What is Chike Nzerue's specialty?

Chike Nzerue (NPI 1912976762) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Cookeville, TN.

Where does Chike Nzerue practice?

Chike Nzerue practices in Cookeville, TN, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1912976762.

How much does Medicare pay Chike Nzerue?

Chike Nzerue (NPI 1912976762) received approximately $29K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 124 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1912976762

Chike NzerueM.D.

Internal MedicineCookeville, TNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

187

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

309

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$28K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,907 Internal Medicine providers in TN — bottom quintile (cohort median 791).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$85

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Furosemide20 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

41.0

Quality

58.3

Cost

78.3

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-4.08%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$28K

Payment records

By payment type

Honoraria$19K

Travel and Lodging$7K

Food and Beverage$2K

Education$25

Top paying entities

Honoraria$19K

Travel and Lodging$7K

Food and Beverage$2K

Education$25

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Chike Nzerue'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). 32 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
WILLIAMSON COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT	269	696
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	69	170
NPI 1407826068	42	69
George Cooper Emergency Medicine · Franklin, TN	41	111
Jonathan Gordon Diagnostic Radiology · Goodlettsville, TN	39	62
Thomas Richardson Cardiology · Nashville, TN	35	73
NPI 1033537576	34	58
Michael Anderson Emergency Medicine · Smyrna, TN	33	69
Jon Russell Emergency Medicine · Franklin, TN	33	67
DIALYSIS CLINIC INC	33	84
Tanja Foster Diagnostic Radiology · Hurst, TX	32	70
LUX, CHRISTOPHER	31	41

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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