Michael Okoronkwo
Emergency Medicine Physician · New Orleans, LA
Michael Okoronkwo is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in New Orleans, Louisiana, and NPI 1578022778, issued on Mar 18, 2019. Check the license on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael Okoronkwo
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- V1575 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2000 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70112
- Phone
- (504) 702-3000
- Enumerated
- Mar 18, 2019
- Record last updated
- Dec 9, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20241205003046); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In Shreveport, 2019
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Michael Okoronkwo in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical ExaminersCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
66% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
76 Medicare Part D claims for 58 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 11 claims were for opioids.
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: $47.63
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Genentech, Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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
- Emergency Medicine Services OF TX, PLLCCypress, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michael Okoronkwo among 1,000 emergency medicine physician records in Louisiana
Michael Okoronkwo is one of 1,000 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Louisiana. 87% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 85% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 85% of these records are older, 12% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2010 among the 653 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 64% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
230 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in New Orleans
They are 230 of the 13,668 NPPES records with a practice address in New Orleans, and 1,000 emergency medicine physician records in Louisiana.
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Common questions
What is Michael Okoronkwo's NPI number?
Michael Okoronkwo's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578022778, issued on Mar 18, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael Okoronkwo located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2000 Canal St, New Orleans, LA, 70112. Phone: (504) 702-3000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael Okoronkwo's license?
Search the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.lsbme.la.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Michael Okoronkwo prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michael Okoronkwo had 76 Medicare Part D claims for 58 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.