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Mahendra Takashi Bhati, MD

Psychiatry · Palo Alto

NPI 1013052513

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Plans that list them
4
1 carrier
Offices
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2 locations · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN Classic (HMO)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN MyChoice (HMO)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence C141001 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2016 · expires 2027-04-30 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport.

No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.

Hospitals they work in

1 hospital

These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.

  • Stanford Health CareStanford, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsHome of Stanford Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 83% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.317, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.446, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.241, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for Stanford Health Care

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 5 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 5 the same, 4 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Stanford Health Care
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 casesWorseJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.317BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.446BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.241BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 casesBetterJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.86 (0.72 to 1)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.1 · 192 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6.4 · 146 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths9.7 · 253 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths6.3 · 880 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 935 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths8.7 · 501 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.1 · 7,730 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.6 · 416 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.869No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.857No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.368No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.2 · 247 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.5 · 1,021 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits47.8 · 258 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-1.6 · 990 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits20.8 · 976 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.5 · 959 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.1 · 425 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits9.6 · 158 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.6 · 183 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Stanford Health Care
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Stanford Health Care
Room was "always" clean75%
Nurses "always" communicated well82%
Doctors "always" communicated well81%
Staff "always" explained63%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge89%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully80%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)79%
Staff "always" explained new medications76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully79%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect88%
"Always" quiet at night53%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital83%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects50%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$38,716

Medicare paid this office $38,716 for 77 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

Largest Original Medicare bills
Treatment using magnetic field to stimulate nerve cells in brain, subsequent delivery and management27$17,667$119
Therapy using electrical currents32$8,964$91
Long return visit (40+ min)18$5,491$162
Treatment using magnetic field to stimulate nerve cells in brain, initial delivery and management12$2,706$208

Who their Medicare patients are

77 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 69 · Women 65% · Also on Medicaid 23% · Health risk score 1.29. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical psychiatry clinician is at 1.35.

Conditions among them: Depression 75% · High blood pressure 61% · Diabetes 30% · Dementia 19% · Chronic kidney disease 18% · Coronary heart disease 17% · Cancer 14%.

The office billed $527,794, Medicare allowed $49,510 and paid $38,716; for 330 services of 12 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

Original Medicare by year
202477330691.29$527,794$38,716
202354372711.54$321,281$37,516
202247282681.39$230,208$26,991
202157432681.56$365,072$43,306
202051350691.37$273,465$35,950
201961431711.20$302,000$37,013
201870391651.28$175,300$20,529
201760368661.33$128,796$19,737
2016120356631.77$71,574$18,486
2015185760601.43$99,701$39,498
2014194771591.20$95,225$40,229
2013183683591.19$87,658$28,883

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: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Therapy using electrical currents28$13,151$95
Long return visit (40+ min)21$9,241$165
Treatment using magnetic field to stimulate nerve cells in brain, subsequent delivery and management11$8,036$122
Telehealth originating site facility fee26$1,484$22

2022: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Therapy using electrical currents27$13,073$93
Telehealth originating site facility fee18$915$22

2021: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Therapy using electrical currents31$22,991$98
Treatment using magnetic field to stimulate nerve cells in brain, subsequent delivery and management12$6,876$113
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes13$1,290$92
Telehealth originating site facility fee17$995$22

2020: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Treatment using magnetic field to stimulate nerve cells in brain, subsequent delivery and management19$16,075$118
Therapy using electrical currents24$10,453$101

2019: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Treatment using magnetic field to stimulate nerve cells in brain, subsequent delivery and management17$12,462$116
Therapy using electrical currents24$12,168$99
Treatment using magnetic field to stimulate nerve cells in brain, subsequent delivery and management19$1,825$22

2018: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Therapy using electrical currents14$4,281$97
Therapy using electrical currents16$3,869$86
Treatment using magnetic field to stimulate nerve cells in brain, subsequent delivery and management25$3,738$22
Psychotherapy with evaluation and management visit, 45 minutes12$2,676$64
Short return visit (20+ min)13$779$37

