What is Chukwuma Apakama's specialty?

Chukwuma Apakama (NPI 1154642478) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in Plano, TX.

Where does Chukwuma Apakama practice?

Chukwuma Apakama practices in Plano, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1154642478.

How much does Medicare pay Chukwuma Apakama?

Chukwuma Apakama (NPI 1154642478) received approximately $14K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 42 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1154642478

Chukwuma ApakamaMD

PRACTICEMIND BODY HEALTH PLLCSee all providers at this practice →

General SurgeryPlano, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$5K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,477 General Surgery providers in TX — bottom quintile (cohort median 212).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$42K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

58.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Tirzepatide39 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium36 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen12 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

82.3

Quality

64.7

Cost

76.1

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.30%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Travel and Lodging$689

Food and Beverage$487

Top paying entities

Travel and Lodging$689

Food and Beverage$487

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (4)

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Chukwuma Apakama's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 0 inbound referrers · 1 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

No inbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL	12	15

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

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