Alpa Desai, MD
Infectious Disease Physician · Dayton, OH
Alpa Desai, MD is an infectious disease physician with a practice address in Dayton, Ohio, and NPI 1518281591, issued on Mar 20, 2010. Check the license (Ohio 35.120590, as entered in NPPES) on the State Medical Board of Ohio; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Alpa Desai
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Infectious Disease Physician 207RI0200X
- License number
- 35.120590 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 33 W Rahn RD, Dayton, OH 45429
- Phone
- (937) 433-8990
- Enumerated
- Mar 20, 2010
- Record last updated
- Jul 23, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (937) 433-8691
- Medicaid ID
- 0083536 OH
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20130612000741); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Alpa Desai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersState Medical Board of Ohio
Search for license 35.120590Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
70% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average infectious disease physician in 2024
207 Medicare Part D claims for 53 beneficiaries, against an average of 689 among the 7,388 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Cefadroxil41 claims
- Daptomycin22 claims
- Ceftriaxone21 claims
- Ertapenem19 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate15 claims
- Vancomycin Hcl13 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 100 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- South Dayton Acute Care Consultants, IncDayton, OH
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Alpa Desai among 350 infectious disease physician records in Ohio
Alpa Desai, MD is one of 350 infectious disease physician records with a practice address in Ohio. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2010, is newer than 68% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 68% of these records are older, 28% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated2005 · median 2002 among the 246 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RI0200X and a Ohio practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Infectious Disease Physician providers in Ohio
There are 350 infectious disease physician records in Ohio.
All 350 in Ohio → Every provider in Dayton → Infectious Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 infectious disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Catherine Bacheller, M.D.Kettering, OH 454291386646057
- Jack Bernstein, M.D.Kettering, OH 454291043212772
- Kunal Desai, MDDayton, OH 454291912189986
- Kaili Fan, MDDayton, OH 454291396737094
- James Galbraith, MDDayton, OH 454291407848252
- Richard Groger, MDDayton, OH 454291194717876
- Shruti Patel, MDDayton, OH 454291053635045
- Satish Kumar Sarvepalli, M.D., MPHDayton, OH 454291750584744
Common questions
What is Alpa Desai, MD's NPI number?
Alpa Desai, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518281591, issued on Mar 20, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Alpa Desai, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 33 W Rahn RD, Dayton, OH, 45429. Phone: (937) 433-8990. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Alpa Desai, MD's license?
NPPES lists Ohio license number 35.120590, as entered by the provider. Search the State Medical Board of Ohio at https://elicense.ohio.gov/oh_verifylicense. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Alpa Desai, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Alpa Desai, MD had 207 Medicare Part D claims for 53 beneficiaries; the average among infectious disease physician prescribers was 689. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Alpa Desai, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.