Chukwuka C Okafor, MD

Primary specialty

Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207XS0117X

License

ME 104463 Issued in FL

Practice address

5050 S Florida Ave
Lakeland, FL 33813-2501

Phone

(863) 688-3030

Fax

(863) 688-4430

NPI assigned

Jun 13, 2007

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

Other identifiers 5

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

Orthopedic Surgery

Education

Boston University School of Medicine, 2004

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Chukwuka C Okafor, MD, Mba, PAGroup PAC ID 0840482733, 5 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• South Florida Baptist Hospital Hospital, Plant City, FL, CCN 100132

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

75 of 100Reported as individual

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Networks

• Freedom Health HMO Network
• Optimum HealthCare HMO Network

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: okaformd@dcomm-fl.direct.office.nextgen.com

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

• Chukwuka C Okafor, MD, Mba, PA

  dba Spine Institiure of Central Florida

  • Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician
  • Lakeland, FL
  • NPI 1962714071
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD Authorized official
• Ospine, LLC

  dba Ospine Surgical Center

  • Ambulatory Surgical Clinic/Center
  • Lakeland, FL
  • NPI 1811573017
  NPD Authorized official

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

• South Florida Baptist Hospital Inc

  dba South Florida Baptist Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Plant City, FL
  • NPI 1548205883
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Brooke Ohlman
• Ezer A Ojeda, MD
• Norma Ojeda, FNP
• Jacinta Okeke, ARNP, FNP-C
• Eva Ugonna Okereke-Enechukwu, DNP,APRN,FNP/PMHNP-B
• Samuel Oklesh, D.C.
• James Ikemefuna Okoh, M.D.
• Karen Oldano, DO

• Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician in Lakeland, FL
• Providers in Lakeland, FL by specialty
• Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician in Florida

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 23, 2014; 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.