Richards Afonja, MD

Primary specialty

Hematology & Oncology PhysicianTaxonomy code 207RH0003X

License

MA61127 Issued in NJ

Practice address

476 Colfax Ave
Clifton, NJ 07013-1624

Phone

(973) 594-7977

Fax

(973) 594-9983

NPI assigned

Mar 14, 2006

Last updated

Feb 28, 2013By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

Yes

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NJ, OH2 enrollments

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 2

Specialty

Medical Oncology

Education

Other, 1984

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Lima Memorial Professional CorporationGroup PAC ID 1254232184, 167 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Lima Memorial Health System Hospital, Lima, OH, CCN 360009
• St Mary's General Hospital Hospital, Passaic, NJ, CCN 310006
• Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center Hospital, Lima, OH, CCN 360066
• Wilson Memorial Hospital Hospital, Sidney, OH, CCN 360013
• Mary Rutan Hospital Hospital, Bellefontaine, OH, CCN 360197

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Not enrolled

HHS exclusion list flag

CMS’s directory marks this NPI as on an HHS exclusion list; no matching OIG record was found. The OIG exclusions file (LEIE) holds no record for this NPI, and the directory does not say which list the flag comes from. How exclusions are shown Confirm with the OIG exclusions search.

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://api.platform.athenahealth.com/9740/brand/1/csg/1/fhir/r4

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Colfax Oncology LLC

  • Specialist
  • Clifton, NJ
  • NPI 1649225525
  Medicare reassignment NPD Authorized official
• Fastmed of NJ LLC

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Clifton, NJ
  • NPI 1942691100
  Medicare reassignment NPD Authorized official
• Lima Memorial Professional Corporation

  • Specialist
  • Lima, OH
  • NPI 1457474900
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Fastmed Group LLC

  • Medical Oncology Physician
  • North Bergen, NJ
  • NPI 1952099905
  NPD Authorized official
• Fastclinics LLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Bellville, TX
  • NPI 1750071296
  NPD Authorized official
• Centro Clinico LLC

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Paterson, NJ
  • NPI 1912547357
  Medicare reassignment
• Colfax Oncology LLC

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Paterson, NJ
  • NPI 1356570477
  NPD (past) Authorized official
• Lima Memorial Professional Corporation

  dba Lima Memorial Health System Kidney Services

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Lima, OH
  • NPI 1063853414
  NPD
• Circadia LLC

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Clifton, NJ
  • NPI 1689001745
  NPD (past)
• Medical Concepts LLC

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Paterson, NJ
  • NPI 1679702203
  NPD (past)
• Lima Memorial Joint Operating Company

  dba Lima Memorial Health System

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Lima, OH
  • NPI 1336144732
  NPD (past)

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Prime Healthcare Services - St. Mary's Passaic LLC

  dba St. Mary's Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Passaic, NJ
  • NPI 1770901761
  Care Compare affiliation
• Lima Memorial Joint Operating Company

  dba Lima Memorial Health System

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Lima, OH
  • NPI 1336144732
  Care Compare affiliation
• Mary Rutan Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Bellefontaine, OH
  • NPI 1548254931
  Care Compare affiliation
• Mercy Health-St Ritas Medical Center LLC

  dba Inpatient Psych Unit

  • Psychiatric Hospital Unit
  • Lima, OH
  • NPI 1447276936
  Care Compare affiliation
• Mercy Health-St Ritas Medical Center LLC

  dba Mercy Health-St Rita's Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Lima, OH
  • NPI 1811939887
  Care Compare affiliation
• Shelby County Memorial Hospital Association Inc.

  dba Wilson Health

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Sidney, OH
  • NPI 1639174204
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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• Affiliated Foot & Ankle Specialists of Clifton
• Affiliated Foot & Ankle Specialists of Clifton, PA
• Lulette Ann Africa, OT
• Anil Agarwal, MD
• Meenoo Agarwal, M.D.
• Agl Welding Supply Co (Agl Inhalation Therapy Co.)
• Nardina M Agliata

• Hematology & Oncology Physician in Clifton, NJ
• Providers in Clifton, NJ by specialty
• Hematology & Oncology Physician in New Jersey

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Feb 28, 2013; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.