Sima Suresh Desai, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Portland, OR
Sima Suresh Desai, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Portland, Oregon, and NPI 1649377417, issued on Sep 20, 2006. Check the license (Oregon MD19903, as entered in NPPES) on the Oregon Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sima Suresh Desai
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- MD19903 OR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park RD, Portland, OR 97239
- Phone
- (503) 494-0772
- Enumerated
- Sep 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 25, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 151170 OR
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20081104000018); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of New Mexico School Of Medicine, 1994
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sima Suresh Desai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersOregon Medical Board
Search for license MD19903Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
98% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
12 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of 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): 97.8 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: $18.09
1 payment: education; the largest payer was Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- University Professional ServicesBeaverton, OR
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sima Suresh Desai among 471 hospitalist physician records in Oregon
Sima Suresh Desai, MD is one of 471 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Oregon. 92% 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 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 73% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 92% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 85% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2009 among the 400 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Oregon practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Hospitalist Physician providers in Oregon
There are 471 hospitalist physician records in Oregon.
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Common questions
What is Sima Suresh Desai, MD's NPI number?
Sima Suresh Desai, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649377417, issued on Sep 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sima Suresh Desai, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park RD, Portland, OR, 97239. Phone: (503) 494-0772. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sima Suresh Desai, MD's license?
NPPES lists Oregon license number MD19903, as entered by the provider. Search the Oregon Medical Board at https://www.oregon.gov/OMB/Pages/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Sima Suresh Desai, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sima Suresh Desai, MD had 12 Medicare Part D claims; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Sima Suresh Desai, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.8 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.