Dr. Joshua James Little, MD

  • Jonesboro, AR
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1841678901PAC ID9830425115
Medicare services, 2024
2,742
Medicare patients, 2024
788
Part D claims, 2024
1,712
MIPS score, 2024
81
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
601 E Matthews Ave, Jonesboro, AR 72401
Practice phone
Call (870) 935-6396
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Primary practice

Eye Surgery Center of Arkansas (E Matthews Ave)

Surgery Center - Not Medicare-Certified · Jonesboro, Arkansas

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Dr. Joshua James Little is an ophthalmologist in Jonesboro, Arkansas

Dr. Little practices at Eye Surgery Center of Arkansas (E Matthews Ave) in Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Dr. Little's NPI, 1841678901, was assigned on May 9, 2015. Dr. Little graduated from University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine in 2015. Dr. Little holds Arkansas license E-11744.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
9830425115
NPI enumeration date
May 9, 2015
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(870) 935-6396
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
37
Medical school graduation
2015

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Joshua James Little practices at Eye Surgery Center of Arkansas (E Matthews Ave) in Jonesboro, Arkansas

Dr. Little's primary practice is Eye Surgery Center of Arkansas (E Matthews Ave), at 601 E Matthews Ave, Jonesboro, AR 72401. The practice phone is (870) 935-6396.

  • Eye Surgery Center of Arkansas (E Matthews Ave)
    601 E Matthews Ave, Jonesboro, AR 72401Phone(870) 935-6396

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Joshua James Little is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Little's primary practice is Eye Surgery Center of Arkansas (E Matthews Ave) in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Dr. Little is also affiliated with St. Bernards Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Little to 1 more ambulatory surgery center and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Joshua James Little's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Little practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Eye Surgery Center of Arkansas (E Matthews Ave)Available with a free account
+2 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Joshua James Little is one of 118 ophthalmologists in Arkansas

Ophthalmology is Dr. Little's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Little is licensed in Arkansas.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, ArkansasPrimaryLicense E-11744 · taxonomy 207W00000X

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Little

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118ophthalmologists in Arkansas
6ophthalmologists in Jonesboro

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Joshua James Little billed Medicare for 2,742 services in 2024

CMS data shows 2,742 Medicare services from Dr. Little across 15 procedure codes in 2024, for 788 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $277,571 for them.

Medicare services, 20242,742
Medicare patients788
Paid by Medicare$277,571
Procedure codes15

Dr. Little's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,2792024: 1,2383%
Tests and treatments
2023: 9402024: 9351%
Surgery
2023: 6302024: 48423%
Drugs given in the office
2023: 2192024: 8561%

Where Dr. Little's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office2,33485%
  • In a facility40815%

Dr. Little compared with the Arkansas median for ophthalmologists, 2024

  • Dr. Little
  • Arkansas median
Medicare services
2,742vs 2,06633% above
Medicare patients
788vs 782Close to median
Part D claims
1,655vs 6462.6 times

Medians across 126 ophthalmologists in Arkansas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Little's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Joshua James Little treated 788 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 788 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Little in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 384 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 10% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.19, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Little's median patient age at 68, with 55% women.

Medicare patients, 2024788
Average age74
Average risk score1.19
Also on Medicaid10%

Dr. Little's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Little's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women49863%
  • Men29037%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Little's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis51%
  4. Diabetes36%
  5. Ischemic heart disease31%
  6. Anxiety29%
  7. Mood disorders26%
  8. Depression25%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Little's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 68

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women55%
  • Men45%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Joshua James Little wrote 1,712 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Little wrote 1,712 Medicare Part D claims for 616 patients. 43% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,655 of them, across 20 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $145,044 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,597 claims across 20 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,712
Drugs named by CMS20
Total drug cost$145,044
Part D patients616

Dr. Little's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic733 claims43%
  • Brand-name979 claims57%

Dr. Little's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Little's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics2%38 of 1,712 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 1,5972024: 1,6554%

Drugs named by CMS: 20 in 2024, 20 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Joshua James Little scored 81 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 81 out of 100 for Dr. Little for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Little accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 605 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Little, more than 96% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Little's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 81of 100Final score
  • 95of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 42of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Little ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Cataract surgery
96th percentile605 procedures

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Removal of skin lesions: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Joshua James Little received $4,202 in industry payments from 2019 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 154 general payments to Dr. Little from 26 drug and device companies from 2019 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 97% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $732.

General payments to Dr. Little by program year, 2019 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Little by kind, 2019 to 2025

$4.2Kin total
  • Food and beverage$4,09797%
  • Entertainment$1053%

Companies that paid Dr. Little the most, 2019 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Joshua James Little graduated from University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine

Dr. Little graduated from University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine in 2015.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Joshua James Little's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Joshua James Little's NPI number?

Dr. Joshua James Little's NPI number is 1841678901. It was assigned on May 9, 2015, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Joshua James Little?

Dr. Joshua James Little is an ophthalmologist in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. Joshua James Little practice?

Dr. Little practices at 601 E Matthews Ave, Jonesboro, AR 72401. Dr. Little's primary practice is Eye Surgery Center of Arkansas (E Matthews Ave) in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Dmand AI also links Dr. Little to 1 ambulatory surgery center and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Joshua James Little's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Little is (870) 935-6396.

What is Dr. Joshua James Little's medical license number?

Dr. Little holds Arkansas license E-11744.

Which hospitals is Dr. Joshua James Little affiliated with?

Dr. Little is affiliated with St. Bernards Medical Center.

Does Dr. Joshua James Little accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Little billed Medicare for 2,742 services in 2024, and Dr. Little accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Joshua James Little's MIPS score?

Dr. Little's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 81 out of 100, reported individually.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Joshua James Little see?

CMS counts 788 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Little in 2024, with an average age of 74.

What services does Dr. Joshua James Little bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Little's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), eye exam or test (92134) and office visit, established patient (99213).

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Where did Dr. Joshua James Little go to medical school?

Dr. Little graduated from University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine in 2015.

What drugs does Dr. Joshua James Little prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Little's most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisolone Acetate, Latanoprost and Dorzolamide-Timolol.

Has Dr. Joshua James Little received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $4,202 in general payments to Dr. Little from 26 companies from 2019 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.

How long has Dr. Joshua James Little been practicing?

Dr. Little graduated from medical school in 2015, 11 years ago.

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