Valentine U. Otuechere, MD., MPH.
Internal Medicine Physician · Riverside, CA
Valentine U. Otuechere, MD., MPH. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Riverside, California, and NPI 1508896275, issued on Jul 5, 2006. Check the license (California A93662, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Valentine U. Otuechere
- Credential
- MD., MPH.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A93662 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8990 Garfield St Ste 6, Riverside, CA 92503
- Phone
- (951) 343-1616
- Enumerated
- Jul 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 7, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (951) 343-1666
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20091012000198); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 8990 Garfield St Ste 6
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Ngozi Anyanacho, NURSE PRACTITIONERPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1760989834
- Agnes Eyong, CNSGeneral Practice Registered Nurse1255996658
- Caroline Peters, DNPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1659153930
Verify Valentine U. Otuechere in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A93662Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
7,373 Medicare Part D claims for 324 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 148 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Simvastatin355 claims
- Metformin Hcl352 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate266 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium249 claims
- Omeprazole247 claims
- Naproxen222 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: $553.95
18 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. 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
- Crestpoint Medical Group, IncCorona, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Valentine U. Otuechere among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Valentine U. Otuechere, MD., MPH. is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 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 2006, is newer than 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1982 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
187 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Riverside
They are 187 of the 13,893 NPPES records with a practice address in Riverside, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Valentine U. Otuechere, MD., MPH.'s NPI number?
Valentine U. Otuechere, MD., MPH.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1508896275, issued on Jul 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Valentine U. Otuechere, MD., MPH. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8990 Garfield St Ste 6, Riverside, CA, 92503. Phone: (951) 343-1616. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Valentine U. Otuechere, MD., MPH.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A93662, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Valentine U. Otuechere, MD., MPH. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Valentine U. Otuechere, MD., MPH. had 7,373 Medicare Part D claims for 324 beneficiaries; 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.