What is Kidane Assefa's specialty?

Kidane Assefa (NPI 1720185184) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in St. Thomas, VI.

Where does Kidane Assefa practice?

Kidane Assefa practices in St. Thomas, VI, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1720185184.

How much does Medicare pay Kidane Assefa?

Kidane Assefa (NPI 1720185184) received approximately $32K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 293 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1720185184

Kidane AssefaMD

OphthalmologySt. Thomas, VII

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

452

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

521

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$26K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 5 Ophthalmology providers in VI — below median (cohort median 630).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,724

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$127K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

35.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat522 claims

Travoprost486 claims

Latanoprost226 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate193 claims

Ketorolac Tromethamine78 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$88

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$88

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$88

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kidane Assefa's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 17 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Community Medical Laboratory, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · St Thomas, VI	80	103
VI GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL AND HEALTH FACILITIES CORP	56	86
NPI 1245513779	45	59
George Rosenberg Diagnostic Radiology · St. Thomas, VI	33	48
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Tampa, FL	32	48
JOHNSON, JOY	31	41
Roy Flood Interventional Cardiology · Savannah, GA	31	61
GULLER, JEFFREY	27	34
Luis Amaro Internal Medicine · St Thomas, VI	25	33
Clayton Wheatley Emergency Medicine · St. Thomas, VI	23	35
Emmanuel Graham Urology · Christiansted, VI	17	22
Judy Barzey Endocrinology · Lutz, FL	16	24

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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