Tekalign Assefa Burka, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Kansas City, KS
Tekalign Assefa Burka, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Kansas City, Kansas, and NPI 1356789317, issued on Jun 11, 2013. Check the license (Kansas 9408203, as entered in NPPES) on the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tekalign Assefa Burka
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 9408203 KS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3901 Rainbow Blvd MS 2012, Kansas City, KS 66160
- Phone
- (913) 588-6926
- Enumerated
- Jun 11, 2013
- Record last updated
- Jun 27, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (913) 588-6965
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180625000681); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Kansas School Of Med (Kc/Wich/Sal), 2013
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Tekalign Assefa Burka in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKansas State Board of Healing Arts
Search for license 9408203Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
54% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,459 Medicare Part D claims for 236 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 18% of claims. 30 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin236 claims
- Rizatriptan82 claims
- Ubrelvy65 claims
- Topiramate61 claims
- Nortriptyline Hcl55 claims
- Venlafaxine Hcl Er54 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): 91.9 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: $431.90
44 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. 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
- Kansas University Physicians IncKansas City, KS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Tekalign Assefa Burka among 1,010 internal medicine physician records in Kansas
Tekalign Assefa Burka, MD is one of 1,010 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Kansas. 73% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 58% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 58% of these records are older, 40% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2008 among the 568 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 49% 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 Kansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
278 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Kansas City
They are 278 of the 4,522 NPPES records with a practice address in Kansas City, and 1,010 internal medicine physician records in Kansas.
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Common questions
What is Tekalign Assefa Burka, MD's NPI number?
Tekalign Assefa Burka, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356789317, issued on Jun 11, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tekalign Assefa Burka, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3901 Rainbow Blvd MS 2012, Kansas City, KS, 66160. Phone: (913) 588-6926. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tekalign Assefa Burka, MD's license?
NPPES lists Kansas license number 9408203, as entered by the provider. Search the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts at https://www.ksbha.ks.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Tekalign Assefa Burka, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Tekalign Assefa Burka, MD had 1,459 Medicare Part D claims for 236 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Tekalign Assefa Burka, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.9 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.