Dr. Belachew Tessema, MD

Dr. Tessema practices at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut, part of Hartford HealthCare.

Dr. Tessema's NPI, 1417005000, was assigned on January 8, 2007. Dr. Tessema graduated from University of Connecticut School of Medicine in 2003. Dr. Tessema holds Connecticut license 047340.

Dr. Tessema's primary practice is Hartford Hospital, at 80 Seymour Street, Hartford, CT 06102 in Hartford County. The practice phone is (860) 545-5000.

Dr. Tessema's primary practice is Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut, part of Hartford HealthCare. Dr. Tessema is also affiliated with UConn John Dempsey Hospital. The medical group on file is Hartford Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Tessema to 1 more hospital, 4 group practices and clinics, 4 medical groups and 1 skilled nursing facility, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Tessema practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Otolaryngology is Dr. Tessema's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Y00000X. Dr. Tessema is licensed in Connecticut.

CMS data shows 470 Medicare services from Dr. Tessema across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 174 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $60,758 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 174 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Tessema in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 71 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 70% have high blood pressure. 20% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.21, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Tessema's median patient age at 63, with 54% women.

In 2024, Dr. Tessema wrote 395 Medicare Part D claims for 127 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 357 of them, across 13 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $142,032 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 274 claims across 10 drugs.

Dr. Tessema accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 24 papers to Dr. Tessema, published from 2011 to 2024. 2020 was the busiest year, with 6. The most frequent topics are COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and Povidone-Iodine. Dr. Tessema has published most often in J Prosthodont. Dr. Tessema's most frequent co-authors are Seth Michael Brown, MD, Samantha Elizabeth Frank, MD and Jesse Shane Pelletier, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 158 general payments to Dr. Tessema from 22 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 74% of the total. Sanofi and Genzyme US Companies paid the most, $37,023.

Dr. Tessema graduated from University of Connecticut School of Medicine in 2003.