Dr. Komal B. Desai, MD

  • Kansas City, MO
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1841298916PAC ID9234122490
Medicare services, 2024
1,581
Medicare patients, 2024
770
Part D claims, 2024
844
Publications
1
MIPS score, 2024
90
Practice address
4320 Wornall Rd, Kansas City, MO 64111
Practice phone
Call (913) 261-2020
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Primary practice

Sabates Eye Centers

Kansas City, Missouri

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Dr. Komal B. Desai is an ophthalmologist in Kansas City, Missouri

Dr. Desai practices at Sabates Eye Centers in Kansas City, Missouri.

Dr. Desai's NPI, 1841298916, was assigned on July 12, 2005. Dr. Desai graduated from University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Medicine in 1996. Dr. Desai holds Missouri license 119323.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
9234122490
NPI enumeration date
July 12, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(913) 261-2020
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
56
Medical school graduation
1996

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

Dr. Komal B. Desai practices at Sabates Eye Centers in Kansas City, Missouri

Dr. Desai's primary practice is Sabates Eye Centers, at 4320 Wornall Rd, Kansas City, MO 64111 in Jackson County. The practice phone is (913) 261-2020.

  • Sabates Eye Centers
    4320 Wornall Rd, Kansas City, MO 64111 · Jackson CountyPhone(913) 261-2020

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Komal B. Desai is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. Desai's primary practice is Sabates Eye Centers in Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. Desai is also affiliated with University Health Truman Medical Center. The medical group on file is Children's Mercy. Dmand AI also links Dr. Desai to 3 more group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Komal B. Desai's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Desai practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Sabates Eye CentersAvailable with a free account
+4 more sites and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Komal B. Desai is one of 270 ophthalmologists in Missouri

Ophthalmology is Dr. Desai's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Desai's licenses on file in 2 states: Missouri and Kansas.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, MissouriPrimaryLicense 119323 · taxonomy 207W00000X
  • Kansas licenseLicense 04-27013

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Desai

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Komal B. Desai billed Medicare for 1,581 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,581 Medicare services from Dr. Desai across 17 procedure codes in 2024, for 770 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $135,582 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,581
Medicare patients770
Paid by Medicare$135,582
Procedure codes17

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Tests and treatments
2023: 1,2602024: 1,1628%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2392024: 16929%
Surgery
2023: 1662024: 14612%
Imaging
2023: 1322024: 10421%

Where Dr. Desai's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office1,41389%
  • In a facility16811%

Dr. Desai compared with the Missouri median for ophthalmologists, 2024

  • Dr. Desai
  • Missouri median
Medicare services
1,581vs 1,582Close to median
Medicare patients
770vs 63022% above
Part D claims
788vs 70312% above

Medians across 286 ophthalmologists in Missouri with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Desai'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. Komal B. Desai treated 770 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 770 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Desai in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 383 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 69% have high blood pressure. 9% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.08, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Desai's median patient age at 70, with 63% women.

Medicare patients, 2024770
Average age74
Average risk score1.08
Also on Medicaid9%

Dr. Desai's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Desai's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women47361%
  • Men29739%

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

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure69%
  3. Arthritis43%
  4. Diabetes27%
  5. Ischemic heart disease27%
  6. Mood disorders23%
  7. Chronic kidney disease22%
  8. Anxiety21%

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

Dr. Desai's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 70

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women63%
  • Men36%

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

Dr. Komal B. Desai wrote 844 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Desai wrote 844 Medicare Part D claims for 286 patients. 53% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 788 of them, across 11 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $22,599 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 731 claims across 12 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024844
Drugs named by CMS11
Total drug cost$22,599
Part D patients286

Dr. Desai's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic445 claims53%
  • Brand-name399 claims47%

Dr. Desai'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.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 7312024: 7888%

Drugs named by CMS: 11 in 2024, 12 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

Dr. Komal B. Desai scored 90 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 90 out of 100 for Dr. Desai for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Desai accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 220 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Desai, more than 85% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Desai's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 90of 100Final score
  • 89.2of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 77of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Desai ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Cataract surgery
85th percentile220 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Komal B. Desai has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Desai in 2025. Dr. Desai's most frequent co-authors are Laura Elisa Drew-Bear, MD and Allison P. Drummond.

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Dr. Desai's most frequent co-authors

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Dr. Komal B. Desai received $4,723 in industry payments from 2017 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 82 general payments to Dr. Desai from 15 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Alcon Laboratories Inc paid the most, $3,347.

General payments to Dr. Desai by program year, 2017 to 2025

Companies that paid Dr. Desai the most, 2017 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. Komal B. Desai graduated from University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Medicine

Dr. Desai graduated from University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Medicine in 1996.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Komal B. Desai's profile data

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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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand 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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (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)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Komal B. Desai's NPI number?

Dr. Komal B. Desai's NPI number is 1841298916. It was assigned on July 12, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Komal B. Desai?

Dr. Komal B. Desai is an ophthalmologist in Kansas City, Missouri. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. Komal B. Desai practice?

Dr. Desai practices at 4320 Wornall Rd, Kansas City, MO 64111. Dr. Desai's primary practice is Sabates Eye Centers in Kansas City, Missouri. Dmand AI also links Dr. Desai to 3 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups.

What is Dr. Komal B. Desai's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Desai is (913) 261-2020.

What is Dr. Komal B. Desai's medical license number?

Dr. Desai holds Missouri license 119323, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Komal B. Desai been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Desai in Missouri and Kansas.

Which hospitals is Dr. Komal B. Desai affiliated with?

Dr. Desai is affiliated with University Health Truman Medical Center.

What medical group is Dr. Komal B. Desai part of?

Dr. Desai is linked to Children's Mercy. Dmand AI links Dr. Desai to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Komal B. Desai accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Desai billed Medicare for 1,581 services in 2024, and Dr. Desai accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Komal B. Desai's MIPS score?

Dr. Desai's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 90 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Komal B. Desai see?

CMS counts 770 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Desai in 2024, with an average age of 74.

What services does Dr. Komal B. Desai bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Desai's most billed Medicare services were eye exam or test (92014), eye exam or test (92136) and eye exam or test (92012).

Where did Dr. Komal B. Desai go to medical school?

Dr. Desai graduated from University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Medicine in 1996.

What drugs does Dr. Komal B. Desai prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Desai's most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisolone Acetate, Ofloxacin and Latanoprost.

Has Dr. Komal B. Desai received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $4,723 in general payments to Dr. Desai from 15 companies from 2017 to 2025. The largest total came from Alcon Laboratories Inc.

How long has Dr. Komal B. Desai been practicing?

Dr. Desai graduated from medical school in 1996, 30 years ago.

Does Dr. Komal B. Desai do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Desai.

Who does Dr. Komal B. Desai publish with?

Dr. Desai's most frequent co-authors are Laura Elisa Drew-Bear, MD (1 shared paper) and Allison P. Drummond (1 shared paper).

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