Ngozi Egondu Okanu, MD

Primary specialty

Internal Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207R00000X

License

88854 Issued in GA

Practice address

901 18TH St E
Tifton, GA 31794-3648

Phone

(229) 382-7120

NPI assigned

Apr 2, 2018

Last updated

Apr 13, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in GA, AZ, KY, MS, IL5 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 5

Specialty

Internal Medicine

Education

University of Illinois College of Med (CHI/Peor/Rock/CHM-Urb), 2018

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Cep America-Illinois Hospitalists, LLPGroup PAC ID 3274765904, 193 clinicians

Medical Foundation of Central Mississippi IncGroup PAC ID 1153216411, 274 clinicians

City of Hope Medical Group of Illinois PLLCGroup PAC ID 3274446596, 129 clinicians

Deaconess Illinois Specialty Clinic, Inc.Group PAC ID 9830562016, 145 clinicians

Greenbrook Physician Services, LLCGroup PAC ID 5597267427, 70 clinicians

Emory Medical Care Foundation IncGroup PAC ID 4981501814, 1,003 clinicians

RH Mississippi Hospitalist Medicine LLCGroup PAC ID 0547791873, 74 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Baptist Memorial Hospital Desoto Hospital, Southaven, MS, CCN 250141
• St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital Hospital, Jackson, MS, CCN 250048
• Midwestern Region Med Center, Inc Hospital, Zion, IL, CCN 140100
• Heartland Regional Medical Center Hospital, Marion, IL, CCN 140184
• St Joseph Medical Center Hospital, Bloomington, IL, CCN 140162

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

81.02 of 100Reported as group

Quality

57.87

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

75.97

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

87.17 of 100Reported as group

Quality

82.57

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

71.91

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: nokanu1136047@direct.emory.org
• Direct secure messaging: nokanu211520@cityofhope.direct-ci.com
• Direct secure messaging: nokanu5325199@direct.casso.us.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.

• Emory Medical Care Foundation Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Atlanta, GA
  • NPI 1063452381
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Cep America-Illinois Hospitalists, LLP

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Belleville, IL
  • NPI 1841613403
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• City of Hope Medical Group of Illinois PLLC

  • Specialist
  • Zion, IL
  • NPI 1548258072
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Deaconess Illinois Specialty Clinic, Inc.

  dba Deaconess IL Specialty 3331 DeYoung

  • Surgery Physician
  • Marion, IL
  • NPI 1972210235

  Internal Medicine

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Greenbrook Physician Services, LLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Southaven, MS
  • NPI 1801683008
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Medical Foundation of Central Mississippi, Inc.

  dba Baptist Medical Clinics

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Jackson, MS
  • NPI 1992774814
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• RH Mississippi Hospitalist Medicine, LLC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Jackson, MS
  • NPI 1891541207
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Emory Specialty Associates, LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Lagrange, GA
  • NPI 1407864168

  Internal Medicine

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Tift Regional Health System Inc

  dba Southwell Mobile Clinic

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Tifton, GA
  • NPI 1881203305
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Banner Hospital Based Physicians Arizona LLC

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • San Tan Valley, AZ
  • NPI 1275889891
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Hospital Medicine Services of Ga LLC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Savannah, GA
  • NPI 1891653655
  Medicare reassignment
• Houston Hospitalist Group LLC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Warner Robins, GA
  • NPI 1962040147
  Medicare reassignment

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

• Baptist Memorial Hospital-Desoto, Inc,

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Southaven, MS
  • NPI 1194789818
  Care Compare affiliation
• Deaconess Regional Healthcare Services Illinois Inc

  dba Deaconess Illinois Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Marion, IL
  • NPI 1750007266
  Care Compare affiliation
• Midwestern Regional Medical Center, Inc.

  dba City of Hope Cancer Center Chicago

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Zion, IL
  • NPI 1811984388
  Care Compare affiliation
• St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Jackson, MS
  • NPI 1306876065
  Care Compare affiliation
• St Joseph Medical Center

  dba OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Bloomington, IL
  • NPI 1619916806
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Internal Medicine Physician in Tifton, GA
• Providers in Tifton, GA by specialty
• Internal Medicine Physician in Georgia

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Apr 13, 2026; 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.