Shashank S. Desai, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician · Falls Church, VA
Shashank S. Desai, MD is an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology physician with a practice address in Falls Church, Virginia, and NPI 1134156151, issued on Jun 26, 2006. Check the license (Virginia 0101239580, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Shashank S. Desai
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician 207RA0001X
- License number
- 0101239580 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3300 Gallows RD, Falls Church, VA 22042
- Phone
- (703) 776-1110
- Enumerated
- Jun 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 27, 2023
- Fax
- (703) 776-2917
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200218001196); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Chicago, Pritzker School Of Medicine, 1994
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Shashank S. Desai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
Search for license 0101239580Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
87% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology physician in 2024
258 Medicare Part D claims for 37 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,965 among the 1,124 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 36% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Spironolactone47 claims
- Entresto40 claims
- Carvedilol26 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate24 claims
- Jardiance19 claims
- Farxiga17 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 81.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $8,699.83
30 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 1,027 providers of this specialty with any payment received $10,265.85 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
- Inova Health Care ServicesLeesburg, VA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Shashank S. Desai among 42 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology physician records in Virginia
Shashank S. Desai, MD is one of 42 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology physician records with a practice address in Virginia. 95% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 67% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 95% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 93% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2006 among the 39 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 21% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RA0001X and a Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician providers in Virginia
There are 42 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology physician records in Virginia.
All 42 in Virginia → Every provider in Falls Church → Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician nationwide →
The 8 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Jamie Kennedy, M.D.Falls Church, VA 220421407078694
- Allman Rollins, MDFalls Church, VA 220421205256013
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Common questions
What is Shashank S. Desai, MD's NPI number?
Shashank S. Desai, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1134156151, issued on Jun 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Shashank S. Desai, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3300 Gallows RD, Falls Church, VA, 22042. Phone: (703) 776-1110. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Shashank S. Desai, MD's license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 0101239580, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia Department of Health Professions at https://dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Shashank S. Desai, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Shashank S. Desai, MD had 258 Medicare Part D claims for 37 beneficiaries; the average among advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology physician prescribers was 1,965. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Shashank S. Desai, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 81.3 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.