Sapna Desai M.D.
About this NPIWhat this record shows.
NPI 1538335500 is registered to Sapna Desai M.D., a Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology practising at 4228 Houma Blvd Ste 510 in Metairie, Louisiana. Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology is a recognised medical specialty under the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) taxonomy. Sapna Desai M.D. has been enumerated in the National Provider Identifier (NPI) registry since 2008.
Beyond the registryWhat this record adds.
This record carries 2 secondary identifiers beyond the base NPI: Medicaid and other payer cross-references used by billers and credentialers, which the standard CMS NPPES lookup does not surface. It is enrolled in Medicare, linking to 1 PECOS enrollment record (with a public Medicare Enrollment ID) sourced from CMS, which the NPPES registry does not list. Within the directory it is one of 18 Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology providers on file in Louisiana.
Source: CMS NPPES and PECOS public files. snapshot, refreshed monthly.
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Secondary identifiers
Additional identifiers this provider has registered with NPPES. Used by medical billers, credentialers, and insurance verifiers to cross-reference claims and enrollments.
Source: NPPES public registry.
Medicare enrollment
This provider holds a Medicare enrollment on file with the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS). Each enrollment carries a public Medicare Enrollment ID (ENRLMT_ID) used by billers and intermediaries.
Practitioner
- I20100901000857Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant CardiologyLA
Source: CMS PECOS public enrollment file.
Insurance & acceptsHow to confirm coverage.
The National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) registry does not include commercial insurance network data, so we cannot show which plans Sapna Desai M.D. accepts. To confirm in-network status with your specific health plan, contact Sapna Desai M.D. directly at (504) 988-6113.
Frequently asked
Yes. NPI 1538335500 is registered as Active in the CMS NPPES public registry and passes the Luhn check-digit validation that all 10-digit NPIs use.
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology is a recognised medical specialty under the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) taxonomy.
The CMS NPPES Public Registry at npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov is the authoritative source. FindMyNPI mirrors this dataset and refreshes monthly. For real-time verification, you can also call the provider's office at (504) 988-6113.
An individual healthcare provider has a single Type-1 NPI for life. Organisations can hold separate Type-2 NPIs per location, specialty, or sub-entity. Sapna Desai M.D. is a Type-1 individual NPI.
As of the latest monthly CMS NPPES snapshot, 18 Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology providers are registered in Louisiana, and Sapna Desai M.D. is one of them. The figure refreshes each month from the federal source.