What is Samuel Okpaku's specialty?

Samuel Okpaku (NPI 1427070879) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Psychiatry in Nashville, TN.

Where does Samuel Okpaku practice?

Samuel Okpaku practices in Nashville, TN, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1427070879.

How much does Medicare pay Samuel Okpaku?

Samuel Okpaku (NPI 1427070879) received approximately $25K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 35 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1427070879

Samuel OkpakuM.D.PHD

PRACTICECENTER FOR HEALTH CULTURE AND SOCIETYSee all providers at this practice →

PsychiatryNashville, TNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

501

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$25K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 268 Psychiatry providers in TN — top quintile (cohort median 224).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

632

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$10K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

11.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Clonazepam51 claims

Lamotrigine50 claims

Trazodone Hcl45 claims

Quetiapine Fumarate38 claims

Fluoxetine Hcl33 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Samuel Okpaku'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). 3 inbound referrers · 4 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Denise Brown Nurse Practitioner · Nashville, TN	19	56
Daphne Harris Nurse Practitioner · Nashville, TN	11	31
Pamela Nelson Nurse Practitioner · Nashville, TN	11	25

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
HCA HEALTH SERVICES OF TENNESSEE, INC.	50	81
Denise Brown Nurse Practitioner · Nashville, TN	19	58
Daphne Harris Nurse Practitioner · Nashville, TN	16	52
Pamela Nelson Nurse Practitioner · Nashville, TN	11	21

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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