Kelechi Akuma, MD

Primary specialty

Vascular Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 2086S0129X

License

155660 Issued in FL

Practice address

250 E Main St
Bay Shore, NY 11706-8442

Phone

(631) 470-1460

NPI assigned

May 15, 2012

Last updated

Apr 26, 2022By 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 2

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in FL

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

Vascular Surgery

Education

Other, 2008

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Palm Beach General Surgery LLCGroup PAC ID 1456455021, 69 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• HCA Florida Northwest Hospital Hospital, Margate, FL, CCN 100189
• Westside Regional Medical Center Hospital, Plantation, FL, CCN 100228

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

100 of 100Reported as individual

Promoting interoperability

98

Improvement activities

40

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Networks

• Optimum HealthCare HMO Network
• Freedom Health HMO Network

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: kelechi.akuma@hca4.eclinicaldirectplus.com
• Direct secure messaging: kelechiakuma@nslijmedgr.allscriptsdirect.net

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.

• Palm Beach General Surgery LLC

  • Surgery Physician
  • Loxahatchee, FL
  • NPI 1235326760
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Lawnwood Cardiovascular Surgery LLC

  • Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician
  • Fort Pierce, FL
  • NPI 1386724169
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Palm Beach General Surgery LLC

  • Surgery Physician
  • Atlantis, FL
  • NPI 1710040266
  NPD (past)
• Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeons LLC

  • Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician
  • Atlantis, FL
  • NPI 1649212416
  NPD (past)

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

• Columbia Hospital Corporation of South Broward

  dba HCA Florida Westside Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Plantation, FL
  • NPI 1063466589
  Care Compare affiliation
• Northwest Medical Center Inc

  dba HCA Florida Northwest Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Margate, FL
  • NPI 1063466563
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Iram Ahsanuddin, RPA-C
• Susan Aiken, NPP
• Faisal Aiwzali, OD
• Amanda Ajello
• Kassandra Akouri-Tejedor
• Sengal Kelit Alazar, MD
• Jacquelyn Alyse Albarracin, PTA
• Pradeep Albert, M.D.
• Eileen Alegria
• Gregory Alexander, PH.D.

• Vascular Surgery Physician in Bay Shore, NY
• Providers in Bay Shore, NY by specialty
• Vascular Surgery Physician in New York

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Apr 26, 2022; 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.

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