Vipul Desai, MD
Infectious Disease Physician · The Woodlands, TX
Vipul Desai, MD is an infectious disease physician with a practice address in The Woodlands, Texas, and NPI 1891960969, issued on Apr 29, 2008. Check the license (Texas P0971, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vipul Desai
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Infectious Disease Physician 207RI0200X
- License number
- P0971 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1111 Medical Plaza Drive, The Woodlands, TX 77380
- Phone
- (281) 444-1303
- Enumerated
- Apr 29, 2008
- Record last updated
- Feb 7, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (281) 882-8269
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110715000375); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1111 Medical Plaza Drive
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Hamilton Cessac, N.P.Nurse Practitioner1821143389
Verify Vipul Desai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license P0971Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
32% more Medicare Part D claims than the average infectious disease physician in 2024
910 Medicare Part D claims for 220 beneficiaries, against an average of 689 among the 7,388 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Ciprofloxacin Hcl98 claims
- Cefdinir68 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim66 claims
- Fluconazole59 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate48 claims
- Azithromycin47 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): 66.3 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: $13,811.27
181 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 3,895 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,362.19 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
- Houston Center For Infectious Diseases PAThe Woodlands, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Vipul Desai among 674 infectious disease physician records in Texas
Vipul Desai, MD is one of 674 infectious disease physician records with a practice address in Texas. 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 2008, is newer than 54% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 54% of these records are older, 39% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 2002 among the 510 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 46% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RI0200X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Infectious Disease Physician providers in Texas
There are 674 infectious disease physician records in Texas.
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The 8 infectious disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Timothy Chen, D.O.The Woodlands, TX 773801649591835
- Solomon Ghide, MDThe Woodlands, TX 773801831231661
- Nagakrishnal Nachimuthu, M.DShenandoah, TX 773801073892048
- Leonardo Palau, MDThe Woodlands, TX 773801982701496
- Sawyer Ricker, MDThe Woodlands, TX 773801205464096
- Marcela Campo, MDThe Woodlands, TX 773841831390574
- Chi Hiong Go, MDThe Woodlands, TX 773841063478006
- Mona Kapadia, M.D.Shenandoah, TX 773841932116613
Common questions
What is Vipul Desai, MD's NPI number?
Vipul Desai, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1891960969, issued on Apr 29, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vipul Desai, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1111 Medical Plaza Drive, The Woodlands, TX, 77380. Phone: (281) 444-1303. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vipul Desai, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number P0971, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Vipul Desai, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Vipul Desai, MD had 910 Medicare Part D claims for 220 beneficiaries; the average among infectious disease physician prescribers was 689. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Vipul Desai, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 66.3 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.