2017: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Psychotherapy with evaluation and management visit, 45 minutes13$3,252$65
Treatment using magnetic field to stimulate nerve cells in brain, subsequent delivery and management25$3,230$22
Therapy using electrical currents11$2,724$97
New patient visit (60+ min)14$2,104$150
Long return visit (40+ min)11$1,196$100

2016: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Therapy using electrical currents23$4,839$91
Psychotherapy with evaluation and management visit, 30 minutes29$2,730$44
Short return visit (20+ min)56$2,593$32
Short return visit29$1,026$19

2015: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Short return visit (20+ min)123$11,272$38
Therapy using electrical currents24$10,377$87
Psychotherapy with evaluation and management visit, 30 minutes35$6,630$49
Psychotherapy with evaluation and management visit, 45 minutes12$3,249$66
Return visit (30+ min)26$2,676$61
Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services25$2,387$95
Short return visit28$1,358$20

2014: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Short return visit (20+ min)109$10,236$39
Psychotherapy with evaluation and management visit, 30 minutes35$8,298$51
Therapy using electrical currents26$8,236$92
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes29$4,054$58
Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services29$3,077$106
Return visit (30+ min)33$2,909$58
Short return visit28$1,515$19

2013: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Short return visit (20+ min)119$10,295$31
Therapy using electrical currents23$6,532$79
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes28$3,405$58
Psychotherapy with evaluation and management visit, 30 minutes26$2,661$27
Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services24$2,063$86
Return visit (30+ min)15$922$49
Short return visit15$348$17

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$4,468

Pharmacies billed $4,468 in 2024.

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 98) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical psychiatry clinician is at 0%.

98 generic and 0 brand-name prescriptions · $4,468 in drug cost.

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.

Largest Part D drug costs
Bupropion Xl24$1,476$61
Methylphenidate14$458$33
Aripiprazole15$371$25
Sertraline12$72$6

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
202498None0% (0)0%$4,468
2023121None0% (0)0%$6,137
2022146None0% (0)None$11,496
2021136None0% (0)0%$8,761
2020146None0% (0)10%$18,520
201915111None10%$12,349
2018145150% (0)None$8,726
2017127190% (0)None$3,872
2016410550% (0)9%$41,151
2015749710% (0)None$68,550
201485183NoneNone$80,451
2013848810% (0)13%$71,340

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Aripiprazole16$1,956$122
Bupropion Xl24$944$39
Sertraline12$38$3

2022: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Aripiprazole16$2,718$170
Bupropion Xl27$2,473$92
Gabapentin13$1,744$134
Methylphenidate13$458$35
Quetiapine13$236$18

2021: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Bupropion Xl18$1,805$100
Gabapentin17$1,225$72
Methylphenidate15$577$38
Trazodone11$518$47
Fluvoxamine Maleate12$324$27

2020: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Bupropion Xl12$1,703$142
Quetiapine16$763$48
Gabapentin13$635$49
Methylphenidate15$283$19

2019: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Viibryd11$3,234$294
Bupropion Xl15$2,190$146
Quetiapine17$373$22
Methylphenidate17$339$20
Venlafaxine Hcl Er16$331$21

2018: 6 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Bupropion Xl11$739$67
Methylphenidate16$690$43
Quetiapine11$512$47
Venlafaxine Hcl Er24$425$18
Zolpidem12$68$6
Clonazepam11$61$6

2017: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Quetiapine12$394$33
Venlafaxine Hcl Er21$335$16
Alprazolam11$229$21
Topiramate12$182$15

2016: 11 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Bupropion Xl48$4,016$84
Venlafaxine Hcl Er25$1,116$45
Mirtazapine19$628$33
Clonazepam69$429$6
Topiramate14$321$23
Quetiapine16$314$20
Trazodone20$309$15
Levothyroxine19$268$14
Lamotrigine11$112$10
Propranolol11$86$8
Lithium Carbonate19$70$4

