Shailesh Dhirubhai Desai, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Primghar, IA
Shailesh Dhirubhai Desai, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Primghar, Iowa, and NPI 1760445423, issued on Apr 11, 2006. Check the license (Iowa 31556, as entered in NPPES) on the Iowa Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Shailesh Dhirubhai Desai
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 31556 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 240 North Rerick Ave, Primghar, IA 51245
- Phone
- (712) 957-2310
- Enumerated
- Apr 11, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 17, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (712) 957-0504
- Medicaid IDs
- 2145151 IA
3145151 IA
4145151 IA
5145151 IA - Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 240 North Rerick Ave
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Verify Shailesh Dhirubhai Desai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIowa Board of Medicine
Search for license 31556Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
70% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,056 Medicare Part D claims for 66 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 26 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium53 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium53 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa49 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate39 claims
- Losartan Potassium35 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate33 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: $56.92
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. 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.
Shailesh Dhirubhai Desai among 2,336 family medicine physician records in Iowa
Shailesh Dhirubhai Desai, MD is one of 2,336 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Iowa. 75% 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 16% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 16% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 59% of these records are
- Record last updated2007 · 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 207Q00000X and a Iowa practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
2 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Primghar
They are 2 of the 11 NPPES records with a practice address in Primghar, and 2,336 family medicine physician records in Iowa.
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Common questions
What is Shailesh Dhirubhai Desai, MD's NPI number?
Shailesh Dhirubhai Desai, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1760445423, issued on Apr 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Shailesh Dhirubhai Desai, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 240 North Rerick Ave, Primghar, IA, 51245. Phone: (712) 957-2310. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Shailesh Dhirubhai Desai, MD's license?
NPPES lists Iowa license number 31556, as entered by the provider. Search the Iowa Board of Medicine at https://dial.iowa.gov/about-dial/boards-and-commissions/medicine. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Shailesh Dhirubhai Desai, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Shailesh Dhirubhai Desai, MD had 1,056 Medicare Part D claims for 66 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.