NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pooja Siddharth Desai

Internal Medicine Physician · Los Angeles, CA

Pooja Siddharth Desai is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1992200786, issued on Mar 26, 2018. Check the license (California A166642, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1992200786
Name
Pooja Siddharth Desai
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
A166642 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
127 S San Vicente Blvd Ste A3100, Los Angeles, CA 90048
Phone
(310) 423-2726
Enumerated
Mar 26, 2018
Record last updated
Jun 24, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20251121000552); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Un Of California, Riverside, School Of Medicine, 2018
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 127 S San Vicente Blvd Ste A3100

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Roz AgheliFamily Nurse Practitioner1548011414
  2. Mai Badr, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1528621372
  3. Judeen Camacho, N.P.Acute Care Nurse Practitioner1881749208
  4. Michelle Dao, PA-CPhysician Assistant1316484710
  5. Mutya Joyce De Guzman, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1851933980
  6. Laura Dichiacchio, MD, PHDThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1548641418

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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94% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

183 Medicare Part D claims for 65 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.

  1. Pooja Desai183
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Clopidogrel63 claims
  2. Atorvastatin Calcium29 claims
  3. Rosuvastatin Calcium13 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: $3,426.00

56 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Edwards Lifesciences Corporation. 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.

  1. Pooja Desai$3,426.00
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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

  1. Southern California Permanente Medical GroupAnaheim, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

1,423 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Los Angeles

They are 1,423 of the 69,537 NPPES records with a practice address in Los Angeles, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.

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  3. Jose Abad., MDSacramento, CA1144607219
  4. Donna Abare, MDOakland, CA1386722155
  5. Marce AbareScotts Valley, CA1457744708
  6. Samuel Abarte, M.D.Chula Vista, CA1578535498
  7. Alexander Abary, MDLong Beach, CA1104995919
  8. Luba Abascal, MDSan Francisco, CA1023180874
  9. Michael Abate, MDSacramento, CA1548248131
  10. Wali Abawi, D.O.Joshua Tree, CA1104362268

Common questions

What is Pooja Siddharth Desai's NPI number?

Pooja Siddharth Desai's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1992200786, issued on Mar 26, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Pooja Siddharth Desai located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 127 S San Vicente Blvd Ste A3100, Los Angeles, CA, 90048. Phone: (310) 423-2726. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Pooja Siddharth Desai's license?

NPPES lists California license number A166642, 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 Pooja Siddharth Desai prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Pooja Siddharth Desai had 183 Medicare Part D claims for 65 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.