What is Nehal Desai's specialty?

Nehal Desai (NPI 1801855622) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Columbia, SC.

Where does Nehal Desai practice?

Nehal Desai practices in Columbia, SC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1801855622.

How much does Medicare pay Nehal Desai?

Nehal Desai (NPI 1801855622) received approximately $68K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 289 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1801855622

Nehal DesaiMD

PRACTICELEXINGTON HEALTH INCSee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineColumbia, SCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

764

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,282

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$64K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,190 Internal Medicine providers in SC — above median (cohort median 884).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,842

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$298K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

15.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium402 claims

Amlodipine Besylate261 claims

Metformin Hcl179 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium171 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium145 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.1

Quality

68.9

Cost

78.1

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.38%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$534

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$534

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$534

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Nehal Desai'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). 34 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
THREE RIVERS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LLC	374	1,912
LEXINGTON COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT INC	354	2,107
NPI 1164417259	109	1,342
Lexington County Ems Ambulance Service Provider · Lexington, SC	74	434
Paul Lowe Psychiatry · Florence, SC	67	646
Timothy Malone Psychiatry · Columbia, SC	60	433
NPI 1326008632	54	158
Jaiprakash Patel Internal Medicine · West Columbia, SC	53	190
PRISMA HEALTH-MIDLANDS	41	204
PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL, LLC	38	152
Lee Boguski Emergency Medicine · West Columbia, SC	36	271
County Council For Richland County Ambulance Service Provider · Columbia, SC	30	247

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.

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