Nitinchandra Dahyabhai Desai, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Fayetteville, NC
Nitinchandra Dahyabhai Desai, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and NPI 1245202696, issued on Feb 1, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 9600078, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nitinchandra Dahyabhai Desai
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 9600078 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1309 Medical Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28304
- Phone
- (910) 437-5130
- Enumerated
- Feb 1, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 11, 2025
- Fax
- (910) 437-5128
- Medicaid ID
- 8901515 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070713000506); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1309 Medical Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Andrea Harper, PA-CPhysician Assistant1346517497
- Anne LaughlinMedical Physician Assistant1952641938
- Irene Strickland, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1457397481
Verify Nitinchandra Dahyabhai Desai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 9600078Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
85% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
5,861 Medicare Part D claims for 354 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 24 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium382 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate273 claims
- Omeprazole213 claims
- Metformin Hcl211 claims
- Lisinopril184 claims
- Losartan Potassium179 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 97.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $435.07
25 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen 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
- Cumberland County Hospital System IncFayetteville, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nitinchandra Dahyabhai Desai among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Nitinchandra Dahyabhai Desai, MD is one of 4,056 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 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 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1984 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 48% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
124 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Fayetteville
They are 124 of the 7,028 NPPES records with a practice address in Fayetteville, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Nitinchandra Dahyabhai Desai, MD's NPI number?
Nitinchandra Dahyabhai Desai, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245202696, issued on Feb 1, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nitinchandra Dahyabhai Desai, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1309 Medical Dr, Fayetteville, NC, 28304. Phone: (910) 437-5130. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nitinchandra Dahyabhai Desai, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9600078, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Nitinchandra Dahyabhai Desai, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nitinchandra Dahyabhai Desai, MD had 5,861 Medicare Part D claims for 354 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Nitinchandra Dahyabhai Desai, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.6 of 100. 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.