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Bethlehem Belachew, MD

Individual provider Ophthalmology Physician · NPI 1346450376

Bethlehem Belachew, MD practises Ophthalmology in Federal Way, Washington. Graduated from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas in 2006, 20 years ago. Practices with Virginia Mason Medical Center, a 867-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Missouri, Texas and Washington.

Years since qualifying
20
Trained at
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas
Licensed in
MO, TX, WA
In the registry since
2007
Specialties on file
4
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MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

33501 1st Way S
Federal Way, WA 98003-6208
Phone: (253) 838-2400
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Specialties & licences

Ophthalmology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207W00000X · Licence MD60981640 (WA)
Ophthalmology Physician Taxonomy 207W00000X · Licence 2010015926 (MO)
Ophthalmology Physician Taxonomy 207W00000X · Licence 2007012432 (MO)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Taxonomy 390200000X · Licence BP10025263 (TX)

Record details

NPI number1346450376
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMay 22, 2007
Last updated in NPPESOctober 30, 2019

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyOPHTHALMOLOGY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL SCHOOL AT DALLAS
Graduated 2006 (20 years in practice)
Group practice Virginia Mason Medical Center — 867 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations3 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Cataract surgery 117 times · 77th percentile

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients558
Services billed 1,738 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age78

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Virginia Mason Medical Center

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 867 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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