What is Okezika Okereke's specialty?

Okezika Okereke (NPI 1740264571) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Thoracic Surgery in San Benito, TX.

Where does Okezika Okereke practice?

Okezika Okereke practices in San Benito, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1740264571.

How much does Medicare pay Okezika Okereke?

Okezika Okereke (NPI 1740264571) received approximately $18K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 148 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1740264571

Okezika OkerekeM.D. P.A.

PRACTICEJOHN OKEREKE MD PASee all providers at this practice →

Thoracic SurgerySan Benito, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

172

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

178

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$17K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 209 Thoracic Surgery providers in TX — below median (cohort median 254).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

103

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$544

Distinct drugs

Brand share

10.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Cephalexin41 claims

Clindamycin Hcl23 claims

Cyclobenzaprine Hcl15 claims

Tramadol Hcl13 claims

Acetaminophen With Codeine11 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

99.2

Quality

0.0

Cost

78.3

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

1.02%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$17

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$17

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$17

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Okezika Okereke'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). 23 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Adam Myers Diagnostic Radiology · Humble, TX	120	234
Joseph Varon Pulmonary Disease · Houston, TX	58	130
Khoa Nguyen Family Practice · Houston, TX	49	141
Tara Hagopian Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	38	65
Augustus Fahnbulleh Infectious Disease · Houston, TX	35	117
City Of Houston Ambulance Service Provider · Houston, TX	34	70
ACUTE MEDICAL SERVICES LLC	30	60
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	28	48
ACCESS CLINICAL LABORATORY, LLC	26	70
NPI 1225039548	23	25
Bao To Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	21	25
THOMAS-RAMOUTAR, CHERESE	20	20

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

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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