Abel Tessema , PA-C
Physician Assistant โข Newark, DE
4755 Ogletown Stanton Road, Suite 5a43
Newark, DE 197182200
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NPI assigned on February 15, 2017; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 84 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 99223 โ Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making: 84 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Newark, DE (2024, 156 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 166. Middle half: 48 to 431.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 75% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Delaware (2024, 347 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 270. Middle half: 87 to 688.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 13 in 2020 to 84 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2020โ2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
4755 Ogletown Stanton Road
Suite 5a43
Newark, DE 197182200
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
NPPES lists 1 additional practice-address record in Brookeville, MD. See the list
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
What Public CMS Data Show
Physician Assistant: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
85 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $13,083 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $9,677 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2021โ2025.
NPI first issued
2017
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Medicare assignment not listed
CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, โDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?โ
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Abel Tessema has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Can order Medicare-covered services
CMS lists Abel Tessema as eligible to order or refer Medicare Part B clinical laboratory and imaging services, durable medical equipment (DME) and home health services for people with Medicare.
Medicare pays for these items and services only when they are ordered by an eligible clinician.
What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services
It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Newark and Delaware
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Newark, DE (2024, 156 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 166. Middle half: 48 to 431.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 75% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Delaware (2024, 347 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 270. Middle half: 87 to 688.
Medicare-allowed amount
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Newark, DE (2024, 156 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $15,000. Middle half: $5,532 to $29,347.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Delaware (2024, 347 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $20,935. Middle half: $8,185 to $49,614.
Paid by Medicare
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Newark, DE (2024, 156 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $11,537. Middle half: $4,187 to $21,813.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Delaware (2024, 347 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $15,940. Middle half: $6,131 to $36,829.
319 active clinicians are listed under Physician Assistant with a practice address in Newark, DE (695 in Delaware).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Newark
10.3% of these 319 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
69.9% of these 319 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
Medicare Part B services went from 13 in 2020 to 84 in 2024.
- 2020: 13
- 2021: 65
- 2022: 43
- 2023: 138
- 2024: 84
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount increased 421% from $2,509 in 2020 to $13,083 in 2024.
- 2020: $2,509
- 2021: $11,934
- 2022: $7,961
- 2023: $21,936
- 2024: $13,083
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare increased 419% from $1,864 in 2020 to $9,677 in 2024.
- 2020: $1,864
- 2021: $9,547
- 2022: $6,343
- 2023: $16,040
- 2024: $9,677
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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99223
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes
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84 | 84 | $1929.91 | $155.75 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2024-10-01NUCC Taxonomy Code: 363A00000X
A physician assistant is a person who has successfully completed an accredited education program for physician assistant, is licensed by the state and is practicing within the scope of that license. Physician assistants are formally trained to perform many of the routine, time-consuming tasks a physician can do. In some states, they may prescribe medications. They take medical histories, perform physical exams, order lab tests and x-rays, and give inoculations. Most states require that they work under the supervision of a physician.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 363A00000X
A physician assistant is a person who has successfully completed an accredited education program for physician assistant, is licensed by the state and is practicing within the scope of that license. Physician assistants are formally trained to perform many of the routine, time-consuming tasks a physician can do. In some states, they may prescribe medications. They take medical histories, perform physical exams, order lab tests and x-rays, and give inoculations. Most states require that they work under the supervision of a physician.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
I20241014002955
DE
2466723309
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Secondary Practice Locations
18813 Heritage Hills Dr
Brookeville, MD 208332812
Phone: 3019069651
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Physician Assistant
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Internal Medicine
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
Physician Assistant
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Internal Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Physician Assistant
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Hospitalist
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 4755 OGLETOWN STANTON ROAD, SUITE 5A43, NEWARK, DE 197182200 (Tel: 3026230188)
Physician Assistant (license number reported to NPPES: DE C5-0012098)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 18813 HERITAGE HILLS DR, BROOKEVILLE, MD 208332812 (Tel: 3019069651)
Registered at 18813 HERITAGE HILLS DR, BROOKEVILLE, MD 208332812 (Tel: 3019069651)
Recorded as ABEL TESSEMA, PA-C
Physician Assistant (license number reported to NPPES: MD C0006259)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Physician Assistants in Newark
- Ashley Debonis, PA-C
- Maria Sprague, PA-C
- Kathryn Provonche, PA
- Miranda Kelly
- Andrew Duckworth, PA-C
- Kelsey Hay, PA-C
Mailing Address
18813 Heritage Hills Dr
Brookeville, MD 208332812
Phone: 3019069651