Zekarias Gessesse Arefaine, MD

Primary specialty

Internal Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207R00000X

License

ML70044497 Issued in WA

Practice address

917 Pacific Ave Ste 600
Tacoma, WA 98402-4437

Phone

(206) 375-0034

NPI assigned

Sep 13, 2025

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in WA

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: No
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: No
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: No

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Internal Medicine

Education

Other, 2018

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Pacific Medical Specialty GroupGroup PAC ID 2365838364, 56 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Pine Ridge Post Acute Nursing home, Edmonds, WA, CCN 505527

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships and National Provider Directory roles.

• Pacific Medical Specialty Group

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Elma, WA
  • NPI 1548911811
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Platinum Peaks Healthcare PC

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Tacoma, WA
  • NPI 1821982893
  Medicare reassignment NPD

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Pine Ridge SNF Healthcare LLC

  dba Pine Ridge Post Acute

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Edmonds, WA
  • NPI 1992554240

  Nursing home

  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1769212800000",
    "number": "1386515443",
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "2443 PALMETTO ST APT 1",
            "city": "OAKLAND",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "946022943",
            "telephone_number": "341-226-9615"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "917 PACIFIC AVE STE 600",
            "city": "TACOMA",
            "state": "WA",
            "postal_code": "984024437",
            "telephone_number": "206-375-0034"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "AREFAINE",
        "first_name": "ZEKARIAS",
        "middle_name": "GESSESSE",
        "name_prefix": "Dr.",
        "credential": "MD",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2025-09-13",
        "last_updated": "2026-01-24",
        "certification_date": "2026-01-24",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "207R00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Internal Medicine",
            "state": "WA",
            "license": "ML70044497",
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

• Emily Archer
• Rosario Canales Archer, MHP
• Teresa Louise Archer, OTA
• Teresa Arechavaleta
• Amir Aref
• Yesenia Rangel Arellano, M.ED., LMHC, NCC
• Carl Lorenz C Arenas
• Carolyn Arenas, LAC, AEMP
• Sheri Elaine Arfman
• Candy Cristieen Arias Ceja, O.D

• Internal Medicine Physician in Tacoma, WA
• Providers in Tacoma, WA by specialty
• Internal Medicine Physician in Washington

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jan 24, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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