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Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD

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(Joyce Nkwonta, MD)

(175 Ratings)

Specializes in: Internal Medicine (Adult Medicine) and General Practice

University of Lagos College of Medicine

1314 Park Avenue Suite 3
Plainfield, NJ 07060

(908) 561-9733

Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD is an internist in Plainfield, NJ specializing in internal medicine (adult medicine) and general practice. She graduated from University of Lagos College of Medicine. Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD is affiliated with Atlantic Health System and Overlook Medical Center Primary Care Partners.

Office Locations

1314 Park Avenue Suite 3
Plainfield, NJ 07060

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In The News

“Joyce Nkwonta, MD, PC, Internal Medicine/Primary Care.”—"Horizon transforming New Jersey's health care system to improve quality, lower costs", NJ.com, March 2016

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD treated as an internist in Plainfield, NJ during 2012 were preventive care, vaccines, blood draw and tuberculosis (TB) testing.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	19
doctor visit	652
mental health therapy	16
preventive care	102
skin testing	17
tuberculosis (TB) testing	17
vaccines	102
weight management	16

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD treated as an internist in Plainfield, NJ during 2013 were preventive care, vaccines, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	731
hospital care	28
inpatient care	28
mental health therapy	21
preventive care	127
skin testing	14
tuberculosis (TB) testing	14
vaccines	116
weight management	21

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD.

**Gender**
Male	46
Female	128

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	0
Black	132
Hispanic	21
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	76
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	52

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	60
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	40
Depression	16
Chronic Kidney Disease	20
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	32
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	43
Dementia	7
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD treated as an internist in Plainfield, NJ during 2014 were preventive care, vaccines, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	751
hospital care	94
inpatient care	94
mental health therapy	13
preventive care	113
vaccines	102
weight management	13

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD.

**Gender**
Male	46
Female	154

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	0
Black	155
Hispanic	21
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	87
From 75 to 84	41
85 and over	18
Less than 65	54

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	63
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	36
Depression	12
Chronic Kidney Disease	22
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	24
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	8
Diabetes	45
Dementia	8
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD treated as an internist in Plainfield, NJ during 2015 were preventive care, vaccines, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	709
hospital care	49
inpatient care	49
preventive care	143
skin testing	14
tuberculosis (TB) testing	14
vaccines	132

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD.

**Gender**
Male	108
Female	304

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	50
Black	312
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	182
From 75 to 84	90
85 and over	28
Less than 65	112

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	39
Depression	18
Chronic Kidney Disease	30
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	47
Dementia	0
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD treated as an internist in Plainfield, NJ during 2016 were hospital care, inpatient care, preventive care and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	753
hospital care	157
inpatient care	157
preventive care	155
vaccines	143
vascular procedures	24

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD.

**Gender**
Male	57
Female	169

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	22
Black	173
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	104
From 75 to 84	50
85 and over	15
Less than 65	57

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	64
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	42
Depression	20
Chronic Kidney Disease	36
Asthma	18
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	45
Dementia	9
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD treated as an internist in Plainfield, NJ during 2017 were hospital care, inpatient care, preventive care and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	753
hospital care	110
inpatient care	110
preventive care	99
vaccines	99

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD.

**Gender**
Male	79
Female	183

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	24
Black	207
Hispanic	18
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	100
From 75 to 84	69
85 and over	28
Less than 65	65

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	42
Depression	16
Chronic Kidney Disease	42
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	18
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	48
Dementia	11
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD treated as an internist in Plainfield, NJ during 2018 were hospital care, inpatient care, preventive care and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	851
hospital care	149
inpatient care	149
preventive care	95
vaccines	95
vascular procedures	11

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD.

**Gender**
Male	80
Female	177

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	24
Black	207
Hispanic	13
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	100
From 75 to 84	77
85 and over	32
Less than 65	48

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	69
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	40
Depression	17
Chronic Kidney Disease	41
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	22
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	16
Diabetes	47
Dementia	10
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD treated as an internist in Plainfield, NJ during 2019 were hospital care, inpatient care, preventive care and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	656
hospital care	142
inpatient care	142
preventive care	59
vaccines	59

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD.

**Gender**
Male	67
Female	153

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	21
Black	174
Hispanic	12
Asian	0
Other	13
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	85
From 75 to 84	72
85 and over	29
Less than 65	34

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	32
Depression	12
Chronic Kidney Disease	45
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	21
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	44
Dementia	11
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD treated as an internist in Plainfield, NJ during 2020 were hospital care, inpatient care, preventive care and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	561
hospital care	82
inpatient care	82
preventive care	55
vaccines	55
vascular procedures	12

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD.

**Gender**
Male	62
Female	148

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	21
Black	161
Hispanic	15
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	84
From 75 to 84	64
85 and over	24
Less than 65	38

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD in 2020

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	32
Depression	8
Chronic Kidney Disease	43
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	20
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	44
Dementia	9
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD treated as an internist in Plainfield, NJ during 2021 were preventive care and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	502
preventive care	15
vaccines	15

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD.

