Zalak Desai

Zalak Desai practices at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, New Jersey, part of Hackensack Meridian Health.

Zalak Desai's NPI, 1588028534, was assigned on April 6, 2016. Zalak Desai holds New York license 299977.

Zalak Desai's primary practice is Jersey Shore University Medical Center, at 1945 Rte 33, Neptune, NJ 07754 in Monmouth County. The practice phone is (732) 775-5500.

Zalak Desai's primary practice is Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, New Jersey, part of Hackensack Meridian Health. Zalak Desai is also affiliated with JFK University Medical Center. The medical group on file is Plover Inpatient Services LLC. Dmand AI also links Zalak Desai to 3 more medical groups and 1 hospice, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Zalak Desai practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Internal medicine is Zalak Desai's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Zalak Desai is licensed in New York.

CMS data shows 797 Medicare services from Zalak Desai across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 278 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $65,425 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 278 Medicare patients who saw Zalak Desai in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 87 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 45% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.38, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Zalak Desai's median patient age at 69, with 50% women.

In 2024, Zalak Desai wrote 167 Medicare Part D claims for 63 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 26 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $128 in total drug cost. In 2019, CMS named 28 claims across 2 drugs.

Zalak Desai accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.