What is Chukwuemeka Chima's specialty?

Chukwuemeka Chima (NPI 1962494377) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Infectious Disease in Fayetteville, NC.

Where does Chukwuemeka Chima practice?

Chukwuemeka Chima practices in Fayetteville, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1962494377.

How much does Medicare pay Chukwuemeka Chima?

Chukwuemeka Chima (NPI 1962494377) received approximately $388K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 638 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1962494377

Chukwuemeka ChimaMD

PRACTICEFAYETTEVILLE PLASTIC SURGERY SPECIALISTS, PASee all providers at this practice →

Infectious DiseaseFayetteville, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,593

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

11,446

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$318K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 199 Infectious Disease providers in NC — top quintile (cohort median 296).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,543

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.4M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

47.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Doxycycline Hyclate200 claims

Bictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala194 claims

Dolutegravir Sodium/Lamivudine125 claims

Azithromycin55 claims

Cefdinir52 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

87.8

Cost

87.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$3K

Payment records

138

By payment type

Food and Beverage$3K

Education$80

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$3K

Education$80

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Chukwuemeka Chima'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). 121 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Elizabeth Onyeaso Infectious Disease · Fayetteville, NC	357	2,280
SHEARER, JAMES	257	951
Max Faykus Diagnostic Radiology · Fayetteville, NC	176	593
Richard Roux Diagnostic Radiology · Fayetteville, NC	174	566
Richard Falter Diagnostic Radiology · Fayetteville, NC	163	468
Melanie Sanford Diagnostic Radiology · Greensboro, NC	142	502
Bruce Distell Diagnostic Radiology · Fayetteville, NC	130	462
Leroy Roberts Diagnostic Radiology · Fayetteville, NC	129	412
Ali Nasim Diagnostic Radiology · Fayetteville, NC	109	385
BINDER, GEORGE	99	316
Demir Bastug Diagnostic Radiology · Fayetteville, NC	91	270
Harry Ameredes Diagnostic Radiology · Fayetteville, NC	84	239

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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