Vijay Desai, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Zephyrhills, FL
Vijay Desai, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Zephyrhills, Florida, and NPI 1821011867, issued on Jul 25, 2006. Check the license (Florida ME80798, as entered in NPPES) on the Florida health license search; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vijay Desai
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- ME80798 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6830 Gall Blvd, Zephyrhills, FL 33542
- Phone
- (813) 783-3118
- Enumerated
- Jul 25, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 25, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (813) 355-5036
- Medicaid ID
- 259795100 FL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040612000265); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Vijay Desai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersFlorida health license search
Search for license ME80798Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.9 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
12,470 Medicare Part D claims for 612 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 877 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Omeprazole402 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium369 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium349 claims
- Lisinopril338 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa310 claims
- Alprazolam306 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: $198.80
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, 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 2 group practices
- Legacy Healthcare Services IncTampa, FL
- Ohi West Medical Group II LLCZephyrhills, FL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Vijay Desai among 10,151 internal medicine physician records in Florida
Vijay Desai, MD is one of 10,151 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Florida. 84% 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 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 2004 among the 6,606 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 48% 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 Florida practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
36 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Zephyrhills
They are 36 of the 851 NPPES records with a practice address in Zephyrhills, and 10,151 internal medicine physician records in Florida.
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Common questions
What is Vijay Desai, MD's NPI number?
Vijay Desai, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1821011867, issued on Jul 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vijay Desai, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6830 Gall Blvd, Zephyrhills, FL, 33542. Phone: (813) 783-3118. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vijay Desai, MD's license?
NPPES lists Florida license number ME80798, as entered by the provider. Search the Florida health license search at https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/mqasearchservices/healthcareproviders. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Vijay Desai, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Vijay Desai, MD had 12,470 Medicare Part D claims for 612 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.