Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude, MD

  • Lake Havasu City, AZ
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1255507091PAC ID4688894694
Medicare services, 2024
508
Medicare patients, 2024
236
Part D claims, 2024
183
Publications
1
MIPS score, 2024
89
Practice address
101 Civic Center Ln, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403
Practice phone
Call (319) 272-8000
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Primary practice

Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center

Lake Havasu City, Arizona

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Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude is an orthopedic surgeon in Lake Havasu City, Arizona

Dr. Ozoude practices at Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

Dr. Ozoude's NPI, 1255507091, was assigned on May 1, 2008. Dr. Ozoude graduated from University of Illinois College of Medicine - Chicago in 2008. Dr. Ozoude holds Texas license P5861.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
4688894694
NPI enumeration date
May 1, 2008
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(319) 272-8000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
44
Medical school graduation
2008

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude practices at Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center in Lake Havasu City, Arizona

Dr. Ozoude's primary practice is Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center, at 101 Civic Center Ln, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403 in Mohave County. The practice phone is (319) 272-8000.

  • Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center
    101 Civic Center Ln, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403 · Mohave CountyPhone(319) 272-8000

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. Ozoude's primary practice is Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Dr. Ozoude is also affiliated with MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center. The medical group on file is Cancer Care of Western Arizona. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ozoude to 1 more hospital, 2 group practices and clinics, 2 medical groups and 1 physician office, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ozoude practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Mercyone Waterloo Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+5 more sites and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude is one of 377 orthopedic surgeons in Arizona

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Ozoude's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Ozoude is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Ozoude's licenses on file in 9 states: Texas, Iowa, Arkansas, Arizona, Minnesota, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Mexico and Illinois.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, TexasPrimaryLicense P5861 · 2013 to 2027 · taxonomy 207X00000X
  • Iowa license2025 to 2027
  • Arkansas license2023 to 2026
  • Arizona license2023 to 2025
  • Minnesota licenseLicense 75290 · 2023 to 2025
  • North Dakota license2023 to 2025
  • New Hampshire license2023 to 2025
  • New Mexico license2024 to 2025
  • Illinois license2011 to 2013

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists orthopedic surgery of arms and legs among the conditions Dr. Ozoude treats.

Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Ozoude

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377orthopedic surgeons in Arizona
9orthopedic surgeons in Lake Havasu City

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude billed Medicare for 508 services in 2024

CMS data shows 508 Medicare services from Dr. Ozoude across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 236 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $27,595 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024508
Medicare patients236
Paid by Medicare$27,595
Procedure codes8

Dr. Ozoude's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 662024: 385483%
Surgery
2023: 252024: 123392%

Dr. Ozoude compared with the Arizona median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Ozoude
  • Arizona median
Medicare services
508vs 98849% below
Medicare patients
236vs 28718% below
Part D claims
153vs 742.1 times

Medians across 343 orthopedic surgeons in Arizona with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Ozoude's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude treated 236 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77

CMS counts 236 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ozoude in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 90 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 73% have high blood pressure. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.07, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ozoude's median patient age at 68, with 54% women.

Medicare patients, 2024236
Average age77
Average risk score1.07
Also on Medicaid8%

Dr. Ozoude's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Ozoude's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women13256%
  • Men10444%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Ozoude's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High blood pressure73%
  3. High cholesterol66%
  4. Ischemic heart disease29%
  5. Chronic kidney disease27%
  6. Diabetes27%
  7. Mood disorders26%
  8. Depression25%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Ozoude's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 68

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women54%
  • Men46%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude wrote 183 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Ozoude wrote 183 Medicare Part D claims for 100 patients. 98% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 153 of them, across 6 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $876 in total drug cost. In 2021, CMS named 196 claims across 6 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024183
Drugs named by CMS6
Total drug cost$876
Part D patients100

Dr. Ozoude's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic180 claims98%
  • Brand-name and other3 claims2%

Dr. Ozoude's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Ozoude's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids39%72 of 183 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2021 to 2024

  • 2021
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2021: 1962024: 15322%

Drugs named by CMS: 6 in 2024, 6 in 2021.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude scored 89 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 89 out of 100 for Dr. Ozoude for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Ozoude accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Ozoude's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 89of 100Final score
  • 73.2of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Hip replacement: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Ozoude in 2012.

Papers1

Recent publications by Dr. Ozoude

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude received $13,618 in industry payments from 2016 to 2024

CMS Open Payments shows 80 general payments to Dr. Ozoude from 14 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Education make up the largest share, 41% of the total. Medinc of Texas paid the most, $6,137.

General payments to Dr. Ozoude by program year, 2016 to 2024

General payments to Dr. Ozoude by kind, 2016 to 2024

$13.6Kin total
  • Education$5,64341%
  • Food and beverage$5,44740%
  • Travel and lodging$2,52819%

Companies that paid Dr. Ozoude the most, 2016 to 2024

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude graduated from University of Illinois College of Medicine - Chicago

Dr. Ozoude graduated from University of Illinois College of Medicine - Chicago in 2008.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Illinois College of Medicine - Chicago
  2. Board certified in orthopaedic surgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude accepts plans from 15 insurance carriers

Dr. Ozoude is in network with 15 carriers, including Elevance, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Medica. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Elevance
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Medica
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Cigna
  • HCSC
  • +7 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Ozoude accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare10
  2. PPO10
  3. HMO6
  4. POS4
  5. EPO2
  6. Medicaid2

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude's NPI number?

Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude's NPI number is 1255507091. It was assigned on May 1, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude?

Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude is an orthopedic surgeon in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude practice?

Dr. Ozoude practices at 101 Civic Center Ln, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403. Dr. Ozoude's primary practice is Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ozoude to 1 hospital, 2 group practices and clinics, 2 medical groups and 1 physician office.

What is Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Ozoude is (319) 272-8000.

What is Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude's medical license number?

Dr. Ozoude holds Texas license P5861, one of the licenses on file in 9 states.

Which states has Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Ozoude in Texas (2013 to 2027), Iowa (2025 to 2027), Arkansas (2023 to 2026), Arizona (2023 to 2025), Minnesota (2023 to 2025), North Dakota (2023 to 2025), New Hampshire (2023 to 2025), New Mexico (2024 to 2025) and Illinois (2011 to 2013).

Which hospitals is Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude affiliated with?

Dr. Ozoude is affiliated with MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Ozoude to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude part of?

Dr. Ozoude is linked to Cancer Care of Western Arizona. Dmand AI links Dr. Ozoude to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Ozoude billed Medicare for 508 services in 2024, and Dr. Ozoude accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude's MIPS score?

Dr. Ozoude's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 89 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude see?

CMS counts 236 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ozoude in 2024, with an average age of 77.

Is Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude board certified?

Yes. Dr. Ozoude is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

What services does Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Ozoude's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), surgery: bones and joints (20610) and office visit, established patient (99212).

Where did Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude go to medical school?

Dr. Ozoude graduated from University of Illinois College of Medicine - Chicago in 2008.

What drugs does Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Ozoude's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Meloxicam and Ibuprofen.

Has Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $13,618 in general payments to Dr. Ozoude from 14 companies from 2016 to 2024. The largest total came from Medinc of Texas.

How long has Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude been practicing?

Dr. Ozoude graduated from medical school in 2008, 18 years ago.

Does Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Ozoude.

What insurance does Dr. George Chukwuka Ozoude accept?

Dr. Ozoude is in network with 15 carriers, including Elevance, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Medica. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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