Kirit Desai, M.D.
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Bakersfield, CA
Kirit Desai, M.D. is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Bakersfield, California, and NPI 1649459124, issued on Oct 31, 2007. Check the license (California A38150, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kirit Desai
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- A38150 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2901 Sillect Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93308
- Phone
- (661) 323-8384
- Enumerated
- Oct 31, 2007
- Record last updated
- Aug 9, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (661) 864-1279
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20031111000668); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kirit Desai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A38150Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
25% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
2,309 Medicare Part D claims for 352 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 20 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium252 claims
- Furosemide176 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate132 claims
- Clopidogrel123 claims
- Eliquis110 claims
- Lisinopril91 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $964.14
45 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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
- Centric HealthBakersfield, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kirit Desai among 2,574 cardiovascular disease physician records in California
Kirit Desai, M.D. is one of 2,574 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in California. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 55% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 55% of these records are older, 33% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated1976 · median 1999 among the 1,742 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in California
There are 2,574 cardiovascular disease physician records in California.
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The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Chirag Desai, M.D.Bakersfield, CA 933081275978330
- Niraj Doctor, M.DBakersfield, CA 933081285925883
- Pampana Gowd, MDBakersfield, CA 933081043499460
- Neelesh Gupta, MDBakersfield, CA 933081396260006
- Tetsuo Ishimori, MDBakersfield, CA 933081073716874
- Denis Maddox, M.D.Bakersfield, CA 933081922097146
Common questions
What is Kirit Desai, M.D.'s NPI number?
Kirit Desai, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649459124, issued on Oct 31, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kirit Desai, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2901 Sillect Ave, Bakersfield, CA, 93308. Phone: (661) 323-8384. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kirit Desai, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A38150, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Kirit Desai, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kirit Desai, M.D. had 2,309 Medicare Part D claims for 352 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kirit Desai, M.D.'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.