Gary A Linker, MD

Primary specialty

Psychiatry PhysicianTaxonomy code 2084P0800X

License

2024008005 Issued in MO

Practice address

1059 Barton Dr
Fordland, MO 65652-7350

Phone

(417) 767-2273

Fax

(417) 767-4054

NPI assigned

May 11, 2006

Last updated

Apr 17, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Other identifiers 2

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in AR, TX, MO3 enrollments

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 3

Specialty

Psychiatry

Education

University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, 1996

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Cherokee NationGroup PAC ID 5799698742, 446 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Cherokee Nation W W Hastings Indian Hospital Hospital, Tahlequah, OK, CCN 370171

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Not enrolled

HHS exclusion list flag

CMS’s directory marks this NPI as on an HHS exclusion list; no matching OIG record was found. The OIG exclusions file (LEIE) holds no record for this NPI, and the directory does not say which list the flag comes from. How exclusions are shown Confirm with the OIG exclusions search.

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: glinker@11ef84f8.micromddirect.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.

• Cherokee Nation

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Sallisaw, OK
  • NPI 1780692723

  TX

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Fordland Clinic, Inc.

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Fordland, MO
  • NPI 1881607612
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• North Arkansas Regional Medical Center

  dba NARMC Professional Practice Group

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Harrison, AR
  • NPI 1376817304

  Psychiatry

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• North Arkansas Regional Medical Center

  dba NARMC The Med Urgent Care - North

  • Primary Care Clinic/Center
  • Harrison, AR
  • NPI 1588345243
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• North Arkansas Regional Medical Center

  dba NARMC Family Doctors Clinic

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Harrison, AR
  • NPI 1962741801
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• North Arkansas Regional Medical Center

  dba NARMC Internal Medicine

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Harrison, AR
  • NPI 1992133953
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Texarkana Behavioral Associates, L.C.

  dba Valley Behavioral Health System Outpatient Program

  • Mental Health Clinic/Center (Including Community Mental Health Center)
  • Barling, AR
  • NPI 1467483677
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Fordland Clinic, Inc.

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Springfield, MO
  • NPI 1386299501
  NPD
• Cherokee Nation

  dba Cherokee Nation Public Health

  • Public Health or Welfare Agency
  • Tahlequah, OK
  • NPI 1013884154
  NPD
• Cherokee Nation

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Muskogee, OK
  • NPI 1841207156
  NPD
• Family Doctors Clinic PA

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Harrison, AR
  • NPI 1124108162
  NPD
• Michael S. Clarke, M.D., P.a.

  • Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician
  • Harrison, AR
  • NPI 1376029041
  NPD

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Cherokee Nation

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Tahlequah, OK
  • NPI 1275799645
  Care Compare affiliation
• Cherokee Nation

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Claremore, OK
  • NPI 1497568968

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Sarah Marie Jones
• Ronald Kensinger
• Lorena Leone, RDH
• Robert Gordon Marsh, ARNP
• Cassandra Dianne Pritchett
• Regional Services (Coxhealth School Based Telemedicine)
• Erin K Rickman, R.D.H.
• Evan Rowland, DDS

• Psychiatry Physician in Fordland, MO
• Providers in Fordland, MO by specialty
• Psychiatry Physician in Missouri

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Apr 17, 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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