Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Biruh Workeneh, MD

Individual provider Internal Medicine Physician · NPI 1245339928

Biruh Workeneh, MD practises Nephrology in Houston, Texas. Graduated from University of Texas Medical School at Houston in 2002, 24 years ago. Practices with Physicians Referral Service, a 2,727-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in California and Texas.

Years since qualifying
24
Trained at
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Licensed in
CA, TX
In the registry since
2006
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

1515 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, TX 77030-4000
Phone: (713) 792-2340
Fax: (713) 745-0105
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Specialties & licences

Nephrology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RN0300X · Licence NO565 (TX)
Internal Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207R00000X · Licence A91837 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1245339928
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedSeptember 21, 2006
Last updated in NPPESOctober 30, 2020
Certification dateOctober 30, 2020

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyNEPHROLOGY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL AT HOUSTON
Graduated 2002 (24 years in practice)
Group practice Physicians Referral Service — 2727 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations2 on file with Medicare

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 patients286
Services billed 758 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age71

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.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $26,792 6 payments
Consulting Fee $6,520 2 payments
Travel and Lodging $5,951 17 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $3,580 58 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

  • USRC Premier Dialysis facility · Houston, TX · listed as Premier Dialysis - Dsi, LLC

Also affiliated with 1 hospital, which CMS identifies by certification number only.

Colleagues at Physicians Referral Service

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 2727 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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