Tawanda Charumuka, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Saint Joseph, MO
Tawanda Charumuka, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Saint Joseph, Missouri, and NPI 1326501867, issued on Apr 11, 2019. Check the license (Missouri 2023028192, as entered in NPPES) on the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tawanda Charumuka
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 2023028192 MO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5325 Faraon St, Saint Joseph, MO 64506
- Phone
- (816) 271-7826
- Enumerated
- Apr 11, 2019
- Record last updated
- Oct 9, 2024
- Fax
- (816) 271-7672
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20231003000427); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- East Tennessee State University Quillen College Of Medicine, 2018
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Tawanda Charumuka in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMissouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts
Search for license 2023028192Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
42% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
5,022 Medicare Part D claims for 314 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 641 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl204 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen182 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium164 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium152 claims
- Sertraline Hcl144 claims
- Furosemide113 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: $80.05
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Heartland Regional Medical CenterSaint Joseph, MO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Tawanda Charumuka among 2,991 family medicine physician records in Missouri
Tawanda Charumuka, MD is one of 2,991 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Missouri. 79% 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 82% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 82% of these records are older, 16% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2006 among the 1,778 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Missouri practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
39 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Saint Joseph
They are 39 of the 1,219 NPPES records with a practice address in Saint Joseph, and 2,991 family medicine physician records in Missouri.
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Common questions
What is Tawanda Charumuka, MD's NPI number?
Tawanda Charumuka, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1326501867, issued on Apr 11, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tawanda Charumuka, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5325 Faraon St, Saint Joseph, MO, 64506. Phone: (816) 271-7826. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tawanda Charumuka, MD's license?
NPPES lists Missouri license number 2023028192, as entered by the provider. Search the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts at https://www.fsmb.org/contact-a-state-medical-board/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Tawanda Charumuka, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Tawanda Charumuka, MD had 5,022 Medicare Part D claims for 314 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.