NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgical Critical Care Physician in Arkansas

13 NPPES records list surgical critical care physician with a practice address in Arkansas, 0.4 per 100,000 residents, the 30th highest rate of 50. Little Rock and Pine Bluff 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 2086S0102X · 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, 11

  1. Little Rock11
  2. Pine Bluff2

Surgical Critical Care Physician records in Arkansas

  1. Richard Betzold, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051700178746
  2. Nolan Bruce, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051295154789
  3. Mary Kimbrough, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051457561706
  4. Melissa Kost, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051477811214
  5. Joseph Margolick, MD, FRCSCLittle Rock, AR 722051942862586
  6. Irfan Qureshi, M.D.Pine Bluff, AR 716031881853133
  7. Matthew Roberts, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051972921443
  8. Leigh Robinson, MDPine Bluff, AR 716031316331366
  9. Esther Teo, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722021477787091
  10. Robert Vandewalle, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722021932427291
  11. Megan White, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051518596634
  12. Deidre Wyrick, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722021235454174
  13. Richard Yeager, MDLittle Rock, AR 722021780048009

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2086S0102X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Arkansas ranks 30 of 50 per resident

  1. Georgia0.5
  2. Iowa0.5
  3. Idaho0.5
  4. Arkansas0.4
  5. Louisiana0.4
  6. California0.4
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.6

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2086S0102X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

92.3% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 88.4% 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. Arkansas92.3%
  2. United States88.4%

Surgical Critical Care Physician records in Arkansas, measured

  • In a Medicare file12 of 13 · 92.3% here, 88.4% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file10 · 76.9% here, 81.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more6 · 46.2% here, 40.4% nationally
  • Median graduation year2012 · the 10 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 2086S0102X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

13 NPPES records list surgical critical care physician (2086S0102X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Arkansas: 0.4 per 100,000 residents against 0.6 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Little Rock has 11 of them (85%).

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. North Dakota13
  2. Delaware12
  3. Maine12
  4. Nebraska14

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Louisiana0.4
  2. California0.4
  3. Utah0.4
  4. Oregon0.4

The largest states

  1. Florida162
  2. California160
  3. New York151
  4. Pennsylvania150
  5. Texas117

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.