Menilik Merid Asfaw, MD

Primary specialty

Hospitalist PhysicianTaxonomy code 208M00000X

License

MD61408033 Issued in WA

Practice address

401 15TH Ave SE
Puyallup, WA 98372-3715

Phone

(253) 697-4000

NPI assigned

May 15, 2018

Last updated

Jun 4, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TN, WA2 enrollments

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 2

Specialty

HospitalistAlso: Internal Medicine

Education

Other, 1998

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

South Sound Inpatient Physicians PLLCGroup PAC ID 5991618738, 424 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital Hospital, Puyallup, WA, CCN 500079
• Tacoma General Allenmore Hospital Hospital, Tacoma, WA, CCN 500129

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, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• South Sound Inpatient Physicians PLLC

  dba Sound Inpatient Physicians

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Vancouver, WA
  • NPI 1023285756
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Franciscan Medical Group

  dba Franciscan Orthopedics-Silverdale

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Silverdale, WA
  • NPI 1093165334
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• App of Tennessee HM, PLLC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Shelbyville, TN
  • NPI 1396160768
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Franciscan Medical Group

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Tacoma, WA
  • NPI 1366539421

  Internal Medicine

  NPD
• South Sound Inpatient Physicians PLLC

  dba Sound Inpatient Physicians

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Hillsboro, OR
  • NPI 1508023789
  NPD
• Multicare Health System

  dba MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Puyallup, WA
  • NPI 1841231461
  NPD (past)

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

• Multicare Health System

  dba Tacoma General Allenmore

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Tacoma, WA
  • NPI 1366556227
  Care Compare affiliation
• Multicare Health System

  dba MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Puyallup, WA
  • NPI 1841231461
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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        },
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        "last_name": "ASFAW",
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}

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• Hospitalist Physician in Puyallup, WA
• Providers in Puyallup, WA by specialty
• Hospitalist Physician in Washington

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jun 4, 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.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.