Gemechis Ararso Wacho, MD

Primary specialty

General Practice PhysicianTaxonomy code 208D00000X

License

MDCE.ML.70048516 Issued in WA

Practice address

917 Pacific Ave Ste 600
Tacoma, WA 98402-4437

Phone

(571) 457-2708

NPI assigned

Sep 10, 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: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

General Practice

Education

Other, 2002

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Platinum Peaks Healthcare PCGroup PAC ID 0648784157, 45 clinicians

Pacific Medical Specialty GroupGroup PAC ID 2365838364, 56 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Northwoods Lodge Nursing home, Silverdale, WA, CCN 505484
• Bremerton Trails Post Acute Nursing home, Bremerton, WA, CCN 505123

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

  Internal Medicine, WA

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Platinum Peaks Healthcare PC

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

  WA

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Bremerton Health, LLC

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Bremerton, WA
  • NPI 1508379827
  NPD (past)

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

• Rincon Beach, LLC

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Bremerton, WA
  • NPI 1811798978

  Nursing home

  Care Compare affiliation
• Sante SNF Op Co, LLC

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Silverdale, WA
  • NPI 1033475769

  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": "1761868800000",
    "number": "1699656132",
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            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
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            "address_1": "917 PACIFIC AVE STE 600",
            "city": "TACOMA",
            "state": "WA",
            "postal_code": "984024437",
            "telephone_number": "253-844-4327"
        },
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        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "WACHO",
        "first_name": "GEMECHIS",
        "middle_name": "ARARSO",
        "credential": "MD",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2025-09-10",
        "last_updated": "2025-10-31",
        "certification_date": "2025-10-31",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
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            "code": "208D00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
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            "primary": true
        }
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    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

• Ngan Vu, CBT
• Kyle Vuong, MD
• Pragathy Vutla, M.D.
• W Joseph Barrett DPM PS
• Wa Pacs 2 PC
• Dianna Lynn Wachtel, PA-C
• Robert F Wachtel, MD
• Wacn Imaging LLC
• Wacn Imaging LLC
• Aaron Waddell, PA-C

• All providers in Tacoma, WA
• General Practice Physician in Washington

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Oct 31, 2025; 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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