Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Mrs. Josephine Nkechi Okwechime, MD

Individual provider Dermatology Physician · NPI 1952592156

Mrs. Josephine Nkechi Okwechime, MD practises Dermatology in Kokomo, Indiana. Qualified in 1985, 41 years ago. Accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Indiana.

Years since qualifying
41
Licensed in
IN
In the registry since
2007
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

1542 S Dixon Rd
Kokomo, IN 46902-7318 Not confirmed with CMS for 14 years — call before visiting
Phone: (765) 450-7314
Fax: (765) 450-7316
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Specialties & licences

Dermatology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207N00000X · Licence 01052094A (IN)

Record details

NPI number1952592156
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedAugust 5, 2007
Last updated in NPPESApril 19, 2012

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyDERMATOLOGY
Also practisesINTERNAL MEDICINE
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1985 (41 years in practice)
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Removal of skin lesions 1,475 times · 96th percentile
Skin biopsy 211 times · 86th percentile
Removal or shaving of skin growth 87 times · 84th percentile
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 19 times · 74th percentile
Removal of tissue 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients709
Services billed 5,526 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age74

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $1,774 97 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Education $16 1 payment · educational material or training, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

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