NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Elshaday Teferi, NP

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner · Columbia, MD

Elshaday Teferi, NP is a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner with a practice address in Columbia, Maryland, and NPI 1689215527, issued on Oct 2, 2019. Check the license (Maryland AC002925, as entered in NPPES) with the Maryland board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1689215527
Name
Elshaday Teferi
Credential
NP
Primary taxonomy
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner 363LP0808X
License numbers
AC002925 MD
AC004747 MD
0024178141 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
8890 Mcgaw RD Ste 350-360, Columbia, MD 21045
Phone
(301) 317-6575
Enumerated
Oct 2, 2019
Record last updated
Jul 23, 2025
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20230103001746); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 8890 Mcgaw RD Ste 350-360

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Zenatsehay GebretsadikPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1053087106
  2. Dhruv PatelPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1578327409
  3. Rutvi Patel, CRNP-PMHPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1669264040
  4. Ashleigh ShugarsPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1063237626
  5. Crystal WilliamsPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1477026045

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  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Maryland board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
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  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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9% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner in 2024

987 Medicare Part D claims for 112 beneficiaries, against an average of 906 among the 30,717 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Elshaday Teferi987
  2. Specialty average906

Most prescribed

  1. Escitalopram Oxalate88 claims
  2. Lorazepam64 claims
  3. Clonazepam58 claims
  4. Aripiprazole55 claims
  5. Sertraline Hcl51 claims
  6. Lamotrigine49 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: $3,353.09

188 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lundbeck LLC. The 23,362 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,027.77 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Elshaday Teferi$3,353.09
  2. Specialty average$1,027.77

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

  1. Joshi And Merchant, Md,paColumbia, MD

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Elshaday Teferi among 2,373 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Maryland

Elshaday Teferi, NP is one of 2,373 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Maryland. 71% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 33% of them.

  • NPI issued2019 · 33% of these records are older, 61% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 71% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
  • Graduated2019 · median 2021 among the 1,409 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 19% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LP0808X and a Maryland practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

102 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Columbia

They are 102 of the 6,690 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbia, and 2,373 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Maryland.

The 8 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Naier Anhary, PMHNPColumbia, MD 210451689629552
  2. Katia Coley, NP-CColumbia, MD 210451770982241
  3. Benjamin Dahunsi, PMHNPColumbia, MD 210451225535206
  4. Veronica Kwegyir-Afful, NPColumbia, MD 210451689109795
  5. Elizabeth Noyes, PMHNP-BCColumbia, MD 210451639562317
  6. Favour OfoegbuColumbia, MD 210451891036604
  7. Olufunke Okegbenro, RN, CRNPColumbia, MD 210451174881411
  8. Felease Reed, CRNP-PMHColumbia, MD 210451417118795

Common questions

What is Elshaday Teferi, NP's NPI number?

Elshaday Teferi, NP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1689215527, issued on Oct 2, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Elshaday Teferi, NP located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8890 Mcgaw RD Ste 350-360, Columbia, MD, 21045. Phone: (301) 317-6575. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Elshaday Teferi, NP's license?

NPPES lists Maryland license number AC002925, as entered by the provider. Search the Maryland board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Elshaday Teferi, NP prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Elshaday Teferi, NP had 987 Medicare Part D claims for 112 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner prescribers was 906. 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.