Chukwuka C. Okafor, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician · Lakeland, FL
Chukwuka C. Okafor, MD is an orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician with a practice address in Lakeland, Florida, and NPI 1699979534, issued on Jun 13, 2007. Check the license (Florida ME 104463, as entered in NPPES) on the Florida health license search; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Chukwuka C. Okafor
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician 207XS0117X
- License numbers
- ME 104463 FL
MD429548 PA
MT184380 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5050 S Florida Ave, Lakeland, FL 33813
- Phone
- (863) 688-3030
- Enumerated
- Jun 13, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jul 23, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (863) 688-4430
- Medicaid ID
- 001188600 FL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090811000417); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Boston University School Of Medicine, 2004
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 5050 S Florida Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Jack CatanzaritePhysician Assistant1164246971
- Christopher Fuhrman, PA-CPhysician Assistant1356826572
- Brenda Giles, ARNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1386019024
- Roman Gressel, DPTPhysical Therapist1104172923
- German Marulanda, MDOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1861536534
- Kaiwal Patel, MDPain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician1295391209
Verify Chukwuka C. Okafor in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersFlorida health license search
Search for license ME 104463Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
61% more Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician in 2024
614 Medicare Part D claims for 247 beneficiaries, against an average of 381 among the 1,714 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 104 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl129 claims
- Cephalexin52 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen45 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim38 claims
- Methylprednisolone36 claims
- Cefadroxil33 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $23.12
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Coastal Medical Technologies Llc. The 1,726 providers of this specialty with any payment received $34,071.55 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 3 group practices
- Ability Health Services And Rehabilitation LPSanford, FL
- Ability Health Services, IncSanford, FL
- Chukwuka C Okafor, MD, Mba, PALakeland, FL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician providers in Florida
There are 164 orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician records in Florida.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician records in Florida
- Abimbola Afolabi, MDOrlando, FL1568697951
- Milad Alam, M.D.Boca Raton, FL1699118869
- Jorge Alfonso-Cepeda, MDMiami, FL1730525619
- Andrew Appel, M.D.Orlando, FL1538102124
- Jahangir Asghar, M.D.Plantation, FL1154448975
- Harold Bach, MDWest Palm Beach, FL1215940838
- Daniel Baluch, MDBoynton Beach, FL1356661680
- Michael Barnum, MDTavares, FL1154332377
- G Baynham, M.D.Jupiter, FL1497776066
- Johnny Benjamin, M.D.Vero Beach, FL1265464168
Common questions
What is Chukwuka C. Okafor, MD's NPI number?
Chukwuka C. Okafor, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1699979534, issued on Jun 13, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Chukwuka C. Okafor, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5050 S Florida Ave, Lakeland, FL, 33813. Phone: (863) 688-3030. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Chukwuka C. Okafor, MD's license?
NPPES lists Florida license number ME 104463, as entered by the provider. Search the Florida health license search at https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/mqasearchservices/healthcareproviders. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Chukwuka C. Okafor, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Chukwuka C. Okafor, MD had 614 Medicare Part D claims for 247 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician prescribers was 381. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Chukwuka C. Okafor, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.