Rajesh Natwarial Desai, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Brooklyn, NY
Rajesh Natwarial Desai, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Brooklyn, New York, and NPI 1871667816, issued on Nov 20, 2006. Check the license (New York 174753, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Rajesh Natwarial Desai
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 174753 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 279 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221
- Phone
- (718) 388-5889
- Enumerated
- Nov 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 8, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20181211002075); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Rajesh Natwarial Desai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 174753Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
16% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
3,686 Medicare Part D claims for 307 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium414 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate317 claims
- Metformin Hcl219 claims
- Lisinopril129 claims
- Losartan Potassium117 claims
- Gabapentin101 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: $18.99
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. 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
- Saint Peters University HospitalNew Brunswick, NJ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Rajesh Natwarial Desai among 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York
Rajesh Natwarial Desai, MD is one of 12,067 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in New York. 79% 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 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1983 · median 2002 among the 7,221 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 61% 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 New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,497 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Brooklyn
They are 1,497 of the 64,057 NPPES records with a practice address in Brooklyn, and 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Rajesh Natwarial Desai, MD's NPI number?
Rajesh Natwarial Desai, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1871667816, issued on Nov 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Rajesh Natwarial Desai, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 279 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11221. Phone: (718) 388-5889. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Rajesh Natwarial Desai, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 174753, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Rajesh Natwarial Desai, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Rajesh Natwarial Desai, MD had 3,686 Medicare Part D claims for 307 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.