What is Ikemefula Ekekwe's specialty?

Ikemefula Ekekwe (NPI 1952505570) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Pulmonary Disease in Fayetteville, GA.

Where does Ikemefula Ekekwe practice?

Ikemefula Ekekwe practices in Fayetteville, GA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1952505570.

How much does Medicare pay Ikemefula Ekekwe?

Ikemefula Ekekwe (NPI 1952505570) received approximately $1.0M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 570 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1952505570

Ikemefula EkekweMD

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Pulmonary DiseaseFayetteville, GAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

790

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

17,542

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$139K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 305 Pulmonary Disease providers in GA — top quintile (cohort median 1,005).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

466

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$105K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

68.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Albuterol Sulfate111 claims

Fluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter69 claims

Prednisone51 claims

Fluticasone Propionate34 claims

Budesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol24 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

91.6

Quality

83.3

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.70%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$430

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$430

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$430

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ikemefula Ekekwe'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). 60 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	217	620
ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, INC	79	165
Haris Rana Pulmonary Disease · New Brunswick, NJ	55	120
Arjun Madhavan Pulmonary Disease · New Brunswick, NJ	54	132
David Jacob Cardiology · New Brunswick, NJ	52	152
Mahmoud El Banna Internal Medicine · Somerset, NJ	41	123
Judith Amorosa Diagnostic Radiology · East Brunswick, NJ	40	110
Mitchell Simon Diagnostic Radiology · East Brunswick, NJ	39	83
Narmin Mizan Diagnostic Radiology · East Brunswick, NJ	37	115
Chirag Shah Cardiology · Monroe, NJ	36	232
Michael Carlucci Internal Medicine · Jamesburg, NJ	36	150
Salim Samuel Diagnostic Radiology · East Brunswick, NJ	35	61

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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