Kanisha Desai, DO
Internal Medicine Physician · Philadelphia, PA
Kanisha Desai, DO is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1881219574, issued on Jun 9, 2020. Check the license (Pennsylvania OT019852, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kanisha Desai
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- OT019852 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5501 Old York RD, Philadelphia, PA 19141
- Phone
- (215) 456-8520
- Enumerated
- Jun 9, 2020
- Record last updated
- Jun 9, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 5501 Old York RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Kanisha Desai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
Search for license OT019852Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
98% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
64 Medicare Part D claims for 28 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 66% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Lantus Solostar11 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: $220.17
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC. 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.
1,855 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Philadelphia
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Common questions
What is Kanisha Desai, DO's NPI number?
Kanisha Desai, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1881219574, issued on Jun 9, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kanisha Desai, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5501 Old York RD, Philadelphia, PA, 19141. Phone: (215) 456-8520. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kanisha Desai, DO's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number OT019852, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS) at https://www.pals.pa.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Kanisha Desai, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kanisha Desai, DO had 64 Medicare Part D claims for 28 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.