Dr. Mesfin Tessema Assefa, MD

Dr. Assefa practices at WVU United Hospital Center in Bridgeport, West Virginia.

Dr. Assefa's NPI, 1689014771, was assigned on July 3, 2013. Dr. Assefa holds West Virginia license 25462.

Dr. Assefa's primary practice is WVU United Hospital Center, at 327 Medical Park Dr, Bridgeport, WV 26330 in Harrison County. The practice phone is (681) 342-3100.

Dr. Assefa's primary practice is WVU United Hospital Center in Bridgeport, West Virginia. Dr. Assefa is also affiliated with WVU Medicine United Hospital Center. The medical group on file is Shinnston Healthcare Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Assefa to 1 more hospital and 4 medical groups, each named with a free account.

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

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

CMS data shows 495 Medicare services from Dr. Assefa across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 151 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $33,189 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 151 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Assefa in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 54 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 28% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.65, 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. Assefa's median patient age at 74, with 46% women.

In 2024, Dr. Assefa wrote 343 Medicare Part D claims for 124 patients. 93% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 134 of them, across 10 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $13,907 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 80 claims across 6 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Dr. Assefa for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Assefa accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

CMS Open Payments shows 30 general payments to Dr. Assefa from 13 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, $127.