Dr. Tariku Damte Ayalew, MD

Dr. Ayalew practices at Cape Fear Valley Hoke Hospital in Raeford, North Carolina, part of Cape Fear Valley Health.

Dr. Ayalew's NPI, 1073752036, was assigned on February 16, 2009. Dr. Ayalew holds New Mexico license MD2011-0811.

Dr. Ayalew's primary practice is Cape Fear Valley Hoke Hospital, at 210 Medical Pavilion Drive, Raeford, NC 28376 in Hoke County. The practice phone is (910) 904-8000.

Dr. Ayalew's primary practice is Cape Fear Valley Hoke Hospital in Raeford, North Carolina, part of Cape Fear Valley Health. Dr. Ayalew is also affiliated with University of Maryland Medical Center. The medical group on file is Cape Fear Valley Interventional Radiology. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ayalew to 4 more hospitals and 4 medical groups, each named with a free account.

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

Internal medicine is Dr. Ayalew's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Ayalew is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Ayalew's licenses on file in 3 states: New Mexico, Maine and Virginia.

CMS data shows 788 Medicare services from Dr. Ayalew across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 344 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $63,991 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 344 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ayalew in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 122 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 34% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.57, 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. Ayalew's median patient age at 68, with 47% women.

In 2024, Dr. Ayalew wrote 1,035 Medicare Part D claims for 365 patients. 84% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 672 of them, across 29 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $36,719 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,026 claims across 34 drugs.

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

CMS Open Payments shows 17 general payments to Dr. Ayalew from 9 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation paid the most, $90.