Chukwuma Obi Onyewu, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician · Lanham, MD
Chukwuma Obi Onyewu, MD is an interventional pain medicine physician with a practice address in Lanham, Maryland, and NPI 1578573457, issued on Aug 9, 2006. Check the license (Maryland D0065933, as entered in NPPES) on the Maryland Board of Physicians; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Chukwuma Obi Onyewu
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Interventional Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0014X
- License numbers
- D0065933 MD
MD034554 DC
C1-0007073 DE
0101235566 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 9841 Greenbelt RD Ste 208, Lanham, MD 20706
- Phone
- (240) 786-1001
- Enumerated
- Aug 9, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 24, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (240) 786-1002
- Medicaid ID
- 1000025149 DE
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070803000486); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Chukwuma Obi Onyewu in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMaryland Board of Physicians
Search for license D0065933Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average interventional pain medicine physician in 2024
5,808 Medicare Part D claims for 460 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,306 among the 2,100 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 2,420 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl764 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen607 claims
- Gabapentin591 claims
- Tizanidine Hcl395 claims
- Pregabalin302 claims
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl283 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: $979.80
43 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. The 1,966 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,889.53 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 2 group practices
- Agape Physical Therapy And Sports Rehabilitation LPForest Hill, MD
- Choice Pain And Rehabilitation Center LLCNewark, DE
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Chukwuma Obi Onyewu among 64 interventional pain medicine physician records in Maryland
Chukwuma Obi Onyewu, MD is one of 64 interventional pain medicine physician records with a practice address in Maryland. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 16% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 16% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2004 among the 46 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208VP0014X and a Maryland practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician providers in Maryland
There are 64 interventional pain medicine physician records in Maryland.
All 64 in Maryland → Every provider in Lanham → Interventional Pain Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 interventional pain medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Joseph Oppong, MDBowie, MD 207151174664007
- Megan Ferron, PA-CBowie, MD 207161477109791
- Chee-Hahn Hung, M.D.Clinton, MD 207351861423212
- Joshua Thomas, DOOwings, MD 207361790901619
- Charles Kersten, MDOxon Hill, MD 207451013477926
- Luis Telles-Hernandez, MDGreenbelt, MD 207701841431343
- Ayasha Williams-Sharron, MDHyattsville, MD 207831043430309
- Thomas Cestare, MDBrandywine, MD 206131013303320
Common questions
What is Chukwuma Obi Onyewu, MD's NPI number?
Chukwuma Obi Onyewu, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578573457, issued on Aug 9, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Chukwuma Obi Onyewu, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9841 Greenbelt RD Ste 208, Lanham, MD, 20706. Phone: (240) 786-1001. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Chukwuma Obi Onyewu, MD's license?
NPPES lists Maryland license number D0065933, as entered by the provider. Search the Maryland Board of Physicians at https://www.mbp.state.md.us/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Chukwuma Obi Onyewu, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Chukwuma Obi Onyewu, MD had 5,808 Medicare Part D claims for 460 beneficiaries; the average among interventional pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,306. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Chukwuma Obi Onyewu, 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.