What is Vipul Desai's specialty?

Vipul Desai (NPI 1891960969) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Infectious Disease in The Woodlands, TX.

Where does Vipul Desai practice?

Vipul Desai practices in The Woodlands, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1891960969.

How much does Medicare pay Vipul Desai?

Vipul Desai (NPI 1891960969) received approximately $678K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 237 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1891960969

Vipul DesaiMD

Infectious DiseaseThe Woodlands, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

814

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

230,500

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$592K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 425 Infectious Disease providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 589).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

736

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$364K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

31.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Ciprofloxacin Hcl98 claims

Cefdinir68 claims

Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim66 claims

Fluconazole59 claims

Doxycycline Hyclate48 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

80.0

Cost

54.2

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$14K

Payment records

181

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$10K

Food and Beverage$4K

Education$195

Top paying entities

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$10K

Food and Beverage$4K

Education$195

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Vipul 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). 66 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Montgomery County Hospital District Ambulance Service Provider · Conroe, TX	86	261
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	78	1,149
Raghuram Rao Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	58	190
Amit Mittal Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	58	227
Elizabeth Robert Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	49	173
NEXUS SPECIALTY HOSPITAL - THE WOODLANDS, LTD.	47	152
Amarbir Mattewal Pulmonary Disease · The Woodlands, TX	46	194
Daniel Gianella Diagnostic Radiology · Long Beach, CA	44	141
Linda Uhegwu Internal Medicine · The Woodlands, TX	40	242
Hammad Qureshi Internal Medicine · The Woodlands, TX	40	162
Margit Nemeth Cardiology · The Woodlands, TX	37	135
Sandeep Amesur Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	34	126

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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