BENEDICT O OKWARA, M.D.

NPI 1487613840, individual, Monroe, NC, Internal Medicine

Evidence tier

structure or single-organization volume

Hours beyond a day in 3 months, but with up to 1964 patients a month, which points to a supervising clinician on the claims rather than one person's hours.
Records needed.
Medicaid dollars per patient on code 95165 ($1085 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code.

score 56 of 100, rank 7511, $3.7M at stake

Hours billed per day

Medicaid billing converted into hours of hands-on care per day. The lower bound counts one unit per claim line and needs no price; the other two divide dollars by a unit price, the conservative one at 1.5 times the price. The clinician on the claim may be a supervisor under state rules, so billing organizations are counted too.

month	what was found	hours per day, lower bound	hours per day, at price	hours per day, conservative	per working day	patients	billing organizations	codes	paid
Sep 2021	More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line	28.2	35.7	23.8	32.4	1964	1	90791 90832 99202 99203 99204 99212 99213 99214 99401 99406	$164K
Nov 2022	More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line	25.9	34.3	22.8	31.1	1415	2	99202 99203 99204 99205 99212 99213 99214 99215 99406	$138K
May 2023	More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line	25.4	32.2	21.5	28.9	1301	2	99203 99204 99212 99213 99214 99215 99406 G0444	$127K

National provider registry

From the CMS NPPES Registry, refreshed daily.

Name	BENEDICT O OKWARA, M.D.
Type	Individual, sole proprietor
Status	Active
NPI issued	March 22, 2006, last updated December 16, 2025
Practice location	404 SOUTH SUTHERLAND AVE., Monroe, NC 28112, 704-291-9267
Specialties	Internal Medicine, Adolescent Medicine (207RA0000X, license 33878 NC) Pediatrics (208000000X, license 33878 NC) Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine (2080A0000X, license 33878 NC) Internal Medicine (207R00000X, primary, license 33878 NC)

Procedures billed

The specific codes behind the dollars. Medicaid figures come from T-MSIS (2018 to 2024) and are compared with every other provider billing the same code; Medicare figures come from the 2024 physician and supplier file and compare this provider's submitted charge with what Medicare allowed, against the usual ratio for that code.

Medicaid, largest codes

code	what it is	paid	share	per patient-month	typical	rank among providers
99214	Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	$2.1M	19%	$92	$60 (top 5% from $133)	80th percentile
99213	Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more	$1.6M	14%	$71	$44 (top 5% from $110)	82nd percentile
95004	Test for allergy using allergenic extract	$942K	8%	$285	$136 (top 5% from $315)	92nd percentile
95165	Professional service for preparation and provision of 1 or more antigens	$728K	7%	$1K	$187 (top 5% from $1K)	95th percentile
87426	Detection test by immunoassay technique for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus	$578K	5%	$43	$32 (top 5% from $49)	84th percentile
99394	Medicaid service code	$457K	4%	$122	$83 (top 5% from $128)	93rd percentile
80307	Testing for presence of drug, by chemistry analyzers	$432K	4%	$73	$45 (top 5% from $110)	82nd percentile
99393	Medicaid service code	$329K	3%	$111	$78 (top 5% from $121)	92nd percentile

Medicare Part B 2024, largest codes

code	what it is	services	beneficiaries	paid	submitted per service	allowed per service	charge to allowed	usual for this code
99490	Chronic care management services, first 20 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month	2,251	371	$90K	$82	$59	1.4x	1.8x (90th percentile 2.9x)
99439	Chronic care management services for two or more chronic conditions, additional 20 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month	628	208	$21K	$62	$44	1.4x	1.9x (90th percentile 3.1x)
99487	Complex chronic care management services for two or more chronic conditions, first 60 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month	156	97	$15K	$179	$125	1.4x	1.6x (90th percentile 2.7x)
99214	Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	165	91	$12K	$419	$116	3.6x	2.3x (90th percentile 3.8x)
99457	Management using the results of remote vital sign monitoring per calendar month, first 20 minutes	351	89	$12K	$106	$45	2.3x	2.2x (90th percentile 3.5x)
99489	Complex chronic care management services for two or more chronic conditions, each additional 60 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month	139	65	$7K	$90	$67	1.3x	1.6x (90th percentile 2.8x)
99458	Management using the results of remote vital sign monitoring per calendar month, each additional 20 minutes	255	61	$7K	$125	$36	3.5x	2.2x (90th percentile 3.5x)
99426	Principal care management services for a single high-risk disease, first 30 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month	171	76	$7K	$80	$58	1.4x	2.4x (90th percentile 3.2x)

A submitted charge many times the allowed amount is common and lawful; it matters when it is far above what other providers submit for the same code.

