Nilima Nailinbhai Desai, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Brentwood, CA
Nilima Nailinbhai Desai, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Brentwood, California, and NPI 1801094834, issued on Jul 11, 2007. Check the license (California A98193, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nilima Nailinbhai Desai
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- A98193 CA
N9770 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2400 Balfour RD, Brentwood, CA 94513
- Phone
- (925) 308-8112
- Enumerated
- Jul 11, 2007
- Record last updated
- Nov 22, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (925) 308-8710
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20160307002667); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 2400 Balfour RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Nilima Nailinbhai Desai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A98193Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
3,431 Medicare Part D claims for 471 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 42 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium263 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate233 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium198 claims
- Lisinopril188 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium137 claims
- Losartan Potassium121 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: $1,023.03
51 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- John Muir Physician NetworkBrentwood, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
19 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Brentwood
They are 19 of the 1,212 NPPES records with a practice address in Brentwood, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
All 19 in Brentwood → All 17,133 in California → Every provider in Brentwood →
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Common questions
What is Nilima Nailinbhai Desai, M.D.'s NPI number?
Nilima Nailinbhai Desai, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1801094834, issued on Jul 11, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nilima Nailinbhai Desai, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2400 Balfour RD, Brentwood, CA, 94513. Phone: (925) 308-8112. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nilima Nailinbhai Desai, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A98193, 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 Nilima Nailinbhai Desai, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nilima Nailinbhai Desai, M.D. had 3,431 Medicare Part D claims for 471 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.