Mandefro Mengistu Zerefa, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Tucson, AZ
Mandefro Mengistu Zerefa, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Tucson, Arizona, and NPI 1427148386, issued on Oct 13, 2006. Check the license (Arizona 34847, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Mandefro Mengistu Zerefa
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- 34847 AZ
D0057892 MD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7383 E Tanque Verde RD, Tucson, AZ 85715
- Phone
- (520) 318-3434
- Enumerated
- Oct 13, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 5, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (520) 318-3435
- Medicaid ID
- 981490 AZ
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051212000219); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Mandefro Mengistu Zerefa in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
Search for license 34847Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
82% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
561 Medicare Part D claims for 166 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 30 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Furosemide37 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium34 claims
- Metoprolol Tartrate31 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate25 claims
- Carvedilol23 claims
- Potassium Chloride23 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Arizona Inpatient Medicine Associates LLCTucson, AZ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Mandefro Mengistu Zerefa among 2,853 internal medicine physician records in Arizona
Mandefro Mengistu Zerefa, MD is one of 2,853 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 75% 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 13% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 13% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2003 among the 1,643 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
651 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Tucson
They are 651 of the 18,788 NPPES records with a practice address in Tucson, and 2,853 internal medicine physician records in Arizona.
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Common questions
What is Mandefro Mengistu Zerefa, MD's NPI number?
Mandefro Mengistu Zerefa, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1427148386, issued on Oct 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Mandefro Mengistu Zerefa, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7383 E Tanque Verde RD, Tucson, AZ, 85715. Phone: (520) 318-3434. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Mandefro Mengistu Zerefa, MD's license?
NPPES lists Arizona license number 34847, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Mandefro Mengistu Zerefa, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Mandefro Mengistu Zerefa, MD had 561 Medicare Part D claims for 166 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Mandefro Mengistu Zerefa, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.