Kelechi Aruogu
Internal Medicine Physician · Whiteville, NC
Kelechi Aruogu is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Whiteville, North Carolina, and NPI 1366790834, issued on Aug 15, 2012. Check the license (North Carolina 2015-02213, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kelechi Aruogu
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 2015-02213 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 500 Jefferson St, Whiteville, NC 28472
- Phone
- (910) 642-1776
- Enumerated
- Aug 15, 2012
- Record last updated
- Nov 8, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20160304001329); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 500 Jefferson St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Kelechi Aruogu in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2015-02213Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
100% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
11 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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: $36.11
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll LifeCor Corp). 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Cumberland County Hospital System IncFayetteville, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
20 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Whiteville
They are 20 of the 366 NPPES records with a practice address in Whiteville, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
All 20 in Whiteville → All 4,056 in North Carolina → Every provider in Whiteville →
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Common questions
What is Kelechi Aruogu's NPI number?
Kelechi Aruogu's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1366790834, issued on Aug 15, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kelechi Aruogu located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 500 Jefferson St, Whiteville, NC, 28472. Phone: (910) 642-1776. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kelechi Aruogu's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2015-02213, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Kelechi Aruogu prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kelechi Aruogu had 11 Medicare Part D claims; 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.