What is Joseph Desimone's specialty?

Joseph Desimone (NPI 1801819131) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Infectious Disease in Philadelphia, PA.

Where does Joseph Desimone practice?

Joseph Desimone practices in Philadelphia, PA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1801819131.

How much does Medicare pay Joseph Desimone?

Joseph Desimone (NPI 1801819131) received approximately $47K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 214 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1801819131

Joseph DesimoneM.D.

Infectious DiseasePhiladelphia, PAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

263

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

477

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$45K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 346 Infectious Disease providers in PA — above median (cohort median 364).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

282

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$744K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

92.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Elviteg/Cob/Emtri/Tenof Alafen58 claims

Bictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala56 claims

Emtricitab/Rilpiviri/Tenof Ala46 claims

Valacyclovir Hcl26 claims

0.9 % Sodium Chloride25 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$359

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$359

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$359

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Joseph Desimone's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 60 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC	253	725
David Karasick Diagnostic Radiology · Philadelphia, PA	67	146
FALCK NORTHEAST CORP.	56	107
Terri Tuckman Diagnostic Radiology · Philadelphia, PA	54	123
Bryan Hess Infectious Disease · Philadelphia, PA	40	162
NPI 1366520934	37	79
SHARMA, PRANSHU	34	108
City Of Philadelphia Ambulance Service Provider · Philadelphia, PA	33	81
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Norristown, PA	32	81
Phyllis Flomenberg Infectious Disease · Philadelphia, PA	31	153
Jerald Gong Pathology · Philadelphia, PA	29	80
WASTI, NYLAH	29	62

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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