Dr. Minale A. Desta, MD

Dr. Desta practices at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital - Tyler in Tyler, Texas, part of CHRISTUS Health.

Dr. Desta's NPI, 1477948701, was assigned on April 3, 2015. Dr. Desta graduated from Addis Ababa University Faculty of Medicine in 2005. Dr. Desta holds Texas license R6380.

Dr. Desta's primary practice is CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital - Tyler, at 800 East Dawson, Tyler, TX 75701 in Smith County. The practice phone is (903) 593-8441.

Dr. Desta's primary practice is CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital - Tyler in Tyler, Texas, part of CHRISTUS Health. Dr. Desta is also affiliated with CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Medical Center - Longview. The medical group on file is CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Desta to 1 more hospital and 4 medical groups, each named with a free account.

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

Internal medicine is Dr. Desta's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Desta is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Desta is licensed in Texas.

Dmand AI lists acute respiratory failure, anemia, atrial fibrillation and flutter, cardiac arrhythmia, cellulitis, chest pain, chronic hypertension and circulation problems among the conditions Dr. Desta treats.

CMS data shows 1,670 Medicare services from Dr. Desta across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 566 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $152,350 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 566 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Desta in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 242 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 16% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.44, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Desta's median patient age at 68, with 50% women.

In 2024, Dr. Desta wrote 1,727 Medicare Part D claims for 555 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,336 of them, across 39 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $52,109 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,045 claims across 34 drugs.

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

CMS Open Payments shows 14 general payments to Dr. Desta from 8 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Pfizer Inc. paid the most, $140.

Dr. Desta graduated from Addis Ababa University Faculty of Medicine in 2005.

Dr. Desta is in network with 10 carriers, including United Healthcare, Cigna and HCSC. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 6. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.