Augustine Nnana Onwukwe, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Lexington, NC
Augustine Nnana Onwukwe, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Lexington, North Carolina, and NPI 1215963343, issued on Jun 23, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 9501625, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Augustine Nnana Onwukwe
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License numbers
- 9501625 NC
19528 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 250 Hospital Dr, Lexington, NC 27292
- Phone
- (336) 716-2255
- Enumerated
- Jun 23, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 13, 2024
- Medicaid IDs
- N01625 SC
8964156 NC
N01625 RI - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060818000176); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 250 Hospital Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Melissa Ayala, PA-CPhysician Assistant1962208447
- Melanie Belfi, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1558401455
- Andrew BlishPhysical Therapist1255898623
- Abigail Brewer, MS, RD, LDNRegistered Dietitian1154280154
- Shelia Camp-Diggs, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1942270830
- Joshua Campbell, M.D.Hospitalist Physician1073976718
Verify Augustine Nnana Onwukwe in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 9501625Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
48% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
270 Medicare Part D claims for 120 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Methylprednisolone18 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate16 claims
- Cefdinir14 claims
- Furosemide13 claims
- Azithromycin12 claims
- Prednisone11 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $264.82
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Apogee Medical Group North CarolinaHenderson, NC
- Hospital Physician Services - Southeast Professional CorporationClyde, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Augustine Nnana Onwukwe among 989 hospitalist physician records in North Carolina
Augustine Nnana Onwukwe, MD is one of 989 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 4% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 76% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 85% of these records are
- Graduated1980 · median 2010 among the 836 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 31% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
10 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Lexington
They are 10 of the 659 NPPES records with a practice address in Lexington, and 989 hospitalist physician records in North Carolina.
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The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Joshua Campbell, M.D.Lexington, NC 272921073976718
- Phillip Hobbs, MDLexington, NC 272921851611834
- Renee Lewis-Kensah, MDLexington, NC 272921043535933
- Raghava Nagaraj, MBBSLexington, NC 272921609026046
- Kinsley Ojukwu, MDLexington, NC 272921811516933
- Achint Patel, MDLexington, NC 272921134508633
- Pir SaadLexington, NC 272921972168094
- Devam Sheth, M.D.Lexington, NC 272921104164367
Common questions
What is Augustine Nnana Onwukwe, MD's NPI number?
Augustine Nnana Onwukwe, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215963343, issued on Jun 23, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Augustine Nnana Onwukwe, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 250 Hospital Dr, Lexington, NC, 27292. Phone: (336) 716-2255. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Augustine Nnana Onwukwe, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9501625, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Augustine Nnana Onwukwe, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Augustine Nnana Onwukwe, MD had 270 Medicare Part D claims for 120 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.