Jinal Desai, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · Grand Forks, ND
Jinal Desai, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and NPI 1407417454, issued on Jun 20, 2019. Check the license (North Dakota 18915, as entered in NPPES) on the North Dakota Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jinal Desai
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 18915 ND
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Altru Health System, Grand Forks, ND 58201
- Phone
- (701) 780-5000
- Enumerated
- Jun 20, 2019
- Record last updated
- Jul 3, 2023
- Fax
- (701) 780-4477
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230626000630); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at Altru Health System
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Noelle Thomas, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1629888284
Verify Jinal Desai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Dakota Board of Medicine
Search for license 18915Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
87% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
125 Medicare Part D claims for 39 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Duloxetine Hcl14 claims
- Clonazepam13 claims
- Olanzapine11 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Altru Health SystemGrand Forks, ND
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Jinal Desai among 108 psychiatry physician records in North Dakota
Jinal Desai, M.D. is one of 108 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in North Dakota. 62% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 88% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 88% of these records are older, 8% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 62% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 51% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2008 among the 55 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a North Dakota practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatry Physician providers in North Dakota
There are 108 psychiatry physician records in North Dakota.
All 108 in North Dakota → Every provider in Grand Forks → Psychiatry Physician nationwide →
The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Daniel AugustadtGrand Forks, ND 582011306343876
- Ashok Bansal, MDGrand Forks, ND 582011861599649
- Roshan ChudalGrnad Forks, ND 582011629621834
- Ellen Feldman, MDGrand Forks, ND 582011831280841
- Patrick Goodman, MDGrand Forks, ND 582011962500694
- Rose Julius, DOGrand Forks, ND 582011316101074
- Thomas Peterson, MDGrand Forks, ND 582011639131014
- William Pryatel, M.D.Grand Forks, ND 582011184760902
Common questions
What is Jinal Desai, M.D.'s NPI number?
Jinal Desai, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1407417454, issued on Jun 20, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jinal Desai, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Altru Health System, Grand Forks, ND, 58201. Phone: (701) 780-5000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jinal Desai, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Dakota license number 18915, as entered by the provider. Search the North Dakota Board of Medicine at https://www.ndbom.org/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Jinal Desai, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jinal Desai, M.D. had 125 Medicare Part D claims for 39 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.