Ikechukwu Arene, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Encino, CA
Ikechukwu Arene, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Encino, California, and NPI 1801806674, issued on Aug 8, 2006. Check the license (California C51962, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ikechukwu Arene
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- C51962 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5400 Balboa Blvd Ste 120, Encino, CA 91316
- Phone
- (818) 290-3289
- Enumerated
- Aug 8, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 22, 2022
- Medicaid ID
- 00C519620 CA
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ikechukwu Arene in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license C51962Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
95% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
151 Medicare Part D claims for 107 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Cephalexin16 claims
- Azithromycin15 claims
- Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro14 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: $57.55
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Revance Therapeutics, Inc. 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.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Ikechukwu Arene among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Ikechukwu Arene, M.D. is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 79% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 63% of these records are
- Record last updated2022 · 61% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
44 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Encino
They are 44 of the 3,136 NPPES records with a practice address in Encino, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Ikechukwu Arene, M.D.'s NPI number?
Ikechukwu Arene, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1801806674, issued on Aug 8, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ikechukwu Arene, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5400 Balboa Blvd Ste 120, Encino, CA, 91316. Phone: (818) 290-3289. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ikechukwu Arene, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number C51962, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ikechukwu Arene, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ikechukwu Arene, M.D. had 151 Medicare Part D claims for 107 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.