Dr. Charles M. Gooden, MD

Dr. Gooden practices at Mercy Hospital Fort Smith in Fort Smith, Arkansas, part of Mercy.

Dr. Gooden's NPI, 1558322016, was assigned on March 31, 2006. Dr. Gooden graduated from University of Arkansas College of Medicine in 1995. Dr. Gooden holds Arkansas license E-6422.

Dr. Gooden's primary practice is Mercy Hospital Fort Smith, at 7301 Rogers Ave, Fort Smith, AR 72903 in Sebastian County. The practice phone is (479) 314-6000.

Dr. Gooden's primary practice is Mercy Hospital Fort Smith in Fort Smith, Arkansas, part of Mercy. The medical group on file is Mercy Clinic Fort Smith Communities. Dmand AI also links Dr. Gooden to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Gooden practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Surgery is Dr. Gooden's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Gooden's licenses on file in 2 states: Arkansas and Alabama.

CMS data shows 86 Medicare services from Dr. Gooden across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 127 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $12,750 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 127 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gooden in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 55 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 19% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.18, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Gooden's median patient age at 60, with 54% women.

In 2024, Dr. Gooden wrote 49 Medicare Part D claims for 28 patients. 98% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 27 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $172 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 28 claims across 2 drugs.

Dr. Gooden accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 12 procedures of colonoscopy by Dr. Gooden, more than 42% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

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

CMS Open Payments shows 43 general payments to Dr. Gooden from 16 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Ethicon Inc. paid the most, $686.

Dr. Gooden graduated from University of Arkansas College of Medicine in 1995.