Kena Kirtikant Desai, MS, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Salt Lake City, UT
Kena Kirtikant Desai, MS, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Salt Lake City, Utah, and NPI 1124285945, issued on May 20, 2008. Check the license (Utah 8297962-1205, as entered in NPPES) on the Utah Medical Licensing Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kena Kirtikant Desai
- Credential
- MS, MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License numbers
- 8297962-1205 UT
001 NH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Intermountain Hospitalist Group, Salt Lake City, UT 84143
- Phone
- (801) 408-5482
- Enumerated
- May 20, 2008
- Record last updated
- Oct 10, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (801) 408-5481
- Medicaid ID
- 1164554069 UT
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110927000022); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kena Kirtikant Desai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersUtah Medical Licensing Board
Search for license 8297962-1205Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
72% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
146 Medicare Part D claims for 37 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 25% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Ursodiol14 claims
- Prednisone12 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.
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).
Industry payments in 2024: $210.98
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Gilead Sciences, Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- Alaska Native Tribal Health ConsortiumAnchorage, AK
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kena Kirtikant Desai among 285 hospitalist physician records in Utah
Kena Kirtikant Desai, MS, MD is one of 285 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Utah. 86% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 31% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 31% of these records are older, 63% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 86% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 79% of these records are
- Graduated2008 · median 2012 among the 225 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 39% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Utah practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Hospitalist Physician providers in Utah
There are 285 hospitalist physician records in Utah.
All 285 in Utah → Every provider in Salt Lake City → Hospitalist Physician nationwide →
The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Anthony Apollo, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841431861445454
- Dustin Armstrong, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841431790841849
- Charles Ayers, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841431649224940
- Christopher Carlisle, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841431194718981
- John Christensen, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841431992742951
- Kathryn Eden, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841431326135922
- Adam Kraft, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841431154376481
- Myung Lee, M.D.Salt Lake City, UT 841431518121771
Common questions
What is Kena Kirtikant Desai, MS, MD's NPI number?
Kena Kirtikant Desai, MS, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1124285945, issued on May 20, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kena Kirtikant Desai, MS, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Intermountain Hospitalist Group, Salt Lake City, UT, 84143. Phone: (801) 408-5482. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kena Kirtikant Desai, MS, MD's license?
NPPES lists Utah license number 8297962-1205, as entered by the provider. Search the Utah Medical Licensing Board at https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Kena Kirtikant Desai, MS, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kena Kirtikant Desai, MS, MD had 146 Medicare Part D claims for 37 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kena Kirtikant Desai, MS, MD'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.