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Bharat M. Desai, MD

NPI 1437111226ActiveIndividual· Orthopaedic Surgery· Golden, CO

Orthopaedic Surgery (MD) in Golden, Colorado, trained at Temple University School of Medicine (class of 1990). Mostly services rather than prescriptions: Medicare paid $102,692 for 176 patients in 2024, with only 27 Part D claims. Si-Bone, Inc. was the largest of 6 companies reporting payments in 2025, $398,019 in all, mostly royalties and licenses.

Overview

NPI1437111226
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedApr 5, 2006
Last updated in NPPESFeb 14, 2017

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Orthopaedic Surgery Primary207X00000X35499CO

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Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Oct 9, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 10, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Orthopedic Surgery (CO)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients176
Services billed800 across 91 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$102,692

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)27 · 27 30-day fills
Patients25
Total drug cost$222.23
Generic share100% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical schoolTemple University School of Medicine
Graduation year1990
Medicare specialtyOrthopedic Surgery

Medical group

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$398,019 · 36 payments from 6 companies
  • 2024$330,851 · 55 payments from 7 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Royalty or License$379,141 · 4 payments
  • Consulting Fee$12,100 · 4 payments
  • Travel and Lodging$4,974 · 8 payments
  • Food and Beverage$1,805 · 20 payments

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

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