NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Lemeneh Tefera, M.D.

Emergency Medicine Physician · Brooklyn, NY

Lemeneh Tefera, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Brooklyn, New York, and NPI 1881780849, issued on Oct 5, 2006. Check the license (New York 221149, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; 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
1881780849
Name
Lemeneh Tefera
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License numbers
221149 NY
145299 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
699 92ND St, Brooklyn, NY 11228
Phone
(212) 563-2497
Enumerated
Oct 5, 2006
Record last updated
Oct 31, 2023
Medicaid ID
02322829 NY
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20180223001338); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Southern California Keck School Of Medicine, 1999
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 699 92ND St

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

  1. Indu Anand, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1962404038
  2. Orel Bitton, PA-CPhysician Assistant1033060447
  3. Pedro Canals-Ferrat, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1811942709
  4. Robert Carbone, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTSurgical Physician Assistant1871542415
  5. Nicholas Chiu, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1295736361
  6. Joseph Daniello, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1639171572

Verify Lemeneh Tefera in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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67% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

75 Medicare Part D claims for 58 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Lemeneh Tefera75
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Naproxen12 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.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Sound Physicians Emergency Medicine OF Southern California PCOakdale, CA

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

Lemeneh Tefera among 5,025 emergency medicine physician records in New York

Lemeneh Tefera, M.D. is one of 5,025 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in New York. 86% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 3% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 3% of these records are older, 72% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 86% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
  • Graduated1999 · median 2013 among the 3,232 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

719 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Brooklyn

They are 719 of the 64,057 NPPES records with a practice address in Brooklyn, and 5,025 emergency medicine physician records in New York.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Lucy Gao Chen, PA-CBrooklyn, NY 112291013761949
  2. Carlos Holden, MDBrooklyn, NY 112291356326573
  3. Marvin Romero, D.O.Brooklyn, NY 112291043579535
  4. Aatif Tirmizi, D.O.Brooklyn, NY 112291134485808
  5. Steven Lock, M.D.Brooklyn, NY 112301629409644
  6. Takisha MorancyBrooklyn, NY 112261356036792
  7. Ducce Paul, MDBrooklyn, NY 112261821334608
  8. Clifford Scheiner, MD, PH.DBrooklyn, NY 112261487679924

Common questions

What is Lemeneh Tefera, M.D.'s NPI number?

Lemeneh Tefera, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1881780849, issued on Oct 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Lemeneh Tefera, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 699 92ND St, Brooklyn, NY, 11228. Phone: (212) 563-2497. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Lemeneh Tefera, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists New York license number 221149, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Lemeneh Tefera, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Lemeneh Tefera, M.D. had 75 Medicare Part D claims for 58 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.