PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1477657807

Chima NwaukwaM.D.

PRACTICEMETROPOLITAN CARDIOLOGY P ASee all providers at this practice →

Interventional CardiologyBeaumont, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,266

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,786

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$157K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 466 Interventional Cardiology providers in TX — below median (cohort median 2,367).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,891

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$990K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

31.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate368 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium358 claims

Apixaban349 claims

Amlodipine Besylate341 claims

Carvedilol248 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

94.2

Cost

71.5

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$5K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$3K

Food and Beverage$2K

Travel and Lodging$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Chima Nwaukwa'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). 46 inbound referrers · 100 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
BAPTIST HOSPITALS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS	340	1,025
Linda Armstrong Diagnostic Radiology · Augusta, GA	114	235
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	73	181
Troy Jones Diagnostic Radiology · Beaumont, TX	66	125
John Miller Diagnostic Radiology · Beaumont, TX	66	155
Tawfeeq Sayyed Diagnostic Radiology · Beaumont, TX	59	117
Daniel Karnicki Diagnostic Radiology · Beaumont, TX	56	86
Rodolfo Sotolongo Cardiology · Beaumont, TX	55	120
Paris Bransford Cardiology · Beaumont, TX	41	122
Ali Osman Emergency Medicine · Beaumont, TX	40	80
Mehmet Gurgun Diagnostic Radiology · Beaumont, TX	38	61
Ben Sueoka Interventional Radiology · College Station, TX	34	51

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
BAPTIST HOSPITALS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS	185	557
CHRISTUS HEALTH SOUTHEAST TEXAS	136	391
Msonthi Levine Internal Medicine · Beaumont, TX	90	439
CHEREWATY, STEPHEN	83	154
Acadian Ambulance Service Of Texas Llc Ambulance Service Provider · Beaumont, TX	81	259
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	77	178
Linda Armstrong Diagnostic Radiology · Augusta, GA	63	131
AYDELOTT, GEORGE	63	110
Robert Morrison Diagnostic Radiology · Beaumont, TX	58	110
John Miller Diagnostic Radiology · Beaumont, TX	51	122
Troy Jones Diagnostic Radiology · Beaumont, TX	47	84
Rodolfo Sotolongo Cardiology · Beaumont, TX	43	94

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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