Amber Dessalines, APN
Internal Medicine Physician · Shrewsbury, NJ
Amber Dessalines, APN is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, and NPI 1376248054, issued on Apr 3, 2023. Check the license (New Jersey 26NJ01466400, as entered in NPPES) on the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Amber Dessalines
- Credential
- APN
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 26NJ01466400 NJ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 170 Avenue AT The Cmn Ste 2, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
- Phone
- (732) 747-6600
- Enumerated
- Apr 3, 2023
- Record last updated
- Apr 3, 2023
- Fax
- (732) 747-6001
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230427000785); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Amber Dessalines in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNew Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 26NJ01466400Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
40% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,905 Medicare Part D claims for 188 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 124 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate97 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium88 claims
- Clonazepam87 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium77 claims
- Lacosamide73 claims
- Losartan Potassium64 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $249.96
15 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Exact Sciences Corporation. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Dessalines Hospitalist LLCShrewsbury, NJ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Amber Dessalines among 4,632 internal medicine physician records in New Jersey
Amber Dessalines, APN is one of 4,632 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in New Jersey. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2023, is newer than 98% of them.
- NPI issued2023 · 98% of these records are older, under 1% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated2022 · median 2000 among the 3,132 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a New Jersey practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
11 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Shrewsbury
They are 11 of the 464 NPPES records with a practice address in Shrewsbury, and 4,632 internal medicine physician records in New Jersey.
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Common questions
What is Amber Dessalines, APN's NPI number?
Amber Dessalines, APN's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1376248054, issued on Apr 3, 2023. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Amber Dessalines, APN located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 170 Avenue AT The Cmn Ste 2, Shrewsbury, NJ, 07702. Phone: (732) 747-6600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Amber Dessalines, APN's license?
NPPES lists New Jersey license number 26NJ01466400, as entered by the provider. Search the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners at https://newjersey.mylicense.com/verification/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Amber Dessalines, APN prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Amber Dessalines, APN had 1,905 Medicare Part D claims for 188 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.