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Dr. Michael Desiderio

Cardiology (Cardiovascular Disease Physician)

  • Medicare participating

At a glance

Years since graduation
19
In the NPI registry since
2010
Medicare patients seen, 2024
2,367

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

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician primary
    NJ license 25MB09518300

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

Map: Cardiology per capita by county →

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
2,367
Services billed
3,735
Patients’ average age
76
Most frequent Medicare services, 2023
ServiceTimesPatients
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only3,4512,540
Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function1,2431,168
Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician397388
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report253236
Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect182181
Anticoagulant management of patient taking warfarin16817
Electrocardiogram (ecg) 2-day continuous with review by health care professional9792
Ultrasound of heart, follow-up8985
Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function8681
Ultrasound of heart during rest, exercise and/or drug-induced stress with report8181

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, 4 companies reported 24 payments worth $7,329 in total to this clinician.

By type
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)$5,000
Travel and Lodging$1,254
Food and Beverage$1,075

What the payments were for

Largest payments other than meals
DateCompanyWhat it was forAmount
Apr 2, 2025Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll Lifecor Corp)
Apr 2, 2025
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)
LifeVest · Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus
$1,500
Apr 23, 2025Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll Lifecor Corp)
Apr 23, 2025
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)
LifeVest · Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus
$1,500
Dec 30, 2025Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll Lifecor Corp)
Dec 30, 2025
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)
LifeVest · Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus
$1,000
Oct 1, 2025Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll Lifecor Corp)
Oct 1, 2025
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)
LifeVest · Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus
$1,000
Oct 9, 2025Heartflow, Inc.
Oct 9, 2025
Travel and Lodging
FFRct · Coronary · travel to Charlotte, NC
$862
Nov 12, 2025Heartflow, Inc.
Nov 12, 2025
Travel and Lodging
FFRct · Coronary · travel to Charlotte, NC
$333
Nov 18, 2025Heartflow, Inc.
Nov 18, 2025
Travel and Lodging
FFRct · Coronary · travel to Charlotte, NC
$58.21

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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Sources

NPI registry (CMS NPPES, November 2026; record last updated May 24, 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 1720388143. Official NPI registry record (opens in a new tab). Clinicians can correct their information in NPPES; changes appear here after our next monthly update.