Cherechi Ogwo, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Memphis, TNNPI 1720321060
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 180 payments — averaging $20.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$733
- Novo Nordisk$506
- Corcept Therapeutics$373
- Cequr Corporation$309
- Insulet Corporation$276
- Boehringer Ingelheim$275
- plus $1K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,60999%
- Education$441%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 43 | $733 |
| Novo Nordisk | 28 | $506 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 13 | $373 |
| Cequr Corporation | 3 | $309 |
| Insulet Corporation | 9 | $276 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 16 | $275 |
| Abbott | 11 | $251 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 10 | $156 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $143 |
| Bayer | 6 | $109 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 4 | $72 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 3 | $72 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $62 |
| Novartis | 4 | $60 |
| Ascensia Diabetes Care US Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $24 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $22 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Amgen | 1 | $16 |
| Lifescan, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $12 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- CeQur Simplicity$296
- Korlym$115
- Omnipod$105
How this compares
$3,653 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 130 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Tennessee.
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Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 71 | $96,982 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 66 | $81,278 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 45 | $50,810 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 28 | $39,312 |
| Omnipod 5 Dexg7g6 Pods (Gen 5)Insulin Pump Cart,auto,bt,g6/7 | 20 | $22,799 |
| GlyxambiEmpagliflozin/Linagliptin | 17 | $17,947 |
| Trijardy XrEmpaglifloz/Linaglip/Metformin | 11 | $11,796 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 12 | $8,624 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 44 | $4,480 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 40 | $3,599 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 11 | $2,280 |
| Nano 2nd Gen Pen NeedlePen Needle, Diabetic | 20 | $1,907 |
| Clonidine | 19 | $1,317 |
| Ezetimibe | 11 | $459 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 33 | $371 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $506 | $136,29499 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Glyxambi, Trijardy Xr | $275 | $111,02294 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $733 | $50,81045 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $62 | $3,59940 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 45th percentile of 130 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Tennessee.
Other endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism in Memphis
- Lisa UsdanMemphis$14.3M
- Pedro VelasquezMemphis$2.4M
- Alan CohenMemphis$1.5M
- Aidar GosmanovMemphis$833K
- Shimon HararyMemphis$735K
- Samuel Dagogo-JackMemphis$476K
- Ebenezer NyenweMemphis$438K
- Richard ChildressMemphis$212K
- Deirdre JamesMemphis$92K
- Malini GuptaMemphis$91K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.