Messay Balcha, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Alexandria, VA
Messay Balcha, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Alexandria, Virginia, and NPI 1821155094, issued on Jan 3, 2007. Check the license (Virginia 0101840506, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Messay Balcha
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 0101840506 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8350 Richmond Hwy Ste 301, Alexandria, VA 22309
- Phone
- (703) 704-5333
- Enumerated
- Jan 3, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (703) 704-6679
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20160721000686); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 8350 Richmond Hwy Ste 301
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Verify Messay Balcha in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
Search for license 0101840506Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
43% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
4,543 Medicare Part D claims for 383 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. 25 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium395 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate250 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium242 claims
- Lisinopril147 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium135 claims
- Metformin Hcl129 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 93.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $114.71
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. 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 2 group practices
- Inova Health Care ServicesSpringfield, VA
- Inova Physician Partners LLCFalls Church, VA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Messay Balcha among 3,599 internal medicine physician records in Virginia
Messay Balcha, MD is one of 3,599 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Virginia. 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 2007, is newer than 45% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 45% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1992 · median 2003 among the 2,234 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 53% 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 Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
148 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Alexandria
They are 148 of the 5,424 NPPES records with a practice address in Alexandria, and 3,599 internal medicine physician records in Virginia.
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Common questions
What is Messay Balcha, MD's NPI number?
Messay Balcha, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1821155094, issued on Jan 3, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Messay Balcha, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8350 Richmond Hwy Ste 301, Alexandria, VA, 22309. Phone: (703) 704-5333. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Messay Balcha, MD's license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 0101840506, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia Department of Health Professions at https://dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Messay Balcha, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Messay Balcha, MD had 4,543 Medicare Part D claims for 383 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Messay Balcha, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.5 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.