Girma Balcha Assefa, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · South Holland, IL
Girma Balcha Assefa, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in South Holland, Illinois, and NPI 1619904992, issued on Jun 26, 2006. Check the license (Illinois 036-078388, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Girma Balcha Assefa
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 036-078388 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 100 W 162ND St, South Holland, IL 60473
- Phone
- (708) 730-2200
- Enumerated
- Jun 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 18, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (708) 210-0636
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100304000284); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 100 W 162ND St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Girma Balcha Assefa in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036-078388Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
11,294 Medicare Part D claims for 901 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 76 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate1,096 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium693 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate648 claims
- Losartan Potassium563 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium502 claims
- Metformin Hcl349 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: $63.50
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Exact Sciences Corporation. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Advocate Health And Hospitals CorporationSouth Holland, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
18 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in South Holland
They are 18 of the 323 NPPES records with a practice address in South Holland, and 7,238 internal medicine physician records in Illinois.
All 18 in South Holland → All 7,238 in Illinois → Every provider in South Holland →
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Common questions
What is Girma Balcha Assefa, M.D.'s NPI number?
Girma Balcha Assefa, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1619904992, issued on Jun 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Girma Balcha Assefa, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 100 W 162ND St, South Holland, IL, 60473. Phone: (708) 730-2200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Girma Balcha Assefa, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036-078388, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Girma Balcha Assefa, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Girma Balcha Assefa, M.D. had 11,294 Medicare Part D claims for 901 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.