NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Chinwe Okafor, M.D.

Internal Medicine Physician · Longview, TX

Chinwe Okafor, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Longview, Texas, and NPI 1184869950, issued on Dec 9, 2008. Check the license (Texas N5919, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1184869950
Name
Chinwe Okafor
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License numbers
N5919 TX
2017033691 MO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
700 E Marshall Ave, Longview, TX 75601
Phone
(903) 315-1488
Enumerated
Dec 9, 2008
Record last updated
Jul 16, 2026
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20100728000161); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston, 2007
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 700 E Marshall Ave

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Kwame Agyeman, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1285863753
  2. Courtney Alford-Portley, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1255793451
  3. Krishan AminInternal Medicine Physician1710398615
  4. Jeremiah Andrews, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1548030885
  5. Jessica AparicioRegistered Nurse1316868532
  6. Nadeen Audisho, MDInternal Medicine Physician1962956896

Verify Chinwe Okafor in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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65% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

1,117 Medicare Part D claims for 124 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Chinwe Okafor1,117
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium69 claims
  2. Amlodipine Besylate63 claims
  3. Losartan Potassium41 claims
  4. Lisinopril30 claims
  5. Carvedilol28 claims
  6. Metformin Hcl Er26 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: $280.67

16 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Chinwe Okafor$280.67
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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

  1. Memorial Hermann Medical GroupHouston, TX

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Chinwe Okafor among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas

Chinwe Okafor, M.D. is one of 9,175 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 50% of them.

  • NPI issued2008 · 50% of these records are older, 46% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
  • Graduated2007 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

99 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Longview

They are 99 of the 2,066 NPPES records with a practice address in Longview, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Julia Archer, M.D.Longview, TX 756011427115617
  2. Joseph Beraho, M.DLongview, TX 756011639181357
  3. Sushama Brimmer, MDLongview, TX 756011184629990
  4. Carl Earnest, M.D.Longview, TX 756011699832873
  5. Sreeman Jampana, M.D.Longview, TX 756011790776466
  6. Audrey Mangwiro, M.D.Longview, TX 756011346265162
  7. Angela Ozment, MDLongview, TX 756011598754657
  8. Rozina Parveen, MDLongview, TX 756011487638532

Common questions

What is Chinwe Okafor, M.D.'s NPI number?

Chinwe Okafor, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1184869950, issued on Dec 9, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Chinwe Okafor, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 700 E Marshall Ave, Longview, TX, 75601. Phone: (903) 315-1488. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Chinwe Okafor, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Texas license number N5919, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Chinwe Okafor, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Chinwe Okafor, M.D. had 1,117 Medicare Part D claims for 124 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.