Dr. Nnamdi A. Uhegwu, MD

Dr. Uhegwu practices at Sanford Medical Center - Unit in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Dr. Uhegwu's NPI, 1861809717, was assigned on July 11, 2014. Dr. Uhegwu holds South Dakota license 11314.

Dr. Uhegwu's primary practice is Sanford Medical Center - Unit, at 1305 W 18th Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57117 in Minnehaha County. The practice phone is (605) 328-6758.

Dr. Uhegwu's primary practice is Sanford Medical Center - Unit in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Dr. Uhegwu is also affiliated with Sanford USD Medical Center. The medical group on file is Edith Sanford Breast Center Sioux Falls. Dmand AI also links Dr. Uhegwu to 4 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics, 2 medical groups and 1 imaging center, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Uhegwu practices, 9 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Neurology is Dr. Uhegwu's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2084N0400X. Dr. Uhegwu is licensed in South Dakota.

CMS data shows 723 Medicare services from Dr. Uhegwu across 13 procedure codes in 2024, for 398 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $43,355 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 398 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Uhegwu in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 170 patients. 71% of them have high cholesterol, and 66% have high blood pressure. 17% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.22, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Uhegwu's median patient age at 72, with 54% women.

In 2024, Dr. Uhegwu wrote 2,412 Medicare Part D claims for 362 patients. 92% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,292 of them, across 44 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $298,442 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,148 claims across 43 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 94 out of 100 for Dr. Uhegwu for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Uhegwu accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Uhegwu as offering telehealth. CMS counts 12 procedures of skin biopsy by Dr. Uhegwu, more than 60% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Uhegwu. Dr. Uhegwu's most frequent co-authors are Asif Bashir, MD and Haitham Dababneh, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 39 general payments to Dr. Uhegwu from 19 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 99% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $324.