Dr. Takele Teshi Chala, MD

Dr. Chala practices at Wellstar Paulding Medical Center in Hiram, Georgia, part of Wellstar Health System.

Dr. Chala's NPI, 1578817383, was assigned on October 31, 2012. Dr. Chala holds Georgia license 073992.

Dr. Chala's primary practice is Wellstar Paulding Medical Center, at 2518 Jimmy Lee Smith Parkway, Hiram, GA 30141 in Paulding County. The practice phone is (470) 644-7000.

Dr. Chala's primary practice is Wellstar Paulding Medical Center in Hiram, Georgia, part of Wellstar Health System. Dr. Chala is also affiliated with Wellstar Cobb Medical Center. The medical group on file is Wellstar Medical Group.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Chala practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Hospitalist is Dr. Chala's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208M00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Chala's licenses on file in 2 states: Georgia and Ohio.

CMS data shows 849 Medicare services from Dr. Chala across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 374 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $71,633 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 374 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chala in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 141 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 15% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.36, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Chala's median patient age at 72, with 51% women.

In 2024, Dr. Chala wrote 444 Medicare Part D claims for 230 patients. 87% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 169 of them, across 9 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $9,930 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 174 claims across 11 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 94 out of 100 for Dr. Chala for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Chala accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

CMS Open Payments shows 11 general payments to Dr. Chala from 9 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2023. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $35.