Dr. Dagmawit Assefa Mekuria, MD

Dr. Mekuria practices at AdventHealth Gordon in Calhoun, Georgia, part of AdventHealth.

Dr. Mekuria's NPI, 1154986099, was assigned on May 7, 2019. Dr. Mekuria holds Georgia license 93029.

Dr. Mekuria's primary practice is AdventHealth Gordon, at 1035 Red Bud Road, Calhoun, GA 30701 in Gordon County. The practice phone is (706) 629-2895.

Dr. Mekuria's primary practice is AdventHealth Gordon in Calhoun, Georgia, part of AdventHealth. Dr. Mekuria is also affiliated with AdventHealth Murray. The medical group on file is AdventHealth Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Mekuria to 1 more hospital outpatient department and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Mekuria practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Internal medicine is Dr. Mekuria's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Mekuria is licensed in Georgia.

CMS data shows 562 Medicare services from Dr. Mekuria across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 191 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $40,409 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 191 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Mekuria in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 75 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 29% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.91, 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. Mekuria's median patient age at 72, with 60% women.

In 2024, Dr. Mekuria wrote 780 Medicare Part D claims for 284 patients. 88% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 431 of them, across 24 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $9,497 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,176 claims across 47 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 84 out of 100 for Dr. Mekuria for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Mekuria accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Colonoscopy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

CMS Open Payments shows 1 general payment to Dr. Mekuria from 1 drug or device company in 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $18.