NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Nephrology Physician NPI 1194135574 M.D
Verify on CMS → Joy Okwuwa, M.D
Nephrology Physician in Midland, Texas.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 10,806 in Nephrology Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
Federal data, no proprietary rating.
We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
2K
Medicare Part D claims · 353 beneficiaries · Nephrology Physician avg: 2K
Generic prescribing
81%
generic claims · 19% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
MIPS score
53.1/100
▼ 30 pts below national avg 83.5 · Mid-tier
Industry payments
$156.34
7 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Joy Okwuwa, M.D reported a CMS MIPS final score of 53.1/100 - below the 83.5 national average - and filed 1,626 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 53.1/100
- MIPS score · -30 vs avg
- 2K
- Part D claims, 2024
- 81%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Joy Okwuwa, M.D
Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1194135574), first enumerated 05/06/2014.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 1,626 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
CMS quality reporting (MIPS)
Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 53.1/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$156.34 in reported industry payments (7 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
Texas statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Joy Okwuwa, M.D's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: TMB annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
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Source: State medical board / FSMB
This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.
CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1194135574 · Nephrology Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-MID · MIPS-LOW · RX-MID · BOOK-LIGHT · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1194135574
- ENUM-MID 2014
- TAX-MID 11K Nephrology Physician
- MIPS-LOW 53.1/100
- RX-MID 1,626
- BOOK-LIGHT 896 in Texas
- PHOTO-FINISH Saradha Perinbasekar… · ±0.1
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Susan Grossman, …
Susan Grossman, MDQ
52.5 MIPS pts
- Okwuwa · this pr…
Okwuwa · this provider
53.1 MIPS pts
- Saradha Perinbas…
Saradha Perinbasekar, M.D.
53.2 MIPS pts
- Tatyana Joab, M.…
Tatyana Joab, M.D.
53.5 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
Joy Okwuwa, M.D's MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.
53 ≥ 5th percentile 5% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Joy Okwuwa, M.D sits
This provider among nephrology physician peers
Across the 2,230 nephrology physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Joy Okwuwa, M.D writes more Part D claims than 67% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 16% - placing this provider in the high-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one nephrology physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Joy Okwuwa, M.D. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
✓
Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Joy Okwuwa, M.D practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 1 hospital affiliation - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Joy Okwuwa, M.D?
Below national averagePrimary specialty
Nephrology Physician
Medicare Part D claims
1,626 8% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
53.1/100 30.4 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in Texas
How Nephrology Physician compares to other specialties among Texas providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Joy Okwuwa, M.D's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Nephrology Physician national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 53.1/100
- vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1194135574 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Nephrology Physician |
| Credentials | M.D |
| Gender | Female |
| NPI Issued | 05/06/2014 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
53.1273
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
0
Quality
43.7575
Cost
Reporting: Group practice
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Joy Okwuwa, M.D bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Midland Kidney Care PLLC
Midland, TX
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Joy Okwuwa, M.D. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$156
Largest payer
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - Texas TMB 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~77K Texas medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Joy Okwuwa, M.D. To verify Joy Okwuwa, M.D's current license status, search the TMB public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
344
Total board actions, Texas 2023
Across 334 cases
4.47
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Texas statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
94 cases
TMB publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Texas disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Typical
Joy Okwuwa, M.D - brand share 19.0%
Nephrology Physician average
19% brand-name claims vs 81% generic, on 1,626 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
1,626
Total Claims
$569K
Total Drug Cost
353
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 3,161.633
- Total Day Supply
- 91,034
- Brand vs Generic
- 19% brand / 81% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $528K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $41K
- Antibiotic Claims
- 99
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 69.2 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 4.23
- Gender Split
- 54% female / 46% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 89, 65-74: 135, 75-84: 99, 85+: 30
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Joy Okwuwa, M.D prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Furosemide
Furosemide
122 claims
- Allopurinol
Allopurinol
119 claims
- Velphoro
Velphoro
95 claims
- Lisinopril
Lisinopril
86 claims
- Losartan Potassium
Losartan Potassium
78 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl
Tamsulosin Hcl
75 claims
- Sevelamer Carbonate
Sevelamer Carbonate
73 claims
- Jardiance
Jardiance
57 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Furosemide | 122 |
| Allopurinol | 119 |
| Velphoro Sucroferric Oxyhydroxide | 95 |
| Lisinopril | 86 |
| Losartan Potassium | 78 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 75 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 73 |
| Jardiance Empagliflozin | 57 |
| Bumetanide | 56 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 55 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Nephrology Physician Overview
How Joy Okwuwa, M.D fits within the Nephrology Physician landscape nationally.
10,806
Nephrology Physician Providers in US
55
States with Nephrology Physician
1,511
Avg Claims per Provider
Joy Okwuwa, M.D's 1,626 claims are above the specialty average of 1,511.
Nationwide Nephrology Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Okwuwa, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (53.1 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2014)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Nephrology Physician Providers in Texas
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Texas, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Okwuwa.
One of 896 Nephrology Physician providers enrolled in Texas, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Bernardino Abaya
M.D.
Houston, TX
Dr. Aisha Abbasi
MD
Conroe, TX
Dr. Mohammed Abdulaziz
MD
Laredo, TX
Dr. Mai Abouelsaad
M.D.
Houston, TX
Dr. Fadi Abouzahr
MD
San Antonio, TX
Compare Nephrology Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Joy Okwuwa, M.D's specialty? ▼
Joy Okwuwa, M.D specializes in Nephrology Physician and practices in Midland, Texas. Credentials: M.D.
How much does Joy Okwuwa, M.D prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Joy Okwuwa, M.D wrote 1,626 Medicare Part D claims totaling $569K in drug costs for 353 beneficiaries.
What is Joy Okwuwa, M.D's Medicare quality score? ▼
Joy Okwuwa, M.D has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 53.1/100 (Quality: 0, Cost: 43.8). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Joy Okwuwa, M.D located? ▼
Joy Okwuwa, M.D is located at 3302 W GOLF COURSE RD STE 100, Midland, TX, 79703. Phone: (432) 522-2304.
What is Joy Okwuwa, M.D's NPI number? ▼
Joy Okwuwa, M.D's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1194135574, issued on 05/06/2014.
Does Joy Okwuwa, M.D prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Joy Okwuwa, M.D's prescribing is 19% brand-name and 81% generic drugs by claim count, with $528K in brand drug costs.
How many Nephrology Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 10,806 Nephrology Physician providers across 55 states in the US. The average Nephrology Physician provider writes 1,511 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Joy Okwuwa, M.D prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Joy Okwuwa, M.D's most frequently prescribed drugs include Furosemide, Allopurinol, Velphoro. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Joy Okwuwa, M.D accept Medicare? ▼
Joy Okwuwa, M.D appears in CMS Medicare data with 1,626 Part D claims and 353 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Joy Okwuwa, M.D's credentials? ▼
Joy Okwuwa, M.D's NPI is 1194135574 with credentials M.D. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Quality Performance
- CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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