Joshua C Nelson, DO

Primary specialty

Emergency Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207P00000X

License

TP017 Issued in KY

Practice address

Desert Regional Medical Center
1150 N Indian Canyon Dr
Palm Springs, CA 92262

Phone

(619) 630-0716

NPI assigned

Apr 27, 2017

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

Yes

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in OK, UT, VA, OR, TX, KY, FL7 enrollments

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 7

Specialty

Emergency Medicine

Education

Other, 2019

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Baptist Health Medical Group IncGroup PAC ID 5597867184, 2,431 clinicians

Emergency Coverage LLCGroup PAC ID 3072412592, 761 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Baptist Health Corbin Hospital, Corbin, KY, CCN 180080
• Baptist Health Lagrange Hospital, La Grange, KY, CCN 180138
• UOFL HEALTH - JEWISH HOSPITAL and Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Hospital, Louisville, KY, CCN 180040
• Sovah Health Danville Hospital, Danville, VA, CCN 490075
• Baptist Health Louisville Hospital, Louisville, KY, CCN 180130

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Osteopathy

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships and National Provider Directory roles.

• Baptist Health Medical Group Inc

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Dawson Springs, KY
  • NPI 1982178216
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Emergency Coverage, LLC

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Newport, TN
  • NPI 1427005008

  Emergency Medicine, VA

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Arbuckle Memorial Hospital

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Sulphur, OK
  • NPI 1700869492
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• DHHS PHS Naihs Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Chinle, AZ
  • NPI 1508800129

  TX

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Emergency Physicians Integrated Care, LLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Salt Lake City, UT
  • NPI 1578598199
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Oklahoma Emergency Partners LLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • McAlester, OK
  • NPI 1245945039
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Providence Health & Services - Oregon

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Newberg, OR
  • NPI 1952482275

  Emergency Medicine

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Southeastern Emergency Physicians LLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Maysville, KY
  • NPI 1356379382
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Uintah Basin Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Roosevelt, UT
  • NPI 1871556217
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Acs Primary Care Physicians Southwest, PA

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Gainesville, TX
  • NPI 1538101019
  Medicare reassignment
• Emergency Medicine Associates, P.a.,P.C.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Dulles, VA
  • NPI 1376917070
  Medicare reassignment
• Paragon Contracting Services LLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Birmingham, AL
  • NPI 1225071459

  FL

  Medicare reassignment

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Baptist Healthcare System Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Louisville, KY
  • NPI 1265539498
  Care Compare affiliation
• Baptist Healthcare System, Inc

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Corbin, KY
  • NPI 1902865389
  Care Compare affiliation
• Baptist Healthcare System, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • La Grange, KY
  • NPI 1306925540
  Care Compare affiliation
• Danville Regional Medical Center LLC

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Martinsville, VA
  • NPI 1386720183
  Care Compare affiliation
• Danville Regional Medical Center, LLC

  • Rural Acute Care Hospital
  • Danville, VA
  • NPI 1154419737
  Care Compare affiliation
• Uofl Health-Louisville Inc

  • Rehabilitation Hospital Unit
  • Louisville, KY
  • NPI 1013784859
  Care Compare affiliation
• Uofl Health-Louisville Inc

  • Rehabilitation Hospital Unit
  • Louisville, KY
  • NPI 1033752704
  Care Compare affiliation
• Uofl Health-Louisville Inc

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Louisville, KY
  • NPI 1093341497
  Care Compare affiliation
• Uofl Health-Louisville Inc

  • Rehabilitation Hospital Unit
  • Louisville, KY
  • NPI 1104469873
  Care Compare affiliation
• Uofl Health-Louisville Inc

  • Rehabilitation Hospital Unit
  • Louisville, KY
  • NPI 1114591039
  Care Compare affiliation
• Uofl Health-Louisville Inc

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Louisville, KY
  • NPI 1124654512
  Care Compare affiliation
• Uofl Health-Louisville Inc

  • Rehabilitation Hospital Unit
  • Louisville, KY
  • NPI 1124661897
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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            "address_1": "756 SUMMIT DR",
            "city": "PALM SPRINGS",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "922621224",
            "telephone_number": "610-630-0716"
        },
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            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "DESERT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER",
            "address_2": "1150 N INDIAN CANYON DR",
            "city": "PALM SPRINGS",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "92262",
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        }
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        "enumeration_date": "2017-04-27",
        "last_updated": "2026-03-20",
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            "state": "TX",
            "license": "W3716",
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}

• Rebecca Lemus Navratil, PHARMD
• Camilo Neacato, MD
• Gregory York Neill
• Grant Nelson, M.D.
• Janette F Nelson, P.T.
• Cheri Leann Nenigar
• Ashley Ann Nepper
• Charles Richard Nesbitt Jr., LMFT
• David Lawrence Neumann, MD
• Carlos Adrian Nevarez Ontiveros, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician in Palm Springs, CA
• Providers in Palm Springs, CA by specialty
• Emergency Medicine Physician in California

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Mar 20, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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