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David Austin Dillon , MS

Speech-Language Pathologist • Palm Desert, CA

Active NPI 1447727409 Individual Practitioner Male Practitioner
Practice location in NPPES

41555 Cook St
Palm Desert, CA 922115184

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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location

Practice Address

41555 Cook St

Palm Desert, CA 922115184

Telephone 7608370033
Organization at the Same NPPES Address or Phone
Benson Family Medical Group Inc Facility NPI 1174577613

Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.

NPI first issued

2018

The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.

What this does not show: NPI first issued

NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.

Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.

Medicare assignment not listed

CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.

Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”

Guide: What Medicare assignment means

No telehealth indicator

CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.

Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.

Guide: How Medicare covers telehealth

Compared with the same specialty in Palm Desert and California

48 active clinicians are listed under Speech-Language Pathologist with a practice address in Palm Desert, CA (13,149 in California).

Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.

Telehealth indicator in Palm Desert

0% of these 48 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.

8.3% of these 48 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.

Sources: CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.

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Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES

Speech-Language Pathologist Primary Specialty

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 235Z00000X

License # reported to NPPES CA 18021

The speech-language pathologist is the professional who engages in clinical services, prevention, advocacy, education, administration, and research in the areas of communication and swallowing across the life span from infancy through geriatrics. Speech-language pathologists address typical and atypical impairments and disorders related to communication and swallowing in the areas of speech sound production, resonance, voice, fluency, language (comprehension and expression), cognition, and feeding and swallowing.

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Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone

Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.

3 listed
Ashlyn Champagne , MS

Speech-Language Pathologist

NPI 1083126429

Master of Science

Kiersten Merkel , OT

Occupational Therapist

NPI 1992356851

Occupational Therapist

NPI 1861502932

PHYSICALTHERAPIST

Career & Practice History

NPI enumerated October 29, 2018.

No changes to the name, practice address, taxonomy or NPI status in this record have been observed in the monthly NPPES data files from November 2018 to August 2026.

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NPI Administrative Meta

NPI Number: 1447727409
Entity Type:
Individual Provider Physician, Nurse Practitioner, or Solo Healthcare Professional (Type 1 NPI)
Enumeration Date: October 29, 2018
Last Update: October 29, 2018
Sole Proprietor: No

Other Speech-Language Pathologists in Palm Desert

Healthcare providers in Palm Desert

Mailing Address

Po Box 125

Mira Loma, CA 917520125

Phone: 9097868740

About This Data NPPES fields (address, phone, specialty, license) are self-reported and may be outdated; Medicare fields follow the CMS dataset named in each section. Correct directly at NPPES.