Brian Desmond, PA
Physician Assistant · Anchorage, AK
Brian Desmond, PA is a physician assistant with a practice address in Anchorage, Alaska, and NPI 1629708979, issued on Jun 10, 2022. Check the license (Alaska 200537, as entered in NPPES) with the Alaska board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Brian Desmond
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 200537 AK
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4320 Diplomacy Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508
- Phone
- (907) 729-3300
- Enumerated
- Jun 10, 2022
- Record last updated
- Dec 22, 2022
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Brian Desmond in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Alaska board licenses this profession
Search for license 200537Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
90% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
84 Medicare Part D claims for 53 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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): 87.1 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).
Brian Desmond among 542 physician assistant records in Alaska
Brian Desmond, PA is one of 542 physician assistant records with a practice address in Alaska. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 86% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 86% of these records are older, 9% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 52% of these records are
- Record last updated2022 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Alaska practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
248 physician assistant records list a practice address in Anchorage
They are 248 of the 11,751 NPPES records with a practice address in Anchorage, and 542 physician assistant records in Alaska.
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Common questions
What is Brian Desmond, PA's NPI number?
Brian Desmond, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1629708979, issued on Jun 10, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Brian Desmond, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4320 Diplomacy Dr, Anchorage, AK, 99508. Phone: (907) 729-3300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Brian Desmond, PA's license?
NPPES lists Alaska license number 200537, as entered by the provider. Search the Alaska board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Brian Desmond, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Brian Desmond, PA had 84 Medicare Part D claims for 53 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Brian Desmond, PA's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 87.1 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.