Kathleen Desanto, NP
Family Nurse Practitioner · Shrewsbury, NJ
Kathleen Desanto, NP is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, and NPI 1295409944, issued on Aug 5, 2021. Check the license (New Jersey 26NJ01178300, as entered in NPPES) with the New Jersey board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kathleen Desanto
- Credential
- NP
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- 26NJ01178300 NJ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 655 Shrewsbury Ave, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
- Phone
- (732) 559-5500
- Enumerated
- Aug 5, 2021
- Record last updated
- May 4, 2026
- Fax
- (732) 559-5510
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220927002864); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kathleen Desanto in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New Jersey board licenses this profession
Search for license 26NJ01178300Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
61% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
511 Medicare Part D claims for 345 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Azithromycin89 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate44 claims
- Prednisone42 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass36 claims
- Cephalexin35 claims
- Amoxicillin31 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: $88.42
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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
- Urgent Care Physicians OF New Jersey LLCRed Bank, NJ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kathleen Desanto among 3,881 family nurse practitioner records in New Jersey
Kathleen Desanto, NP is one of 3,881 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in New Jersey. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 56% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 56% of these records are older, 37% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated2021 · median 2019 among the 2,262 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a New Jersey practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
18 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Shrewsbury
They are 18 of the 464 NPPES records with a practice address in Shrewsbury, and 3,881 family nurse practitioner records in New Jersey.
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Common questions
What is Kathleen Desanto, NP's NPI number?
Kathleen Desanto, NP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1295409944, issued on Aug 5, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kathleen Desanto, NP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 655 Shrewsbury Ave, Shrewsbury, NJ, 07702. Phone: (732) 559-5500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kathleen Desanto, NP's license?
NPPES lists New Jersey license number 26NJ01178300, as entered by the provider. Search the New Jersey board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kathleen Desanto, NP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kathleen Desanto, NP had 511 Medicare Part D claims for 345 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. 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.