Walter Chikelueze Wakwe, MD

Primary specialty

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) PhysicianTaxonomy code 208G00000X

License

60750 Issued in AZ

Practice address

10401 W. Thunderbird Blvd
Sun City, AZ 85351

Phone

(623) 977-7211

Fax

(480) 256-3682

NPI assigned

Apr 12, 2010

Last updated

Feb 24, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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 AZ

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

Thoracic SurgeryAlso: Surgical Oncology

Education

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 2010

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Honorhealth AmbulatoryGroup PAC ID 5991603110, 630 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Honorhealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center Hospital, Scottsdale, AZ, CCN 030038
• Honorhealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center Hospital, Scottsdale, AZ, CCN 030087
• Honorhealth Deer Valley Medical Center Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, CCN 030092

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

78.42 of 100Reported as group

Quality

62.19

Promoting interoperability

99

Improvement activities

40

Cost

61.29

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: wwakwe640006@direct.honorhealth.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.

• Honorhealth Ambulatory

  dba HonorHealth Research Institute

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Scottsdale, AZ
  • NPI 1407050917
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Honorhealth Ambulatory

  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • NPI 1609490598
  NPD
• Honorhealth Ambulatory

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Mesa, AZ
  • NPI 1891518130
  NPD
• Honorhealth Ambulatory

  • Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician
  • Scottsdale, AZ
  • NPI 1053881938

  Surgery

  NPD (past)

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

• Honorhealth

  dba HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Scottsdale, AZ
  • NPI 1386608859
  Care Compare affiliation
• Honorhealth

  dba HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • NPI 1528169125
  Care Compare affiliation
• Honorhealth

  dba HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Scottsdale, AZ
  • NPI 1811951429
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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        "enumeration_date": "2010-04-12",
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• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Feb 24, 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.

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