Dr. Chinualumogu Nwakile, M.D
What this data tells you about Dr. Nwakile
Dr. Chinualumogu Nwakile is an internal medicine specialist in Houston, TX, with 14 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Nwakile performed 1,096 Medicare services across 802 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Nwakile received a total of $15,212 from 30 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 262 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in internal medicine. The majority of payments are for speaking programs and promotional activities, reflecting participation in industry-sponsored events. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Nwakile is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. This is not a quality rating. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.
Medicare Practice Summary
Medicare Utilization ↗Top procedures by volume
Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.
| Procedure | Volume | Avg. paid | Avg. submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 183 | $82 | $317 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 182 | $59 | $200 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 147 | $9 | $101 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 123 | $62 | $223 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 87 | $51 | $347 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 40 minutes | 58 | $62 | $267 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | 50 | $15 | $145 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | 50 | $10 | $145 |
| EKG interpretation and report | 42 | $6 | $44 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, low complexity | 31 | $38 | $103 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 30 | $97 | $359 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 26 | $54 | $385 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 22 | $108 | $379 |
| New patient office visit (30-44 min) | 18 | $63 | $240 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 17 | $9 | $158 |
| Remote pacemaker/defibrillator monitoring, 90 days | 15 | $16 | $127 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 15 | $149 | $1,571 |
Industry Payment Transparency
Open Payments through 2024 ↗Payment profile
Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.
Payment trend by year
Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Payments by company (2024)
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
The majority of payments (57%) are for speaking programs and promotional activities, which reflect participation in industry-sponsored educational or marketing events. This is common in internal medicine and does not inherently indicate bias, but patients may wish to be aware. Total industry engagement is in the top 6% for internal medicine in TX.
Geographic Context
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Data Sources
| Provider Registry | ✓ NPPES | Weekly updates |
| Medicare Enrollment | ✓ PECOS | Monthly updates |
| Practice Data | ✓ Medicare Util. | Annual (CY lag) |
| Industry Payments | ✓ Open Payments | CY 2024 |
| Disciplinary History | — Not public | N/A |
This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This measures how much public data is available about a provider — not how good they are. How we calculate this →
Summary
Dr. Nwakile is a clinical cardiology specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, with speaking/promotional industry engagement in the top 6% of TX peers.
This summary is auto-generated from federal data. It describes data availability and patterns — not clinical quality. Read our methodology →
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All data on this page is sourced verbatim from public federal records published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.
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