Chinelo Ngozi Animalu, MD
Infectious Disease Physician · Memphis, TN
Chinelo Ngozi Animalu, MD is an infectious disease physician with a practice address in Memphis, Tennessee, and NPI 1881858165, issued on Jul 15, 2008. Check the license (Tennessee 50126, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Chinelo Ngozi Animalu
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Infectious Disease Physician 207RI0200X
- License number
- 50126 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1325 Eastmoreland Ave, Memphis, TN 38104
- Phone
- (901) 758-7888
- Enumerated
- Jul 15, 2008
- Record last updated
- Apr 14, 2025
- Fax
- (901) 387-5153
- Medicaid IDs
- Q014407 TN
05087052 MS
210841001 AR - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150923002043); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Tulane University School Of Medicine, 2015
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1325 Eastmoreland Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Mallory Hamsher, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1740533595
Verify Chinelo Ngozi Animalu in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 50126Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
96% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average infectious disease physician in 2024
25 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 689 among the 7,388 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 81.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $107.00
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 3,895 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,362.19 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
- UT Methodist Physicians LLCMemphis, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Chinelo Ngozi Animalu, MD's NPI number?
Chinelo Ngozi Animalu, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1881858165, issued on Jul 15, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Chinelo Ngozi Animalu, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1325 Eastmoreland Ave, Memphis, TN, 38104. Phone: (901) 758-7888. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Chinelo Ngozi Animalu, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 50126, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Chinelo Ngozi Animalu, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Chinelo Ngozi Animalu, MD had 25 Medicare Part D claims; the average among infectious disease physician prescribers was 689. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Chinelo Ngozi Animalu, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 81.5 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.