Christopher Okechukwu, MD

Primary specialty

Emergency Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207P00000X

License

25MA06048000 Issued in NJ

Practice address

175 High St
Essex Emergency Physicians
Newton, NJ 07860-1004

Phone

(973) 579-8500

NPI assigned

Sep 15, 2005

Last updated

Sep 6, 2025By 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

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NJ, NY2 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

Internal Medicine

Education

Other, 1988

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Summit Medical Group PAGroup PAC ID 5395642276, 1,204 clinicians

Newton Emergency Medical Associates LLCGroup PAC ID 3678735057, 31 clinicians

Nyack Emergency Medical Association PLLCGroup PAC ID 2062411036, 59 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Newton Medical Center Hospital, Newton, NJ, CCN 310028
• Montefiore St Luke's Cornwall Hospital, Newburgh, NY, CCN 330264
• Hudson Regional Hospital Hospital, Secaucus, NJ, CCN 310118

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Networks

• Healthfirst Medicare Network H5989
• Healthfirst Medicare Network H1722
• Healthfirst Medicare Network H9678
• Healthfirst Medicare Network H3359

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: christopher.okechukwu.1@2983.direct.athenahealth.com

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.

• Newton Emergency Medical Associates LLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Newton, NJ
  • NPI 1306118344
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Summit Medical Group PA

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Berkeley Heights, NJ
  • NPI 1942254347
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Nyack Emergency Medical Association PLLC

  dba Nyack Emergency Medical Associates

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Nyack, NY
  • NPI 1174627293
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Hudson Premier Medical PC

  • Emergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician
  • Secaucus, NJ
  • NPI 1548809221
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Stadium Emergency Associates

  • Emergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician
  • Secaucus, NJ
  • NPI 1205293693
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Summit Medical Group PA

  • Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
  • Hackensack, NJ
  • NPI 1043930555
  NPD
• Hudson Vista Physician Services PC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Newburgh, NY
  • NPI 1164749115

  Emergency Medicine

  NPD
• Hogarth Emergency Physicians

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Newton, NJ
  • NPI 1770532343
  NPD (past)
• Northwest New Jersey Urgent Care Alliance PC

  • Urgent Care Clinic/Center
  • Vernon, NJ
  • NPI 1003004037
  NPD (past)
• Practice Associates Medical Group

  dba Atlantic Medical Group

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Morristown, NJ
  • NPI 1427016385

  Emergency Medicine

  NPD (past)

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

• Ahs Hospital Corp

  dba Newton Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Newton, NJ
  • NPI 1790789212
  Care Compare affiliation
• Njmhmc, LLC

  dba Hudson Regional Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Secaucus, NJ
  • NPI 1710491253
  Care Compare affiliation
• St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Newburgh, NY
  • NPI 1003923434
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "state": "NJ",
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            "telephone_number": "201-483-6758"
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        "last_updated": "2025-09-06",
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• Carson Donnelly O'Neill
• OB GYN Affiliates, LLC
• Rachel A Ochieng, MA, LPC, NCC
• Kasey Odonnell
• Office of Public Health Nursing (Special Child Health Services)
• Augustine Chukwujekwu Okpala, M.D
• Maxine Beth Ollove, PH.D.
• Anthony C Oparaji, MD
• Optical Center Doctors Office PA (The Optical Center)
• Marissa Leigh Ott, NP

• Emergency Medicine Physician in Newton, NJ
• Providers in Newton, NJ by specialty
• Emergency Medicine Physician in New Jersey

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Sep 6, 2025; 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.