In this area

167 providers in NC carry an indicator in the public record, with $182.1M at stake between them. The most common is more hours than a day holds, on 84 of them, followed by part of a provider network on 42. 22 are tier 1: documented action, then payment.

tier	provider	at stake	why
1	DAVID SMITH Winston Salem, NC, ranked 2	$1.1M	Listed on the Medicare revocation list and the SC Medicaid exclusion list since August 30, 2021. Medicaid still paid claims in 7 later months, $1,063,751 in total. and 1 more
1	MICHAEL ADIX Shelby, NC, ranked 12	$155K	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since April 18, 2023. Medicaid still paid claims in 11 later months, $154,645 in total. and 1 more
1	CAROLINA FAMILY AND URGENT CARE Lumberton, NC, ranked 30	$6K	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since September 8, 2023. Medicaid still paid claims in 7 later months, $5,787 in total. and 1 more
1	JOSEPH MEYER Fort Bragg, NC, ranked 48	$26K	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since October 20, 2006. Medicaid still paid claims in 7 later months, $26,252 in total. and 1 more
1	LIFE TOUCH LLC Kinston, NC, ranked 68	$868K	Adjudicated (charged, pleaded guilty, sentenced) per a Department of Justice release dated June 30, 2025. Medicaid paid $868,112 in the last 12 observed months.
1	ULTIMATE SACRIFICE Winston Salem, NC, ranked 96	$365K	Adjudicated (pleaded guilty) per a Department of Justice release dated April 9, 2025. Medicaid paid $364,787 in the last 12 observed months.
1	MALIK MUHAMMAD Durham, NC, ranked 116	$2K	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since October 12, 2021. Medicaid still paid claims in 1 later month, $1,779 in total. and 1 more
1	JACKSON CONSULTING AND SERVICES LLC Charlotte, NC, ranked 127	$138K	Adjudicated (sentenced) per a Department of Justice release dated August 27, 2026. Medicaid paid $137,561 in the last 12 observed months.

All 167 in NC

Recent enforcement in NC

All releases

Department of Justice and HHS-OIG releases for this state, newest first. Each opens in a new tab.

DOJSentencedAug 27, 2026

Charlotte Woman Sentenced for Defrauding the North Carolina Medicaid Program

Jackson and her company submitted over $1.9 million in claims to NC Medicaid for urine drug testing and psychotherapy services that were never performed or already paid, using Medicaid recipients' personal information, and she spent the proceeds.

DOJPleaded guiltyJul 9, 2026

Guilford County Woman Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud in Connection with Million Dollar Urine Drug Testing Scheme

Singleton owned and operated Joelle's Center of Hope, which submitted approximately $1,735,865 in claims to North Carolina Medicaid for urine drug tests that were not performed, listing a nurse practitioner and a doctor as ordering providers who never ordered the tests.

DOJPleaded guiltyJun 24, 2026

Raleigh Man Pleads Guilty to Receiving More than $60 Million in Fraudulent Claims from Paying Kickbacks for Patient Referrals

Price owned and operated Golden Star Labs, which paid collectors on a per-specimen basis to supply bogus respiratory test samples obtained through identity theft, and billed Medi-Cal and Medicare more than $96 million in false claims, receiving more than $60 million, and he also filed a false federal income tax return.

DOJChargedJun 24, 2026

McLeansville Woman Charged With Health Care Fraud, Part of National Health Care Fraud Takedown

White, the owner of Reginald Center of Turn Around, billed North Carolina Medicaid for thousands of fictitious drug tests resulting in a loss of $2.8 million.

DOJIndictedJun 24, 2026

Felon Indicted in Multimillion Dollar Healthcare Kickback and False Documents Conspiracy

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