Minale Desta, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Tyler, TX
Minale Desta, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Tyler, Texas, and NPI 1477948701, issued on Apr 3, 2015. Check the license (Texas R6380, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Minale Desta
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- R6380 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 800 E Dawson St, Tyler, TX 75701
- Phone
- (903) 593-8441
- Enumerated
- Apr 3, 2015
- Record last updated
- Apr 2, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180809004406); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Minale Desta in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license R6380Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
46% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,727 Medicare Part D claims for 555 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 64 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium74 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate73 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate71 claims
- Furosemide71 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium66 claims
- Metoprolol Tartrate65 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: $89.80
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- North Texas Physician Services, PLLCTyler, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Minale Desta among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Minale Desta, M.D. is one of 9,175 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 71% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 71% of these records are older, 26% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2005 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
146 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Tyler
They are 146 of the 5,531 NPPES records with a practice address in Tyler, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Minale Desta, M.D.'s NPI number?
Minale Desta, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477948701, issued on Apr 3, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Minale Desta, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 800 E Dawson St, Tyler, TX, 75701. Phone: (903) 593-8441. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Minale Desta, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number R6380, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Minale Desta, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Minale Desta, M.D. had 1,727 Medicare Part D claims for 555 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.