Vinay Desai MD in Greenbelt, Maryland

Medical School: Jefferson Medical College Of Thomas Jefferson University
Graduation Year: 1992
The Primary Medical Specialty for Vinay Desai MD is listed as: Ophthalmology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 32
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9830120799
NPI #: 1881668119
NPI Created On: 02/14/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/21/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207W00000X
License Number:
D0057550
Listed Gender: Male

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Forms of insurance accepted by include, but are not limited to:

• CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc.
• Group Hospitalization and Medical Services Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English,Spanish, Spanish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injection of drug into eye
2. Preventive retinal detachment treatment by heat or laser, 1 or more sessions
3. Laser destruction of leaking retinal blood vessels, 1 or more sessions
4. Ultrasound of eye disease, growth, or structure
5. Eye and medical examination for diagnosis and treatment, established patient, 1 or more visits
6. Diagnostic imaging of retina
7. Extended examination of eye with drawing of retina
8. Extended examination of eye with drawing of optic nerve and surrounding area (macula)
9. Imaging of blood vessels in back of eye using fluorescein dye
10. Imaging of blood vessels in back of eye using fluorescein and indocyanine-green dye
11. Photography of the retina
12. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
15. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
16. Injection, aflibercept, 1 mg
17. Injection, ranibizumab, 0.1 mg
18. Injection, bevacizumab, 10 mg

They took part in Medicare's Electronic Health Record Incentive Program which was designed to help move people over to electronic records and improve the systems that were already in place.
They took part in the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).