Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa, DO

  • Saint Joseph, MO
  • Cardiologist
NPI1952781726PAC ID0547572992
Medicare services, 2024
3,918
Medicare patients, 2024
2,380
Part D claims, 2024
2,428
Publications
1
MIPS score, 2024
87
Practice address
5325 Faraon Street, Saint Joseph, MO 64506
Practice phone
Call (816) 271-6000
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Primary practice

Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph - Medical Center

Hospital · Saint Joseph, Missouri

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Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa is a cardiologist in Saint Joseph, Missouri

Dr. Assefa practices at Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph - Medical Center in Saint Joseph, Missouri, part of Mosaic Life Care.

Dr. Assefa's NPI, 1952781726, was assigned on June 5, 2015. Dr. Assefa holds Missouri license 2018015281.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0547572992
NPI enumeration date
June 5, 2015
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(816) 271-6000
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
37
Medical school graduation
2015

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa practices at Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph - Medical Center in Saint Joseph, Missouri

Dr. Assefa's primary practice is Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph - Medical Center, at 5325 Faraon Street, Saint Joseph, MO 64506 in Buchanan County. The practice phone is (816) 271-6000.

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Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. Assefa's primary practice is Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph - Medical Center in Saint Joseph, Missouri, part of Mosaic Life Care. Dr. Assefa is also affiliated with Mosaic Medical Center - Maryville. The medical group on file is Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph - Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Assefa to 3 more hospitals, 2 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Assefa practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph - Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+5 more sites and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa is one of 383 cardiologists in Missouri

Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Assefa's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dr. Assefa is licensed in Missouri.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Cardiovascular disease, MissouriPrimaryLicense 2018015281 · taxonomy 207RC0000X

Cardiologists near Dr. Assefa

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa billed Medicare for 3,918 services in 2024

CMS data shows 3,918 Medicare services from Dr. Assefa across 19 procedure codes in 2024, for 2,380 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $91,123 for them.

Medicare services, 20243,918
Medicare patients2,380
Paid by Medicare$91,123
Procedure codes19

Dr. Assefa's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Tests and treatments
2023: 2,1182024: 3,24353%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 6252024: 55511%
Imaging
2023: 1352024: 12011%

Where Dr. Assefa's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office3639%
  • In a facility3,55591%

Dr. Assefa compared with the Missouri median for cardiologists, 2024

  • Dr. Assefa
  • Missouri median
Medicare services
3,918vs 1,7972.2 times
Medicare patients
2,380vs 9252.6 times
Part D claims
2,315vs 2,1289% above

Medians across 391 cardiologists in Missouri with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Assefa's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa treated 2,380 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 2,380 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Assefa in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 990 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 11% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.45, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Assefa's median patient age at 72, with 52% women.

Medicare patients, 20242,380
Average age75
Average risk score1.45
Also on Medicaid11%

Dr. Assefa's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Assefa's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women1,26553%
  • Men1,11547%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Assefa's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis49%
  4. Ischemic heart disease46%
  5. Atrial fibrillation38%
  6. Diabetes35%
  7. Chronic kidney disease32%
  8. COPD30%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Assefa's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 72

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women52%
  • Men48%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa wrote 2,428 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Assefa wrote 2,428 Medicare Part D claims for 344 patients. 85% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,315 of them, across 36 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $308,845 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,237 claims across 29 drugs.

Part D claims, 20242,428
Drugs named by CMS36
Total drug cost$308,845
Part D patients344

Dr. Assefa's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic2,057 claims85%
  • Brand-name371 claims15%

Dr. Assefa's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 1,2372024: 2,31587%

Drugs named by CMS: 36 in 2024, 29 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa scored 87 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 87 out of 100 for Dr. Assefa for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Assefa accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Assefa's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 87of 100Final score
  • 73.6of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 81of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Assefa in 2019. Dr. Assefa's most frequent co-author is Obai Abdullah, MD.

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Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa received $4,515 in industry payments from 2019 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 94 general payments to Dr. Assefa from 21 drug and device companies from 2019 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 46% of the total. Abbott Laboratories paid the most, $2,817.

General payments to Dr. Assefa by program year, 2019 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Assefa by kind, 2019 to 2025

$4.5Kin total
  • Food and beverage$2,09846%
  • Travel and lodging$1,47333%
  • Education$94421%

Companies that paid Dr. Assefa the most, 2019 to 2025

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Sources for Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa's NPI number?

Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa's NPI number is 1952781726. It was assigned on June 5, 2015, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa?

Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa is a cardiologist in Saint Joseph, Missouri. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Cardiovascular Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RC0000X).

Where does Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa practice?

Dr. Assefa practices at 5325 Faraon Street, Saint Joseph, MO 64506. Dr. Assefa's primary practice is Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph - Medical Center in Saint Joseph, Missouri, part of Mosaic Life Care. Dmand AI also links Dr. Assefa to 3 hospitals, 2 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Assefa is (816) 271-6000.

What is Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa's medical license number?

Dr. Assefa holds Missouri license 2018015281.

Which hospitals is Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa affiliated with?

Dr. Assefa practices at Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph - Medical Center in Saint Joseph, Missouri. Dr. Assefa is also affiliated with Mosaic Medical Center - Maryville. Dmand AI links Dr. Assefa to 3 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa part of?

Dr. Assefa is linked to Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph - Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Assefa to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Assefa billed Medicare for 3,918 services in 2024, and Dr. Assefa accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa's MIPS score?

Dr. Assefa's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 87 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa see?

CMS counts 2,380 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Assefa in 2024, with an average age of 75.

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What services does Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Assefa's most billed Medicare services were heart test or procedure (93010), heart test or procedure (93306) and office visit, established patient (99214).

What drugs does Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Assefa's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Ezetimibe and Metoprolol Succinate.

Has Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $4,515 in general payments to Dr. Assefa from 21 companies from 2019 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbott Laboratories.

How long has Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa been practicing?

Dr. Assefa graduated from medical school in 2015, 11 years ago.

Does Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Assefa.

Who does Dr. Mahaletwork Yeshitela Assefa publish with?

Dr. Assefa's most frequent co-authors are Obai Abdullah, MD (1 shared paper).

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