Virmitra Govindbhai Desai
Internal Medicine Physician · Bay City, MI
Virmitra Govindbhai Desai is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Bay City, Michigan, and NPI 1659944346, issued on Jul 20, 2021. Check the license (Michigan 4301510784, as entered in NPPES) on the Michigan Board of Medicine (LARA); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Virmitra Govindbhai Desai
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 4301510784 MI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1900 Columbus Ave, Bay City, MI 48708
- Phone
- (989) 894-3297
- Enumerated
- Jul 20, 2021
- Record last updated
- Sep 12, 2024
- Fax
- (989) 891-8147
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240729002778); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Virmitra Govindbhai Desai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMichigan Board of Medicine (LARA)
Search for license 4301510784Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
92% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
245 Medicare Part D claims for 60 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium34 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate21 claims
- Lisinopril13 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium11 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: $148.83
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. 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.
2 hospitals and group practices
- Mclaren Bay RegionBay City, MI · Acute Care Hospitals1 of 5 stars
- Mclaren Hospital GroupBay City, MI
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Virmitra Govindbhai Desai among 5,735 internal medicine physician records in Michigan
Virmitra Govindbhai Desai is one of 5,735 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Michigan. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 83% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 83% of these records are older, 13% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2006 among the 3,564 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 54% 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 Michigan practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
29 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Bay City
They are 29 of the 2,380 NPPES records with a practice address in Bay City, and 5,735 internal medicine physician records in Michigan.
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Common questions
What is Virmitra Govindbhai Desai's NPI number?
Virmitra Govindbhai Desai's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659944346, issued on Jul 20, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Virmitra Govindbhai Desai located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1900 Columbus Ave, Bay City, MI, 48708. Phone: (989) 894-3297. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Virmitra Govindbhai Desai's license?
NPPES lists Michigan license number 4301510784, as entered by the provider. Search the Michigan Board of Medicine (LARA) at https://aca-prod.accela.com/MILARA/GeneralProperty/PropertyLookUp.aspx?isLicensee=Y&TabName=APO. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Virmitra Govindbhai Desai prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Virmitra Govindbhai Desai had 245 Medicare Part D claims for 60 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.