Josephine Nkechi Okwechime, MD

Primary specialty

Dermatology PhysicianTaxonomy code 207N00000X

License

01052094A Issued in IN

Practice address

1542 S Dixon Rd
Kokomo, IN 46902-7318

Phone

(765) 450-7314

Fax

(765) 450-7316

NPI assigned

Aug 5, 2007

Last updated

Apr 19, 2012By 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 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 3

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in IN

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

DermatologyAlso: Internal Medicine

Education

Other, 1985

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Memorial Hospital Hospital, Logansport, IN, CCN 150072
• Community Howard Regional Health Inc. Hospital, Kokomo, IN, CCN 150007
• Ascension St Vincent Kokomo Hospital, Kokomo, IN, CCN 150010
• Woodlawn Hospital Hospital, Rochester, IN, CCN 151313

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

90.54 of 100Reported as individual

Quality

83.89

Promoting interoperability

98

Improvement activities

40

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

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.

• Suburban Dermatology LLC

  • Dermatology Physician
  • Kokomo, IN
  • NPI 1528333432
  Medicare reassignment NPD Authorized official

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

• Community Howard Regional Health, Inc

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Kokomo, IN
  • NPI 1902878994
  Care Compare affiliation
• Parkview Logansport Hospital Inc

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Logansport, IN
  • NPI 1356320469
  Care Compare affiliation
• St. Joseph Hospital & Health Center, Inc.

  dba Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Kokomo, IN
  • NPI 1780625442
  Care Compare affiliation
• Woodlawn Hospital

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Rochester, IN
  • NPI 1265413405
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "city": "KOKOMO",
            "state": "IN",
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• Baha Mohammed Taleb Obaidat, MBBS
• Veronica Ochoa, RBT
• Cheryl Oden, MA
• Calah Unique Oglesby
• Olatubosun Olasupo Oguntoye, M.D
• Trisha Oliba
• Clarisa D. Oliveira, DDS
• Matthew Nathaniel Isaac Oliver, PHD
• Cynthia Olson
• Oral Surgery Center of Kokomo LLC

• Dermatology Physician in Kokomo, IN
• Providers in Kokomo, IN by specialty
• Dermatology Physician in Indiana

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Apr 19, 2012; 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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