Swaroopa R Bussa, MD
Internal Medicine · San Jose
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
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- Not the same as out of network.
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location
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Hospitals listed: El Camino Health · Good Samaritan Hospital. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
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California Medical Board record
Licence A81910 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2003 · expires 2028-06-30 · Osmania University, Osmania Medical College.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Hospitals they work in
2 hospitals
These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.
- El Camino HealthMountain View, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of El Camino Health, which runs 2 hospitalsPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 80% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.291, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.393, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
- Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose, CAAcute Care Hospital · Proprietary · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of HCA Healthcare, which runs 185 hospitals in 19 statesPatients rate it 2 of 5 · 67% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 2 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.337, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for El Camino Health
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 9 the same, 1 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.291 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.393 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.96 (0.12 to 1.79) · 2,340 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.02 (0.76 to 1.28) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 167.38 (125.03 to 209.73) · 96 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2.6 · 68 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.1 · 185 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 11.8 · 200 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 8.9 · 814 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 13 · 842 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 9.6 · 361 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.6 · 4,633 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.16 (0 to 0.34) · 11,474 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.27 (0.1 to 0.45) · 11,626 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.14 (1.39 to 4.9) · 2,814 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 2 (0.61 to 3.39) · 1,327 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.11 (0.8 to 3.43) · 2,641 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 9.39 (4.18 to 14.6) · 1,287 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 6.57 (3.47 to 9.68) · 1,308 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 2.14 (0.71 to 3.57) · 827 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.6 (0.05 to 1.15) · 9,460 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 4.5 · 122 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.993 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.706 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.376 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 15.5 · 218 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 19.5 · 962 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 3.8 · 200 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -17 · 922 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 18.6 · 860 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 18.7 · 827 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 6.1 (4.5 to 8.2) · 313 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 13.4 (10.6 to 16.5) · 313 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 6.1 · 144 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 10.3 · 80 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.7 · 237 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.8 (10 to 16.1) · 1,639 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.9 (0.8 to 1.1) · 1,619 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (1,535 patients answered, 22% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 75% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 79% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 81% |
| Staff "always" explained | 61% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 86% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 86% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 76% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 80% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 76% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 75% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 76% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 47% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 80% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 46% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 86% |
See every measure and the patient survey for Good Samaritan Hospital
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 1 better, 6 the same, 1 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 5 the same, 4 worse of 9 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.337 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.75 (0 to 1.67) · 1,340 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.84 (0.54 to 1.14) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 143.59 (98.7 to 188.49) · 98 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 1.7 · 45 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.1 · 100 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 12.7 · 270 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 11.3 · 573 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 15.6 · 820 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 8.5 · 482 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.3 · 3,711 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.12 (0 to 0.3) · 8,866 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.2 (0.01 to 0.38) · 9,051 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 2.65 (0.74 to 4.56) · 1,929 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.8 (0.21 to 3.39) · 670 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.33 (0.88 to 3.78) · 1,836 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 6.73 (0 to 13.46) · 669 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 7.58 (3.96 to 11.19) · 654 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.59 (0.13 to 3.04) · 496 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.27 (0 to 0.87) · 7,373 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 4.1 · 152 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 1.08 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.542 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.484 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.565 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 15.8 · 327 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 24.2 · 703 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 61.1 · 289 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 36.3 · 665 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 25.4 · 856 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 19 · 978 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 6.3 · 144 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 12.3 · 46 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 21.2 · 135 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.8 (10.1 to 18.6) · 129 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1.2 (0.9 to 1.5) · 531 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (704 patients answered, 24% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 2 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 2 |
| Quietness | 1 |
| Recommend hospital | 3 |
| Room was "always" clean | 66% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 75% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 71% |
| Staff "always" explained | 54% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 83% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 81% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 66% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 69% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 78% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 63% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 68% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 69% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 73% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 38% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 67% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 40% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 86% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$96,548
Medicare paid this office $96,548 for 127 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 83 | $50,261 | $105 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 98 | $16,042 | $154 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 101 | $10,820 | $103 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 28 | $8,887 | $71 |
| Advance care planning, first 30 minutes | 106 | $7,871 | $68 |
Who their Medicare patients are
127 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 82 · 85 and older 47% · Women 50% · Also on Medicaid 21% · Health risk score 2.12. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1.76.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 52% · Atrial fibrillation 48% · Heart failure 47% · Chronic kidney disease 43% · Diabetes 40% · Dementia 37% · Stroke 35% · Depression 31% · COPD 22% · Cancer 21%.
The office billed $209,021, Medicare allowed $121,549 and paid $96,548; for 962 services of 10 kinds.
Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.
Year by year
| 2024 | 127 | 962 | 82 | 2.12 | $209,021 | $96,548 |
| 2023 | 150 | 1,205 | 80 | 1.92 | $270,660 | $127,057 |
| 2022 | 150 | 1,014 | 80 | 1.92 | $229,295 | $103,557 |
| 2021 | 198 | 1,217 | 80 | 2.29 | $271,069 | $129,823 |
| 2020 | 170 | 1,000 | 80 | 1.82 | $224,350 | $108,760 |
| 2019 | 175 | 1,144 | 80 | 2.12 | $246,359 | $116,238 |
| 2018 | 229 | 1,291 | 82 | 2.26 | $277,971 | $131,470 |
| 2017 | 297 | 1,117 | 77 | 2.51 | $422,049 | $106,438 |
| 2016 | 399 | 1,162 | 79 | 2.29 | $323,319 | $103,606 |
| 2015 | 253 | 664 | 78 | 2.01 | $179,441 | $61,717 |
| 2014 | 167 | 206 | 78 | 2.27 | $39,942 | $28,809 |
| 2013 | 221 | 486 | 79 | 2.43 | $59,437 | $41,406 |
Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.
