Melissa Ann Shepard

Primary specialty

Family Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363LF0000X

License

229516 Issued in AR

Practice address

21019 Highway 167 Ste 200
Hensley, AR 72065-8154

Phone

(501) 261-7630

NPI assigned

Oct 15, 2024

Last updated

Mar 4, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Other names 1

• Melissa Lewis Other name

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in AR

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: No

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Other, 2024

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Arkansas Family Care NetworkGroup PAC ID 0648256800, 30 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: melissa.shepard@afcn.eclinicaldirectplus.com

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Arkansas Family Care Network

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • North Little Rock, AR
  • NPI 1497718134
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Arkansas Family Care Network

  dba Little Rock Family Practice - Central

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Little Rock, AR
  • NPI 1336396407
  NPD (past)

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

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            "address_1": "21019 HIGHWAY 167 STE 200",
            "city": "HENSLEY",
            "state": "AR",
            "postal_code": "720658154",
            "telephone_number": "501-224-1690"
        },
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            "telephone_number": "501-261-7630"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "SHEPARD",
        "first_name": "MELISSA",
        "middle_name": "ANN",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2024-10-15",
        "last_updated": "2025-03-04",
        "certification_date": "2025-03-04",
        "status": "A"
    },
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            "desc": "Nurse Practitioner, Family",
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            "license": "229516",
            "primary": true
        },
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            "desc": "Family Medicine",
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        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": [
        {
            "first_name": "MELISSA",
            "last_name": "LEWIS",
            "code": "5",
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        }
    ]
}

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• Family Nurse Practitioner in Hensley, AR
• Providers in Hensley, AR by specialty
• Family Nurse Practitioner in Arkansas

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Mar 4, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• 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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