Bethel Girma Shiferaw, M.D.
Infectious Disease Physician · Waterbury, CT
Bethel Girma Shiferaw, M.D. is an infectious disease physician with a practice address in Waterbury, Connecticut, and NPI 1821432113, issued on Apr 17, 2013. Check the license (Connecticut 60909, as entered in NPPES) on the Connecticut Medical Examining Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Bethel Girma Shiferaw
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Infectious Disease Physician 207RI0200X
- License number
- 60909 CT
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 56 Franklin St, Waterbury, CT 06706
- Phone
- (203) 709-6402
- Enumerated
- Apr 17, 2013
- Record last updated
- Oct 28, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180724004003); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 56 Franklin St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Bethel Girma Shiferaw in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersConnecticut Medical Examining Board
Search for license 60909Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
64% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average infectious disease physician in 2024
247 Medicare Part D claims for 41 beneficiaries, against an average of 689 among the 7,388 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 46% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Biktarvy39 claims
- Tivicay22 claims
- Descovy15 claims
- Vancomycin Hcl14 claims
- Juluca13 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim13 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $185.99
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. The 3,895 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,362.19 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Trinity Health OF New England Provider Network Organization IncWaterbury, CT
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Bethel Girma Shiferaw among 202 infectious disease physician records in Connecticut
Bethel Girma Shiferaw, M.D. is one of 202 infectious disease physician records with a practice address in Connecticut. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 77% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 77% of these records are older, 21% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated2007 · median 2003 among the 136 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 66% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RI0200X and a Connecticut practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Infectious Disease Physician providers in Connecticut
There are 202 infectious disease physician records in Connecticut.
All 202 in Connecticut → Every provider in Waterbury → Infectious Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 infectious disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Arjet Gega, M.D.Waterbury, CT 067061487851317
- Sailaja Puttagunta, M.D.Waterbury, CT 067061306969282
- Michael Simms, MDWaterbury, CT 067061265458061
- Lydia Aoun-Barakat, MDWaterbury, CT 067081033183355
- Steven Aronin, MDWaterbury, CT 067081164495875
- Marinela Ingilizova, MDWaterbury, CT 067081114297157
- Fahmida McGann, DOWaterbury, CT 067081154716678
- Irida Molla, MDWaterbury, CT 067081861704181
Common questions
What is Bethel Girma Shiferaw, M.D.'s NPI number?
Bethel Girma Shiferaw, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1821432113, issued on Apr 17, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Bethel Girma Shiferaw, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 56 Franklin St, Waterbury, CT, 06706. Phone: (203) 709-6402. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Bethel Girma Shiferaw, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Connecticut license number 60909, as entered by the provider. Search the Connecticut Medical Examining Board at https://www.elicense.ct.gov/Lookup/LicenseLookup.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Bethel Girma Shiferaw, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Bethel Girma Shiferaw, M.D. had 247 Medicare Part D claims for 41 beneficiaries; the average among infectious disease physician prescribers was 689. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.