Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone, MD

  • Weston, FL
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1851361299PAC ID1456401215
Medicare services, 2024
4,367
Medicare patients, 2024
244
Part D claims, 2024
22
Publications
1
Industry payments
$866,989
Practice address
1600 Town Center Blvd Ste C Suite C, Weston, FL 33326
Practice phone
Call (954) 389-5900
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Primary practice

Sports Medicine Associates Of South Florida, P.a.

Surgical practice · Weston, Florida

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Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone is an orthopedic surgeon in Weston, Florida

Dr. Desimone practices at Sports Medicine Associates Of South Florida, P.a. in Weston, Florida.

Dr. Desimone's NPI, 1851361299, was assigned on January 26, 2006. Dr. Desimone graduated from University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine in 1989. Dr. Desimone holds Florida license ME68002.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1456401215
NPI enumeration date
January 26, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(954) 389-5900
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
63
Medical school graduation
1989

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone practices at Sports Medicine Associates of South Florida, P.a. in Weston, Florida

Dr. Desimone's primary practice is Sports Medicine Associates of South Florida, P.a., at 1600 Town Center Blvd Ste C Suite C, Weston, FL 33326. The practice phone is (954) 389-5900.

  • Sports Medicine Associates of South Florida, P.a.
    1600 Town Center Blvd Ste C Suite C, Weston, FL 33326Phone(954) 389-5900

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone is affiliated with 1 site of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Desimone's primary practice is Sports Medicine Associates Of South Florida, P.a. in Weston, Florida. The medical group on file is South Florida Institute of Sports Medicine.

Sports Medicine Associates Of South Florida, P.a.Surgical practice · Weston, FloridaPrimary
South Florida Institute of Sports MedicineOrthopedics and sports medicine group, Plantation, FL

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone's practice

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EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Sports Medicine Associates Of South Florida, P.a.Available with a free account

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Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone is one of 1,248 orthopedic surgeons in Florida

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Desimone's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Desimone is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Desimone's licenses on file in 2 states: Florida and Colorado.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, FloridaPrimaryLicense ME68002 · 1995 to 2027 · taxonomy 207X00000X
  • Colorado license1994 to 2001

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists arthritis, bursitis, enthesopathy in arms, joint pain, knee arthroscopy, knee injury, lower back pain and minor injury to a limb among the conditions Dr. Desimone treats.

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Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone billed Medicare for 4,367 services in 2024

CMS data shows 4,367 Medicare services from Dr. Desimone across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 244 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $38,520 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 20244,367
Medicare patients244
Paid by Medicare$38,520
Procedure codes10

Dr. Desimone's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 2082024: 3,6141638%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3342024: 41123%
Imaging
2023: 1842024: 22522%
Surgery
2023: 1202024: 1173%

Dr. Desimone compared with the Florida median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Desimone
  • Florida median
Medicare services
4,367vs 1,3453.2 times
Medicare patients
244vs 29016% below
Part D claims
11vs 17694% below

Medians across 1,164 orthopedic surgeons in Florida with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Desimone's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone treated 244 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 244 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Desimone in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 151 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 73% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 0.84, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Desimone's median patient age at 51, with 46% women.

Medicare patients, 2024244
Average age72
Average risk score0.84

Dr. Desimone's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Desimone's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women13355%
  • Men11145%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Desimone's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure73%
  3. Arthritis62%
  4. Ischemic heart disease31%
  5. Anxiety25%
  6. Diabetes22%
  7. Mood disorders17%
  8. Chronic kidney disease16%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Desimone's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 51

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women46%
  • Men52%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone wrote 22 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Desimone wrote 22 Medicare Part D claims for 14 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 11 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $76 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 11 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 202422
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$76
Part D patients14

Dr. Desimone's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Desimone's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids50%11 of 22 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 112024: 11No change

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2024, 1 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

How Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone takes part in Medicare

Dr. Desimone accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Desimone in 2021. Dr. Desimone's most frequent co-authors are Dan Scott Cohen, MD and Ronald D. Gardner, MD.

Papers1

Dr. Desimone's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Desimone

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Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone received $866,989 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 14 general payments to Dr. Desimone from 12 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Acquisitions make up the largest share, 100% of the total. kaleo, Inc. paid the most, $866,374.

General payments to Dr. Desimone by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Desimone by kind, 2016 to 2025

$867Kin total
  • Acquisitions$866,374100%
  • Food and beverage$6150%

Companies that paid Dr. Desimone the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone has 5 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 5 awards for Dr. Desimone.

Awards and honors for Dr. Desimone

  1. Undated
    • Team Physician - American Top Team, Coconut Creek
    • Team Physician - Cypress Bay High School
    • Team Physician - North Broward Preparatory High School
    • Team Physician - Saint Thomas Aquinas High School
    • Team Physician - West Broward High School

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone graduated from University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine

Dr. Desimone graduated from University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine in 1989. Dr. Desimone is a member of AAOS, AMA, AANA and FMA.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in orthopaedic surgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone accepts plans from 15 insurance carriers

Dr. Desimone is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Elevance
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • HCSC
  • Aspirus Health Plan
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Molina
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Plan types Dr. Desimone accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare9
  2. PPO9
  3. HMO8
  4. POS5
  5. EPO4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone's NPI number?

Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone's NPI number is 1851361299. It was assigned on January 26, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone?

Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone is an orthopedic surgeon in Weston, Florida. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone practice?

Dr. Desimone practices at 1600 Town Center Blvd Ste C Suite C, Weston, FL 33326. Dr. Desimone's primary practice is Sports Medicine Associates Of South Florida, P.a. in Weston, Florida.

What is Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Desimone is (954) 389-5900.

What is Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone's medical license number?

Dr. Desimone holds Florida license ME68002, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Desimone in Florida (1995 to 2027) and Colorado (1994 to 2001).

What medical group is Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone part of?

Dr. Desimone is linked to South Florida Institute of Sports Medicine.

Does Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Desimone billed Medicare for 4,367 services in 2024, and Dr. Desimone accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone see?

CMS counts 244 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Desimone in 2024, with an average age of 72.

Is Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone board certified?

Yes. Dr. Desimone is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

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What services does Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Desimone's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J1100), injected or infused drug (J1010) and office visit, established patient (99213).

Where did Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone go to medical school?

Dr. Desimone graduated from University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine in 1989.

What drugs does Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Desimone's most prescribed drugs by claims were Tramadol HCl.

Has Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $866,989 in general payments to Dr. Desimone from 12 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from kaleo, Inc.

How long has Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone been practicing?

Dr. Desimone graduated from medical school in 1989, 37 years ago.

Does Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Desimone.

Who does Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone publish with?

Dr. Desimone's most frequent co-authors are Dan Scott Cohen, MD (1 shared paper) and Ronald D. Gardner, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Alfred Alexander Desimone accept?

Dr. Desimone is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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