Dr. Uchenna Olekanma M.D.
About this NPIWhat this record shows.
NPI 1356309421 is registered to Dr. Uchenna Olekanma M.D., a Internal Medicine practising at 8201 S Ashland Ave in Chicago, Illinois. Internal Medicine physicians (internists) specialise in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases in adults, often coordinating care across multiple subspecialties. Dr. Uchenna Olekanma M.D. has been enumerated in the National Provider Identifier (NPI) registry since 2006.
Beyond the registryWhat this record adds.
This record carries 5 secondary identifiers beyond the base NPI: Medicaid and other payer cross-references used by billers and credentialers, which the standard CMS NPPES lookup does not surface. It is enrolled in Medicare, linking to 1 PECOS enrollment record (with a public Medicare Enrollment ID) sourced from CMS, which the NPPES registry does not list. Within the directory it is one of 9,046 Internal Medicine providers on file in Illinois.
Source: CMS NPPES and PECOS public files. snapshot, refreshed monthly.
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Secondary identifiers
Additional identifiers this provider has registered with NPPES. Used by medical billers, credentialers, and insurance verifiers to cross-reference claims and enrollments.
Other
- 033607536IL· Issued by PUBLIC AID
- 5566-0185IL· Issued by ILLINOIS IBT
- 261165238· Issued by TAX PRACTICE ID
- 1356309421IL· Issued by NPI NUMBER
- 01623046IL· Issued by BCBS PROVIDER NUMBER
Source: NPPES public registry.
Medicare enrollment
This provider holds a Medicare enrollment on file with the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS). Each enrollment carries a public Medicare Enrollment ID (ENRLMT_ID) used by billers and intermediaries.
Practitioner
- I20060522000160Internal MedicineIL
Source: CMS PECOS public enrollment file.
Insurance & acceptsHow to confirm coverage.
The National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) registry does not include commercial insurance network data, so we cannot show which plans Dr. Uchenna Olekanma M.D. accepts. To confirm in-network status with your specific health plan, contact Dr. Uchenna Olekanma M.D. directly at (773) 873-3434.
Frequently asked
Yes. NPI 1356309421 is registered as Active in the CMS NPPES public registry and passes the Luhn check-digit validation that all 10-digit NPIs use.
Internal Medicine physicians (internists) specialise in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases in adults, often coordinating care across multiple subspecialties.
The CMS NPPES Public Registry at npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov is the authoritative source. FindMyNPI mirrors this dataset and refreshes monthly. For real-time verification, you can also call the provider's office at (773) 873-3434.
An individual healthcare provider has a single Type-1 NPI for life. Organisations can hold separate Type-2 NPIs per location, specialty, or sub-entity. Dr. Uchenna Olekanma M.D. is a Type-1 individual NPI.
As of the latest monthly CMS NPPES snapshot, 9,046 Internal Medicine providers are registered in Illinois, and Dr. Uchenna Olekanma M.D. is one of them. The figure refreshes each month from the federal source.