Benedict O Okwara, M.D.

Primary specialty

Internal Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207R00000X

License

33878 Issued in NC

Practice address

404 South Sutherland Ave.
Monroe, NC 28112

Phone

(704) 291-9267

Fax

(704) 283-7939

NPI assigned

Mar 22, 2006

Last updated

Dec 16, 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 4

Addresses

Other identifiers 2

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NC

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 1

Specialty

Internal Medicine

Education

Other, 1994

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

First Care Medical Clinic, PAGroup PAC ID 5395641823, 14 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Piedmont Medical Center Hospital, Rock Hill, SC, CCN 420002

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

Practice roles

Locations

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.

• First Care Medical Clinic, PA

  dba First Care Medical Clinic

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Monroe, NC
  • NPI 1689635237
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group Authorized official
• First Care Medical Clinic

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Salisbury, NC
  • NPI 1609148998
  NPD Authorized official
• First Care Medical Clinic

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1285759605
  Authorized official Same address or phone
• First Care Medical Clinic

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Albemarle, NC
  • NPI 1417072927
  Authorized official Same address or phone
• First Care Medical Clinic

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Indian Trail, NC
  • NPI 1427260108
  Authorized official Same address or phone
• First Care Medical Clinic

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Gastonia, NC
  • NPI 1639460108
  Authorized official Same address or phone
• First Care Medical Clinic

  • Non-emergency Medical Transport (VAN)
  • Monroe, NC
  • NPI 1962277970
  Authorized official Same address or phone
• First Care Medical Clinic, PA

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1922963529
  Authorized official Same address or phone
• First Care Medical Clinic

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Rock Hill, SC
  • NPI 1881989192
  Authorized official Same address or phone
• First Care Medical Clinic

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1639295074
  NPD

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

• Amisub of South Carolina, Inc.

  dba Piedmont Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Rock Hill, SC
  • NPI 1457382483
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "address_1": "404 SOUTH SUTHERLAND AVE.",
            "city": "MONROE",
            "state": "NC",
            "postal_code": "281125060",
            "telephone_number": "704-291-9267",
            "fax_number": "704-283-7939"
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        "credential": "M.D.",
        "sole_proprietor": "YES",
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        "enumeration_date": "2006-03-22",
        "last_updated": "2025-12-16",
        "certification_date": "2025-12-16",
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}

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• Internal Medicine Physician in Monroe, NC
• Providers in Monroe, NC by specialty
• Internal Medicine Physician in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Dec 16, 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.