See the services billed each year
2023: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 119 | $76,319 | $107 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 122 | $19,705 | $155 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 114 | $12,349 | $104 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 20 | $9,125 | $71 |
| Advance care planning, first 30 minutes | 95 | $6,777 | $68 |
2022: 4 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 101 | $55,993 | $94 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 127 | $25,131 | $180 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 125 | $13,108 | $97 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 34 | $9,205 | $64 |
2021: 4 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 156 | $70,562 | $94 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 178 | $35,888 | $183 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 143 | $15,149 | $99 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 28 | $7,489 | $66 |
2020: 4 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 136 | $56,166 | $96 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 159 | $31,721 | $186 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 135 | $14,195 | $100 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 40 | $6,641 | $66 |
2019: 4 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 142 | $60,424 | $93 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 162 | $30,929 | $181 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 66 | $12,685 | $65 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 115 | $11,725 | $98 |
2018: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 163 | $53,082 | $93 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 207 | $39,840 | $182 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 161 | $16,886 | $99 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 104 | $16,157 | $65 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 16 | $1,364 | $35 |
2017: 6 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 200 | $49,638 | $93 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 125 | $22,977 | $181 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 121 | $18,268 | $65 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 103 | $10,506 | $98 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 16 | $1,126 | $66 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 11 | $768 | $35 |
2016: 6 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 183 | $33,363 | $175 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 217 | $30,350 | $63 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 197 | $23,388 | $91 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 92 | $8,622 | $94 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 62 | $2,994 | $33 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 11 | $1,784 | $162 |
2015: 5 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 104 | $19,202 | $179 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 131 | $17,284 | $93 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 103 | $14,337 | $65 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 61 | $5,976 | $98 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 34 | $2,220 | $35 |
2014: 4 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 131 | $22,956 | $171 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 13 | $1,950 | $150 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 17 | $1,854 | $62 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 11 | $982 | $82 |
2013: 5 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 114 | $19,353 | $163 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 59 | $8,576 | $81 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 45 | $4,690 | $60 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 57 | $4,553 | $33 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 21 | $1,982 | $90 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$22,741
Pharmacies billed $22,741 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 5% of their Part D prescriptions (11 of 230) in 2024. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1%.
202 generic and 28 brand-name prescriptions · $22,741 in drug cost · 43 antibiotic prescriptions to 34 people.
Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.
| Eliquis | 11 | $9,933 | $903 |
| Cefdinir | 15 | $99 | $7 |
| Prednisone | 11 | $51 | $5 |
| Furosemide | 11 | $48 | $4 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 230 | 101 | 5% (11) | 12% | $22,741 |
| 2023 | 187 | 86 | 6% (11) | 19% | $31,138 |
| 2022 | 183 | 89 | None | None | $28,915 |
| 2021 | 193 | 93 | None | 16% | $17,355 |
| 2020 | 242 | 109 | 6% (14) | None | $22,049 |
| 2019 | 252 | 65 | None | None | $14,492 |
| 2018 | 275 | 103 | 6% (16) | None | $17,858 |
| 2017 | 224 | 71 | None | None | $9,980 |
| 2016 | 133 | 63 | 8% (11) | 14% | $10,149 |
| 2015 | 68 | 33 | None | 16% | $2,902 |
| 2014 | 19 | None | 0% (0) | None | $232 |
| 2013 | 60 | 26 | None | None | $1,817 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 2 drugs
| Eliquis | 15 | $13,911 | $927 |
| Prednisone | 12 | $66 | $6 |
2022: 2 drugs
| Eliquis | 25 | $16,403 | $656 |
| Cefdinir | 11 | $256 | $23 |
2021: 2 drugs
| Eliquis | 12 | $8,798 | $733 |
| Cefdinir | 11 | $261 | $24 |
2020: 5 drugs
| Eliquis | 22 | $12,993 | $591 |
| Azithromycin | 13 | $98 | $8 |
| Prednisone | 14 | $75 | $5 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 11 | $59 | $5 |
| Furosemide | 11 | $42 | $4 |
2019: 3 drugs
| Eliquis | 21 | $8,722 | $415 |
| Levothyroxine | 16 | $210 | $13 |
| Furosemide | 12 | $57 | $5 |
2018: 6 drugs
| Eliquis | 15 | $8,355 | $557 |
| Atorvastatin | 15 | $287 | $19 |
| Cefdinir | 12 | $142 | $12 |
| Pantoprazole | 12 | $133 | $11 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 12 | $95 | $8 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 12 | $90 | $7 |
2017: 3 drugs
| Atorvastatin | 15 | $251 | $17 |
| Amiodarone | 11 | $167 | $15 |
| Carvedilol | 13 | $93 | $7 |
2016: 1 drug
| Levofloxacin | 16 | $107 | $7 |
Money from drug and device companies
$147 in 2025
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Abbott Laboratories | Freestyle Libre 3 | $147 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Abbott Laboratories | Meals · 2025-07-24 | Freestyle Libre 3 | $147 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1003994856
- Licence
- CA A81910California A81910: Current · expires 2028-06-30
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Medicaid ID
- CA 00A819100
- Taxonomy
- Internal medicine (207R00000X)
- Mailing address
- 4781 Whitetail Ln, San Jose, CA, 95138
- NPI first listed
- 2006-11-01
- NPI last updated
- 2025-06-18
- NPI record certified
- 2025-06-18
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.