NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Steve Chukwulebe

Emergency Medicine Physician · Chicago, IL

Steve Chukwulebe is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1487040523, issued on Apr 14, 2015. Check the license (Illinois 036145426, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1487040523
Name
Steve Chukwulebe
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License numbers
036145426 IL
01083284A IN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
211 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Phone
(312) 926-9512
Enumerated
Apr 14, 2015
Record last updated
Nov 15, 2022
Fax
(312) 926-6274
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 211 E Ontario St

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Verify Steve Chukwulebe in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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44% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

127 Medicare Part D claims for 97 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Steve Chukwulebe127
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Cephalexin12 claims
  2. Ondansetron Odt11 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.

The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 89.6 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score70.5
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%100.0
  3. Promoting interoperabilitynot scored (reweighted)
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $13.74

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Hologic Sales and Service, LLC. 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.

  1. Steve Chukwulebe$13.74
  2. Specialty average$953.79

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Steve Chukwulebe among 3,291 emergency medicine physician records in Illinois

Steve Chukwulebe is one of 3,291 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 61% of them.

  • NPI issued2015 · 61% of these records are older, 35% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 57% of these records are
  • Record last updated2022 · 47% 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 Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

1,310 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Chicago

They are 1,310 of the 63,379 NPPES records with a practice address in Chicago, and 3,291 emergency medicine physician records in Illinois.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

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  3. John Bailitz, M.D.Chicago, IL 606111710988654
  4. Emily Baran, MDChicago, IL 606111568407641
  5. George Chiampas, D.O.Chicago, IL 606111538169636
  6. Matthew Kippenhan, MDChicago, IL 606111639106974
  7. Amy Kontrick, MDChicago, IL 606111215973367
  8. Theodore Koutouzis, MDChicago, IL 606111891773321

Common questions

What is Steve Chukwulebe's NPI number?

Steve Chukwulebe's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487040523, issued on Apr 14, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Steve Chukwulebe located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 211 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL, 60611. Phone: (312) 926-9512. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Steve Chukwulebe's license?

NPPES lists Illinois license number 036145426, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Steve Chukwulebe prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Steve Chukwulebe had 127 Medicare Part D claims for 97 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Steve Chukwulebe's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 89.6 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

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.