Tariku Mekonnen Assen, MD

Primary specialty

Hospitalist PhysicianTaxonomy code 208M00000X

License

97119 Issued in GA

Practice address

303 Parkway Dr NE # 430
Atlanta, GA 30312-1212

Phone

(770) 265-4919

NPI assigned

Mar 31, 2020

Last updated

Apr 22, 2026By 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

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NC, GA, CO, MI4 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 4

Specialty

Internal Medicine

Education

Other, 2004

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Grand Traverse Physician Services PCGroup PAC ID 2466963806, 119 clinicians

Murphy Medical Center IncGroup PAC ID 7416856547, 70 clinicians

Hightower Physician Services, PCGroup PAC ID 4486903176, 20 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Four Seasons the Care You Trust Hospice, Flat Rock, NC, CCN 341530
• Erlanger Murphy Medical Center Hospital, Murphy, NC, CCN 341328
• Munson Medical Center Hospital, Traverse City, MI, CCN 230097
• Upson Regional Medical Center Hospital, Thomaston, GA, CCN 110002
• Erlanger Medical Center Hospital, Chattanooga, TN, CCN 440104
• Erlanger Murphy Medical Center Nursing home, CCN 34Z328

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

88.96 of 100Reported as group

Quality

77.5

Improvement activities

40

Cost

74.58

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

93.93 of 100Reported as apm

Quality

82.14

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://api.platform.athenahealth.com/14272/brand/70/csg/1/fhir/r4

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.

• Hightower Physician Services, PC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Thomaston, GA
  • NPI 1891296620
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Grand Traverse Physician Services PC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Traverse City, MI
  • NPI 1932913217

  Internal Medicine

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Murphy Medical Center Inc

  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
  • Murphy, NC
  • NPI 1649378423
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• 24 On Physicians, PC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Rome, GA
  • NPI 1912956251
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Apogee Medical Group Georgia Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Carrollton, GA
  • NPI 1629025143
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Houston Hospitalist Group LLC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Warner Robins, GA
  • NPI 1962040147
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Colorado Hospitalist Services, PLLC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Englewood, CO
  • NPI 1265806178
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Murphy Hospitalist Group, PLLC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Murphy, NC
  • NPI 1124768544
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Georgia Hospital Medicine Physicians LLC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Thomaston, GA
  • NPI 1164371415
  Medicare reassignment
• Wexford Physician Services PC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Cadillac, MI
  • NPI 1649084260
  Medicare reassignment
• Houston Hospitalist Group LLC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Perry, GA
  • NPI 1831717511
  NPD
• Wellstar Medical Group, LLC

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Marietta, GA
  • NPI 1275992240
  NPD

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

• Upson County Hospital Inc

  dba Upson Regional Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Thomaston, GA
  • NPI 1659376630
  Care Compare affiliation
• Erlanger Health

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Chattanooga, TN
  • NPI 1861194086
  Care Compare affiliation
• Hospice of Henderson County, Inc.

  dba Four Seasons the Care You Trust

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Flat Rock, NC
  • NPI 1275524621
  Care Compare affiliation
• Munson Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Traverse City, MI
  • NPI 1952307852
  Care Compare affiliation
• Murphy Medical Center Inc

  dba Erlanger Murphy Medical Center

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Murphy, NC
  • NPI 1801831102
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "state": "GA",
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• Hospitalist Physician in Atlanta, GA
• Providers in Atlanta, GA by specialty
• Hospitalist Physician in Georgia

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Apr 22, 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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