Himanshu Desai, MD
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Shreveport, LA
Himanshu Desai, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Shreveport, Louisiana, and NPI 1710976592, issued on Oct 14, 2005. Check the license (Louisiana 15024R, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Himanshu Desai
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- 15024R LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7829 Youree Dr, Shreveport, LA 71105
- Phone
- (318) 797-8777
- Enumerated
- Oct 14, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 13, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 1059307 LA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040910000016); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest pulmonary disease physician records → All 208 in Louisiana → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 7829 Youree Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Michael Bradford, ACNPC-AGAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1669151130
- David Green, M.D.Specialist1902874704
- Scott Howard, D.O.Pulmonary Disease Physician1124334859
- Sarah Hutchinson, PA-CPhysician Assistant1770866139
- Richard Kamm, M.D.Pulmonary Disease Physician1295835684
- Jennifer NinhAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1326778721
Verify Himanshu Desai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 15024RCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
48% more Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
2,106 Medicare Part D claims for 356 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 69% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trelegy Ellipta539 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa222 claims
- Prednisone123 claims
- Opsumit122 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate110 claims
- Breo Ellipta107 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $2,229.28
133 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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
- Pulmonary And Critical Care Specialists, L.L.C.Shreveport, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Himanshu Desai among 208 pulmonary disease physician records in Louisiana
Himanshu Desai, MD is one of 208 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in Louisiana. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 84% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 75% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2001 among the 156 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 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 207RP1001X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in Louisiana
There are 208 pulmonary disease physician records in Louisiana.
All 208 in Louisiana → Every provider in Shreveport → Pulmonary Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Scott Howard, D.O.Shreveport, LA 711051124334859
- Richard Kamm, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711051295835684
- Indira Sastry, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711051659367175
- Robert Holladay, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711041124023668
- Howard Lippton, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711041548267578
- Teddy Arevalo Rodriguez, MDShreveport, LA 711031295390169
- Afsana Asharaf, MDShreveport, LA 711031114448784
- Daniel Banks, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031790707131
Common questions
What is Himanshu Desai, MD's NPI number?
Himanshu Desai, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1710976592, issued on Oct 14, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Himanshu Desai, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7829 Youree Dr, Shreveport, LA, 71105. Phone: (318) 797-8777. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Himanshu Desai, MD's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 15024R, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.lsbme.la.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Himanshu Desai, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Himanshu Desai, MD had 2,106 Medicare Part D claims for 356 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Himanshu Desai, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.