PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1881897288

Chijioke OgbuM.D., MPH

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NephrologyCorpus Christi, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

955

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,743

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$159K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 883 Nephrology providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 1,432).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,344

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$287K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

12.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Furosemide132 claims

Allopurinol120 claims

Bumetanide95 claims

Sevelamer Carbonate77 claims

Alprazolam70 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$724

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$724

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Chijioke Ogbu'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). 68 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Zakaria Saleem Nephrology · Corpus Christi, TX	94	950
NPI 1255335535	93	154
Spectra East, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Rockleigh, NJ	91	369
Thomas Ertzner Diagnostic Radiology · Corpus Christi, TX	91	455
GUTIERREZ QUEHL, CARLOS	86	498
Cynthia Salloum Nephrology · Corpus Christi, TX	81	604
Kenneth Vanexan Diagnostic Radiology · Corpus Christi, TX	70	375
GEMINI AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.	59	220
BAY AREA HEALTHCARE GROUP, LTD.	58	116
NPI 1295761013	54	298
Karim Nooruddin Nephrology · Aransas Pass, TX	52	92
David Saldana Diagnostic Radiology · Corpus Christi, TX	46	219

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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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