Dr. Erika K. Ridgeway , DDS
Dentist β’ Tacoma, WA
1148 72nd St E Unit B
Tacoma, WA 984041806
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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
1148 72nd St E Unit B
Tacoma, WA 984041806
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
What Public CMS Data Show
Dentist: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2019β2025.
NPI first issued
2016
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, βDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?β
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.
Compared with the same specialty in Tacoma and Washington
141 active clinicians are listed under Dentist with a practice address in Tacoma, WA (2,768 in Washington).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Tacoma
0.7% of these 141 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
0.7% of these 141 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
Sources: CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 122300000X
A dentist is a person qualified by a doctorate in dental surgery (D.D.S.) or dental medicine (D.M.D.), licensed by the state to practice dentistry, and practicing within the scope of that license. There is no difference between the two degrees: dentists who have a DMD or DDS have the same education. Universities have the prerogative to determine what degree is awarded. Both degrees use the same curriculum requirements set by the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation. Generally, three or more years of undergraduate education plus four years of dental school is required to graduate and become a general dentist. State licensing boards accept either degree as equivalent, and both degrees allow licensed individuals to practice the same scope of general dentistry. Additional post-graduate training is required to become a dental specialist.
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 1148 72ND ST E UNIT B, TACOMA, WA 984041806 (Tel: (253) 537-5437)
Registered at 1148 72ND ST. E, SUITE B, TACOMA, WA 98404 (Tel: 2535375437)
Recorded as ERIKA RIDGEWAY, DDS
Dentist (license number reported to NPPES: WA 60680586)
Record officially reactivated for active practice on June 02, 2017
NPPES lists this NPI as deactivated as of April 25, 2017; the reason is not published.
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 1148 72ND ST. E, SUITE B, TACOMA, WA 98404 (Tel: 2535375437)
Registered at 1148 72ND ST. E, SUITE B, TACOMA, WA 98404 (Tel: 2535375437)
Recorded as ERIKA RIDGEWAY, DDS
Dentist (license number reported to NPPES: WA 60680586)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Dentists in Tacoma
- Dr. Tran Dang, DMD
- Dr. Nicholas Sotak, DMD
- Dr. Peter Chong, DDS
- Dr. Chapin Densmore, DDS
- Dr. Mai Phuong Nguyen, DDS
- Dr. Shaofan Xu, DDS MS
Mailing Address
1148 72nd St. E, Suite B
Tacoma, WA 98404
Phone: 2535375437