Festus Uzokwe, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · Houston, TX
Festus Uzokwe, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1275532046, issued on Jul 14, 2005. Check the license (Texas L9945, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Festus Uzokwe
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License numbers
- L9945 TX
35.085372 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 12660 Beechnut St Ste 110, Houston, TX 77072
- Phone
- (713) 360-7972
- Enumerated
- Jul 14, 2005
- Record last updated
- Aug 27, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (713) 360-7981
- Medicaid ID
- 200280002 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090209000667); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Festus Uzokwe in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L9945Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
12.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average psychiatry physician in 2024
12,320 Medicare Part D claims for 399 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 5% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Quetiapine Fumarate950 claims
- Benztropine Mesylate934 claims
- Trazodone Hcl915 claims
- Risperidone869 claims
- Divalproex Sodium Er617 claims
- Clonazepam534 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 0 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $844.58
22 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- Cufa Behavioral Health Services IncHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Festus Uzokwe among 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas
Festus Uzokwe, M.D. is one of 3,318 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Texas. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 95% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 45% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 2006 among the 1,481 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 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 2084P0800X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatry Physician providers in Texas
There are 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas.
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The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Adeleye Adaralegbe, MDHouston, TX 770701265174866
- Nadeema Akhtar, MDHouston, TX 770741447261326
- Thomas Blocher, MDHouston, TX 770741548271398
- Vivi Daniel, MDHouston, TX 770741033120019
- Su Duong, MDHouston, TX 770741568474526
Common questions
What is Festus Uzokwe, M.D.'s NPI number?
Festus Uzokwe, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1275532046, issued on Jul 14, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Festus Uzokwe, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 12660 Beechnut St Ste 110, Houston, TX, 77072. Phone: (713) 360-7972. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Festus Uzokwe, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L9945, 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 Festus Uzokwe, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Festus Uzokwe, M.D. had 12,320 Medicare Part D claims for 399 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Festus Uzokwe, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 0 of 100. 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.