Arkansas Hospice, Inc.

Primary specialty

Community Based Hospice Care AgencyTaxonomy code 251G00000X

Legal business name

ARKANSAS HOSPICE, INC.

Doing business as

LifeTouch Health Hospice Care

Practice address

403 W Oak St Ste 201
El Dorado, AR 71730-4574

Phone

(870) 862-0337

Fax

(870) 862-0727

NPI assigned

May 3, 2023

Last updated

Dec 15, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Organization subpart

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Authorized official

Name

Mr. Brian W Bell, MD

Title

President & Chief Executive Officer

Phone

(501) 748-3333

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Other names 1

• LifeTouch Health Hospice Care Doing business as

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in AR

Enrollment records 1

NPI to CCN mapping 1

The Medicare certification numbers (CCNs) connected to NPI 1285323519. Details of each certification follow.

• CCN 041522 Hospice · Active · Details

Hospice certification: CCN 041522

Legal name

ARKANSAS HOSPICE, INC.

Certification status

Active

Provider type (POS)

Hospice

Participating since

Nov 12, 1991

Last certification

Aug 5, 2022

Ownership / control type

Non-Profit - Other

Organization structure

CorporationNon-profit

Incorporated

Jan 17, 1992 in AR

Enrollment address

403 W. Oak Street
Suite 201
El Dorado, AR 71730-4586

Other NPIs with the same Medicare PAC ID 3

NPIs whose Medicare enrollments share a PECOS associate control ID (the same enrolled entity).

• Arkansas Hospice, Inc.

  dba LifeTouch Health Hospice Care

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Russellville, AR
  • NPI 1255314894

  0648174946

  Same PAC ID
• Arkansas Hospice, Inc.

  dba LifeTouch Health Hospice Care

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • North Little Rock, AR
  • NPI 1689657470

  0648174946

  Same PAC ID
• Arkansas Hospice, Inc.

  dba LifeTouch Health Hospice Care

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Batesville, AR
  • NPI 1811189178

  0648174946

  Same PAC ID

Listed as

Arkansas Hospice, IncCCN 041522 · All quality measures

Ownership

Non-Profit

Certified

Nov 12, 1991

Medicare certification status

ActiveFrom the Provider of Services file

These CMS records do not include an NPI. They are shown because their name and street address match this provider’s.

CLIA laboratory certificates

Tax ID family

Arkansas Hospice Inc5 organizations share this tax ID, including this one

Other organizations with this tax ID 4

Organizations that report the same tax identification number in the National Provider Directory.

• Arkansas Hospice, Inc.

  dba LifeTouch Health Hospice Care

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Russellville, AR
  • NPI 1255314894
  NPD tax ID
• Arkansas Hospice, Inc.

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Little Rock, AR
  • NPI 1457515009
  NPD tax ID
• Arkansas Hospice, Inc.

  dba LifeTouch Health Hospice Care

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • North Little Rock, AR
  • NPI 1689657470
  NPD tax ID
• Arkansas Hospice, Inc.

  dba LifeTouch Health Hospice Care

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Batesville, AR
  • NPI 1811189178
  NPD tax ID

Locations

All disclosed owners & managing parties 25

As disclosed on the Medicare enrollment (CMS All Owners files). Individuals include officers, directors and managing employees, who may not hold ownership.

Owners & managing parties with NPI records 2

Owners and managing parties disclosed on this facility’s Medicare enrollment that are themselves Medicare-enrolled.

• Rhonda K Finnie, DNP, AGACNP-BC, APRN

  • Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Little Rock, AR
  • NPI 1790897395

  Corporate Director

  CMS ownership
• Brian Wayne Bell, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Forest City, NC
  • NPI 1518961275

  W-2 Managing Employee

  CMS ownership

All facility ownership & control disclosures 1

Facilities whose Medicare enrollment lists this provider’s PECOS associate ID as an owner or managing party.

Owned or controlled facilities with NPI records 1

Facilities whose Medicare enrollment lists this provider as an owner, officer, director or managing party.

• Arkansas Hospice, Inc.

  dba LifeTouch Health Hospice Care

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Batesville, AR
  • NPI 1811189178

  Operational/Managerial Control

  CMS ownership

Change-of-ownership history 1

Change of ownership 1

Medicare changes of ownership in which this facility was the buyer or the seller.

• Share Foundation

  dba Life Touch Hospice

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • El Dorado, AR
  • NPI 1174522841

  Acquired from, 2023-06-01

  CMS change of ownership

Practitioners 2

Individual providers connected to this organization through Medicare benefit reassignment, Care Compare group membership or National Provider Directory roles, and the practitioner matching its NPPES authorized official.

• Shari Eickmeyer, MSN, APRN, NP-C

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Bald Knob, AR
  • NPI 1265532899
  NPD (past)
• Rebecca Joanne Yauilla, APRN

  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Batesville, AR
  • NPI 1700420338

  Family Medicine

  NPD (past)

Affiliated clinicians 4

Clinicians who list this facility as an affiliation in Medicare Care Compare.

• Matthew Dates Callaway, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • El Dorado, AR
  • NPI 1770578718

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation
• Christina Lauren Cooper, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • El Dorado, AR
  • NPI 1194166199

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation
• Larisa Kachowski, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Pine Bluff, AR
  • NPI 1023214574

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation
• Greg Smart, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • El Dorado, AR
  • NPI 1073506010

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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    "number": "1285323519",
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            "country_name": "United States",
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            "address_1": "14 PARKSTONE CIR",
            "city": "NORTH LITTLE ROCK",
            "state": "AR",
            "postal_code": "721167086",
            "telephone_number": "501-748-3333",
            "fax_number": "501-748-3334"
        },
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            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
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            "city": "EL DORADO",
            "state": "AR",
            "postal_code": "717304574",
            "telephone_number": "870-862-0337",
            "fax_number": "870-862-0727"
        }
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    "practiceLocations": [],
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        "certification_date": "2025-12-15",
        "status": "A",
        "authorized_official_last_name": "BELL",
        "authorized_official_first_name": "BRIAN",
        "authorized_official_middle_name": "W",
        "authorized_official_title_or_position": "PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER",
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    },
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        }
    ],
    "endpoints": [],
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            "code": "3",
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        }
    ]
}

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• Community Based Hospice Care Agency in El Dorado, AR
• Providers in El Dorado, AR by specialty
• Community Based Hospice Care Agency in Arkansas

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Dec 15, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; facility enrollments, owners and changes of ownership; Provider of Services certification data.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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