**Gender**
Male	53
Female	131

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	17
Black	145
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	74
From 75 to 84	54
85 and over	28
Less than 65	28

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	73
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	38
Depression	13
Chronic Kidney Disease	43
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	22
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	16
Diabetes	41
Dementia	10
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD treated as an internist in Plainfield, NJ during 2022 were vascular procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	491
vascular procedures	14

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD.

**Gender**
Male	59
Female	116

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	27
Black	126
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	67
From 75 to 84	60
85 and over	23
Less than 65	25

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	19
Depression	13
Chronic Kidney Disease	28
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	38
Dementia	7
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD treated as an internist in Plainfield, NJ were hospital care, inpatient care, preventive care and vaccines.

blood draw	19
doctor visit	673
hospital care	101
inpatient care	101
mental health therapy	16
preventive care	96
skin testing	15
tuberculosis (TB) testing	15
vaccines	91
vascular procedures	15
weight management	16

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD.

**Gender**
Female	151
Male	59

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	162
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	18
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	9
Other	1

**Age**
85 and over	20
75 to 84	52
Less than 65	46
65 to 74	87

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes and ischemic heart disease.

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	32
Depression	13
Chronic Kidney Disease	31
Asthma	8
Osteoporosis	0
Heart Failure	18
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	40
Atrial Fibrillation	7
Dementia	7
Cancer	10

Education & Training

Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD graduated from University of Lagos College of Medicine. She completed residency at New York Methodist Hospital. She is certified by the Board Certification: Internal Medicine and has a state license in New Jersey.

Medical School: University of Lagos College of Medicine

Residency: New York Methodist Hospital

Board Certification: Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Licensed In: New Jersey

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Atlantic Health System

Overlook Medical Center Primary Care Partners

Insurance Information

Please note: Insurance information may change at any time, and the provider may accept your insurance plan even if it is not listed below. Please contact the provider's office to confirm that your insurance is accepted.

Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD appears to accept the following insurance providers: Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, WellCare, Fidelis Care, Humana Medicare Advantage, AmeriHealth, United Healthcare, Aetna, Oxford Health Plans, Medicare, Consumer Health Network, Humana, Cigna, QualCare, US Family Health Plan, WellPoint, First Health PPO, Brighton Health Plan Solutions, Centivo, AmBetter, Claim Doc, Highmark WholeCare, World Trade Center Health Program, UPMC Health Plan for Life Dual, Claim Watcher, Longevity Health Plan, Occunet, Aetna Better Health, Fairos and First MCO.

Insurance Accepted by Provider includes:

According to our sources, Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD accepts the following insurance providers:

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield

WellCare

Fidelis Care

Humana Medicare Advantage

AmeriHealth

United Healthcare

Aetna

Oxford Health Plans

Medicare

Consumer Health Network

Humana

Cigna

QualCare

US Family Health Plan

WellPoint

First Health PPO

Brighton Health Plan Solutions

Centivo

AmBetter

Claim Doc

Highmark WholeCare

World Trade Center Health Program

UPMC Health Plan for Life Dual

Claim Watcher

Longevity Health Plan

Occunet

Aetna Better Health

Fairos

First MCO

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD has an exceptional overall rating with an average of 4.9 out of 5 stars based on 175 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD from all over the web to help you find the right in Plainfield, NJ.

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Joyce Nkwonta, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP	$851 FARXIGA $487	SYMBICORT $138	ONGLYZA $63	BREZTRI $58	BYDUREON WEEKLY $56	Other $50
Novo Nordisk Inc	$641 Victoza $313	Tresiba $149	Ozempic $48	RYBELSUS $38	Levemir $34	Other $58
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	$401 JARDIANCE $250	STIOLTO $79	COMBIVENT RESPIMAT $29	SPIRIVA RESPIMAT $28	JENTADUETO $15
Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.	$337 Kazano $211	Colcrys $40	Contrave $33	Nesina $20	Oseni $19	Other $13
Lilly USA, LLC	$299 MOUNJARO $166	TRULICITY $57	JARDIANCE $48	TRADJENTA $15	JENTADUETO $13
Other	$1,978 TOUJEO $159	XARELTO $135	Kerendia $131	ANORO $123	INVOKAMET $101	Other $1,329

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$4,441
Education	$67

Biography

Dr. Joyce Nkwonta is a specialist in general practice. She is affiliated with Atlantic Health System. She attended medical school at the University of Lagos College of Medicine. Dr. Nkwonta's training includes a residency program at New York Methodist Hospital. Her patients gave her an average rating of 5.0 stars (out of 5). Dr. Nkwonta seems to honor several insurance carriers, including Blue California, Fidelis Care, and Coventry. She has an open panel in Plainfield, NJ according to Atlantic Health System.