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Dr. Deepa Gali, MD

Rheumatology (Rheumatology Physician)

11311 Bridgeport Way Sw Ste 100
Lakewood, WA 98499

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Pierce County includes primary care (20% of residents) and dental (11% of residents) and mental health (11% of residents) shortage areas. About shortage areas

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  • Medicare participating

At a glance

Years since graduation
19
In the NPI registry since
2010
Medicare patients seen, 2024
230

Licensed in Washington since 2015, according to the Washington State Department of Health. We show license dates only for the states that publish them in bulk; see which states do. For other states, check the state medical board.

The NPI date is when this clinician registered for a National Provider Identifier, the billing number used on health claims. It is not a license, graduation or board-certification date. What an NPI is

Education and training

  • 2010Registered with an NPI (national billing number; not a license date)

Medicare’s Care Compare data doesn’t list this clinician’s medical school. Undergraduate school, residency, fellowship, licensing exams and board certification aren’t in public federal data. Board certification can be confirmed with the certifying board (ABMS member boards for MDs, AOA boards for DOs).

Specialties and state licenses

  • Rheumatology Physician primary
    WA license MD60616582 (first issued 2015; active)

As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.

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Where they work

Hospitals

Medical groups

Hospitals this clinician lists with Medicare, and groups they bill Medicare through (Care Compare). Affiliation doesn’t mean they see patients at every location.

Medicare patients and services

Medicare patients, 2024
230
Services billed
26,603
Patients’ average age
75
Most frequent Medicare services, 2023
ServiceTimesPatients
Injection, denosumab, 1 mg66011
Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes219153
New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes5858
Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes4945
Dxa bone density measurement of hip, pelvis, spine1919
New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes1717
Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle1312

Medicare fee-for-service only. CMS leaves out services billed for fewer than 11 patients. These figures describe a practice’s Medicare work; they aren’t a measure of quality.

Medicare prescriptions

Prescriptions filled under Medicare Part D, including refills. CMS leaves out drugs prescribed fewer than 11 times.

Payments from drug and device companies

In 2025, 18 companies reported 90 payments worth $2,198 in total to this clinician.

By company
Janssen Biotech, Inc.$544
AbbVie Inc.$367
Amgen Inc.$364
UCB, Inc.$155
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation$109
Lilly USA, LLC$83.86
Radius Health, Inc.$82.38
Fidia Pharma USA Inc.$74.95
By type
Food and Beverage$2,121
Education$76.99

What the payments were for

Largest payments other than meals
DateCompanyWhat it was forAmount
Nov 6, 2025Janssen Biotech, Inc.
Nov 6, 2025
Education
TREMFYA · Immunology · in-kind
$76.99

Each payment as the company reported it, with the products it named. Meals are counted in the totals above but not listed one by one.

From CMS Open Payments. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing; many are for consulting, teaching or meals. Clinicians can review and dispute their records with CMS.

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Industry-funded research

Named as a principal investigator on 2 industry-funded studies in 2025, from 1 companies. The companies reported $160,425 in research payments for these studies, mostly to the institutions running them.

From CMS Open Payments research payments, where companies name up to five principal investigators per payment. Research payments usually go to hospitals, universities and research sites, not to the investigator personally. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.

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Sources

NPI registry (CMS NPPES, November 2026; record last updated May 19, 2021), Medicare Care Compare, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024) and Open Payments (2025). Information is self-reported or billed data and may be out of date; call before visiting.

NPI 1376856922. Official NPI registry record (opens in a new tab). Clinicians can correct their information in NPPES; changes appear here after our next monthly update.