Chikara Okafor
Nurse Practitioner · Berkeley Heights, NJ
Chikara Okafor is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, and NPI 1073098950, issued on Sep 26, 2018. Check the license (New Jersey 26NJ00846300, as entered in NPPES) with the New Jersey board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Chikara Okafor
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License number
- 26NJ00846300 NJ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1 Diamond Hill RD, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
- Phone
- (908) 273-4300
- Enumerated
- Sep 26, 2018
- Record last updated
- Sep 26, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20181130001334); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Chikara Okafor in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New Jersey board licenses this profession
Search for license 26NJ00846300Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
86% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024
158 Medicare Part D claims for 89 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Omeprazole35 claims
- Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf35 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium26 claims
- Famotidine19 claims
- Dexlansoprazole Dr11 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: $120.36
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 38,884 providers of this specialty with any payment received $791.64 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 one group practice
- Summit Medical Group PABerkeley Heights, NJ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Chikara Okafor among 1,961 nurse practitioner records in New Jersey
Chikara Okafor is one of 1,961 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in New Jersey. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 46% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 46% of these records are older, 49% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2019 among the 1,170 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 39% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363L00000X and a New Jersey practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
23 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Berkeley Heights
They are 23 of the 672 NPPES records with a practice address in Berkeley Heights, and 1,961 nurse practitioner records in New Jersey.
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Common questions
What is Chikara Okafor's NPI number?
Chikara Okafor's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1073098950, issued on Sep 26, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Chikara Okafor located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1 Diamond Hill RD, Berkeley Heights, NJ, 07922. Phone: (908) 273-4300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Chikara Okafor's license?
NPPES lists New Jersey license number 26NJ00846300, as entered by the provider. Search the New Jersey board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Chikara Okafor prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Chikara Okafor had 158 Medicare Part D claims for 89 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. 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.