pediatrics Physician records in Arkansas

  1. Brittany Witt, MDLittle Rock, AR 722021174103519
  2. Shayna Wood, MDMountain Home, AR 726531144462383
  3. Priya Yadav, MDConway, AR 720341326591132
  4. James Yancey, M.D.Paragould, AR 724501255627212
  5. Linda Yarbrough, MDLittle Rock, AR 722021346771938
  6. Ajitha YeluruBenton, AR 720151487130696
  7. Karen Young, MDLittle Rock, AR 722021629167408
  8. Leah Youngblood, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051316046493
  9. Feliciano Yu, MDLittle Rock, AR 722021689661407

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208000000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Arkansas ranks 39 of 51 per resident

  1. Arizona18
  2. Tennessee18
  3. Oklahoma17
  4. Arkansas17
  5. Indiana17
  6. Alabama16
  7. 50 states and D.C.22

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208000000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

48.5% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 36.4% 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. Arkansas48.5%
  2. United States36.4%

Pediatrics Physician records in Arkansas, measured

  • In a Medicare file247 of 509 · 48.5% here, 36.4% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file65 · 12.8% here, 8.7% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more291 · 57.2% here, 58.4% nationally
  • Median graduation year2014 · the 65 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 208000000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

509 NPPES records list pediatrics physician (208000000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Arkansas: 17 per 100,000 residents against 22 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Little Rock has 217 of them (43%).

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. Iowa502
  2. New Mexico453
  3. District of Columbia593
  4. Kansas421

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Indiana16.6
  2. Alabama16.0
  3. South Dakota15.9
  4. West Virginia15.9

The largest states

  1. California9,272
  2. New York5,795
  3. Texas5,641
  4. Florida3,996
  5. Pennsylvania3,382

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.