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Atman Mukesh Desai, MD

NPI 1356444822ActiveIndividual· Neurological Surgery· Palo Alto, CA

Neurological Surgery (MD) with Stanford Health Care, practicing in Palo Alto, California. Medicare paid $280,207 for services to 282 patients in 2024. Globus Medical, Inc. was the largest of 4 companies reporting payments in 2025, $28,137 in all, mostly consulting fees. Lists Stanford Health Care as a hospital affiliation.

Overview

NPI1356444822
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedSep 7, 2006
Last updated in NPPESApr 26, 2024
Certified by providerApr 26, 2024

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Neurological Surgery Primary207T00000XA132060CA

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Oct 9, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 4, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 4, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 4, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 4, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 4, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Neurosurgery (CA)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients282
Services billed816 across 55 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$280,207

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Graduation year2005
Medicare specialtyNeurosurgery
TelehealthOffers telehealth

Medical group

Hospital affiliation

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$28,137 · 42 payments from 4 companies
  • 2024$40,003 · 38 payments from 3 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Globus Medical, Inc.$21,15727
Carlsmed, Inc.$6,24512
Vb Spine LLC$566.072
Dilon Technologies, Inc.$168.491

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Consulting Fee$21,613 · 13 payments
  • Travel and Lodging$5,280 · 16 payments
  • Food and Beverage$1,244 · 13 payments

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

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