Josephine Apokumah Smith
Family Nurse Practitioner · Bayonne, NJ
Josephine Apokumah Smith is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Bayonne, New Jersey, and NPI 1073897880, issued on Sep 29, 2011. Check the license (New Jersey 26NJ00347200, as entered in NPPES) with the New Jersey board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Josephine Apokumah Smith
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- 26NJ00347200 NJ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 29 E 29TH St, Bayonne, NJ 07002
- Phone
- (201) 858-5065
- Enumerated
- Sep 29, 2011
- Record last updated
- Sep 9, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120203000566); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 29 E 29TH St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Josephine Apokumah Smith in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New Jersey board licenses this profession
Search for license 26NJ00347200Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
53% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
608 Medicare Part D claims for 51 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 2% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Sertraline Hcl64 claims
- Buspirone Hcl59 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate59 claims
- Clonazepam56 claims
- Alprazolam45 claims
- Aripiprazole40 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: $366.34
23 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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
- Hamilton Behavioral MD PAParamus, NJ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Josephine Apokumah Smith among 3,881 family nurse practitioner records in New Jersey
Josephine Apokumah Smith is one of 3,881 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in New Jersey. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 13% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 13% of these records are older, 85% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated2010 · median 2019 among the 2,262 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a New Jersey practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
17 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Bayonne
They are 17 of the 863 NPPES records with a practice address in Bayonne, and 3,881 family nurse practitioner records in New Jersey.
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The 8 family nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Gaetane Bellamy, FNP-CBayonne, NJ 070021437637881
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- Marykate LainoBayonne, NJ 070021144738436
- Marina Mikhail, FNPBayonne, NJ 070021144071275
- Jonathan Mingoia, FNP-C, D.C.Bayonne, NJ 070021962462606
- Samir OusserghineBayonne, NJ 070021073188041
- Maryann PawlowskiBayonne, NJ 070021639546948
- Joy-Marie Salle, NPBayonne, NJ 070021013571868
Common questions
What is Josephine Apokumah Smith's NPI number?
Josephine Apokumah Smith's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1073897880, issued on Sep 29, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Josephine Apokumah Smith located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 29 E 29TH St, Bayonne, NJ, 07002. Phone: (201) 858-5065. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Josephine Apokumah Smith's license?
NPPES lists New Jersey license number 26NJ00347200, as entered by the provider. Search the New Jersey board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Josephine Apokumah Smith prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Josephine Apokumah Smith had 608 Medicare Part D claims for 51 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. 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.