Chukwuma Tonna Apakama, MD
Surgical Critical Care Physician · Plano, TX
Chukwuma Tonna Apakama, MD is a surgical critical care physician with a practice address in Plano, Texas, and NPI 1154642478, issued on Jun 21, 2010. Check the license on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Chukwuma Tonna Apakama
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgical Critical Care Physician 2086S0102X
- License numbers
- 2015020671 MO
105550 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7711 San Jacinto PL Ste 200, Plano, TX 75024
- Phone
- (214) 440-1245
- Enumerated
- Jun 21, 2010
- Record last updated
- Sep 8, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150915000288); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Chukwuma Tonna Apakama in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical BoardCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average surgical critical care physician in 2024
133 Medicare Part D claims for 35 beneficiaries, against an average of 64 among the 606 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 34% of claims. 15 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Mounjaro39 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium36 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen12 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $161.12
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 1,092 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,183.62 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.
One hospital affiliation
- Saint Francis Medical CenterCape Girardeau, MO · Acute Care Hospitals3 of 5 stars
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Chukwuma Tonna Apakama among 117 surgical critical care physician records in Texas
Chukwuma Tonna Apakama, MD is one of 117 surgical critical care physician records with a practice address in Texas. 89% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2010, is newer than 51% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 51% of these records are older, 42% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 89% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 84% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2010 among the 98 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 26% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2086S0102X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgical Critical Care Physician providers in Texas
There are 117 surgical critical care physician records in Texas.
All 117 in Texas → Every provider in Plano → Surgical Critical Care Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgical critical care physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Hamzah Mansoura, MDDallas, TX 752041639668569
- Conner McDaniel, MDDallas, TX 752081407243959
- Philip Edmundson, M.D.Dallas, TX 752311831533835
- Matthew Elson, MDDallas, TX 752311518454354
- Mohammad Frotan, MDDallas, TX 752311346460169
- Alexandra Hahn Waldenmaier, MDDallas, TX 752311871029207
- David Duvall, MDDallas, TX 752351609005669
- Griffin Olsen, MDDallas, TX 752351497251581
Common questions
What is Chukwuma Tonna Apakama, MD's NPI number?
Chukwuma Tonna Apakama, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1154642478, issued on Jun 21, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Chukwuma Tonna Apakama, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7711 San Jacinto PL Ste 200, Plano, TX, 75024. Phone: (214) 440-1245. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Chukwuma Tonna Apakama, MD's license?
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 Chukwuma Tonna Apakama, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Chukwuma Tonna Apakama, MD had 133 Medicare Part D claims for 35 beneficiaries; the average among surgical critical care physician prescribers was 64. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Chukwuma Tonna Apakama, 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.