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Nolan Stephen Desa, MD

NPI 1245673896ActiveIndividual· Surgery· Long Beach, CA

Surgery (MD) in Long Beach, California, trained at Wayne State University School of Medicine (class of 2013). Mostly services rather than prescriptions: Medicare paid $30,834 for 98 patients in 2024, with only 46 Part D claims. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. was the largest of 4 companies reporting payments in 2025, $31,561 in all, mostly education.

Overview

NPI1245673896
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI issuedApr 14, 2013
Last updated in NPPESJun 28, 2022
Certified by providerJun 28, 2022

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Surgery Primary208600000XA160199CA
Internal Medicine, Bariatric Medicine207RB0002XA160199CA

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - General Surgery (CA)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients98
Services billed138 across 28 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$30,834

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)46 · 60 30-day fills
Patients35
Total drug cost$520.17
Generic share100% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical schoolWayne State University School of Medicine
Graduation year2013
Medicare specialtyGeneral Surgery

Medical groups

Hospital affiliations

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$31,561 · 27 payments from 4 companies
  • 2024$25,318 · 20 payments from 4 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Education$29,500 · 10 payments
  • Food and Beverage$1,749 · 13 payments
  • Travel and Lodging$311.81 · 4 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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