Dr. Berhanu M. Geme, MD

Dr. Geme practices at St Lukes University Hospital Bethlehem in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Geme's NPI, 1376781492, was assigned on January 27, 2009. Dr. Geme holds Pennsylvania license MD449309.

Dr. Geme's primary practice is St Lukes University Hospital Bethlehem, at 801 Ostrum St, Bethlehem, PA 18015 in Northampton County. The practice phone is (610) 954-4000.

Dr. Geme's primary practice is St Lukes University Hospital Bethlehem in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Dr. Geme is also affiliated with St. Luke's University Hospital - Bethlehem Campus. The medical group on file is St. Luke's South Mountain Family Practice. Dmand AI also links Dr. Geme to 4 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Geme practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Gastroenterology is Dr. Geme's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dmand AI has Dr. Geme's licenses on file in 2 states: Pennsylvania and New York.

CMS data shows 846 Medicare services from Dr. Geme across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 529 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $82,986 for them.

CMS counts 529 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Geme in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 240 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 17% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.04, 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. Geme's median patient age at 59, with 52% women.

In 2024, Dr. Geme wrote 574 Medicare Part D claims for 152 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 421 of them, across 13 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $73,448 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 421 claims across 10 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 97 out of 100 for Dr. Geme for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Geme accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Geme as offering telehealth. CMS counts 156 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Geme, more than 86% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 5 papers to Dr. Geme, published from 2013 to 2024. Dr. Geme's most frequent co-authors are Kimberly Jegel Chaput, DO, Farah Nafiz Harmouch, MD and Hammad B. Liaquat, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 139 general payments to Dr. Geme from 21 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 98% of the total. Boston Scientific Corporation paid the most, $893.