2015: 23 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Clomipramine11$11,088$1,008
Bupropion Xl62$4,745$77
Clozapine13$1,999$154
Methylphenidate19$1,134$60
Buspirone16$975$61
Clonazepam127$821$6
Fluoxetine27$751$28
Escitalopram28$685$24
Gabapentin26$654$25
Venlafaxine Hcl Er18$530$29
Mirtazapine32$454$14
Trazodone44$387$9
Quetiapine23$364$16
Nortriptyline17$345$20
Levothyroxine19$332$17
Topiramate15$321$21
Lamotrigine30$296$10
Sertraline13$249$19
Lithium Carbonate23$170$7
Paroxetine11$152$14
Alprazolam14$133$10
Risperidone14$129$9
Lorazepam11$112$10

2014: 24 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Clomipramine14$12,220$873
Modafinil13$7,151$550
Bupropion Xl53$4,390$83
Duloxetine13$4,123$317
Paroxetine16$2,095$131
Venlafaxine Hcl Er26$2,066$79
Methylphenidate37$1,494$40
Fluoxetine36$1,446$40
Gabapentin41$1,416$35
Clonazepam162$1,087$7
Buspirone12$1,058$88
Quetiapine28$1,050$37
Mirtazapine27$497$18
Trazodone34$388$11
Lamotrigine24$375$16
Sertraline25$329$13
Nortriptyline19$322$17
Levothyroxine12$179$15
Lorazepam17$177$10
Doxepin12$157$13
Lithium Carbonate12$148$12
Risperidone17$140$8
Escitalopram11$119$11
Alprazolam11$48$4

2013: 26 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Modafinil22$14,695$668
Abilify12$9,509$792
Bupropion Xl47$3,836$82
Dextroamphetamine-Amphetamine11$2,717$247
Clomipramine11$2,655$241
Paroxetine15$2,091$139
Venlafaxine Hcl Er30$2,041$68
Quetiapine39$1,927$49
Desipramine13$1,518$117
Buspirone13$1,342$103
Gabapentin39$1,272$33
Pramipexole Dihydrochloride13$1,023$79
Clonazepam162$986$6
Fluoxetine24$713$30
Methylphenidate27$708$26
Trifluoperazine11$568$52
Alprazolam Er17$558$33
Risperidone28$500$18
Escitalopram11$443$40
Alprazolam21$335$16
Lamotrigine27$332$12
Sertraline19$270$14
Trazodone24$188$8
Zolpidem25$164$7
Levothyroxine15$141$9
Lorazepam13$86$7

Money from drug and device companies

$92 in 2024

Industry payments by year
202411None$92
2023110None$1,326

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
LivaNova USAVns Therapy Symmetry Model 8103 Generator$92
1 payment
  • Meals for Vns Therapy Symmetry Model 8103 Generator · 2024-05-14 · $92
See the published payment
Every published payment
LivaNova USAMeals · 2024-05-14Vns Therapy Symmetry Model 8103 Generator$92
See earlier years (2023)

2023: $1,326

Payments by company in 2023
Abbott LaboratoriesInfinity$1,326
10 payments
  • Travel for Infinity · 2023-10-27 · $62
  • Travel for Infinity · 2023-10-27 · $76
  • Travel for Infinity · 2023-10-27 · $125
  • Travel for Infinity · 2023-10-27 · $235
  • Travel for Infinity · 2023-10-27 · $78
  • Travel for Infinity · 2023-10-27 · $120
  • Meals for Infinity · 2023-10-19 · $31
  • Meals for Infinity · 2023-08-31 · $98
  • Travel for Infinity · 2023-08-31 · $492
  • Travel for Infinity · 2023-08-31 · $9

Research money

Money a company paid to run a study. Where it went to their institution, the clinician is named as an investigator and did not receive it; the amount covers the whole study, often across many sites.

Research payments by company and study
Medtronic USA, Inc. · Reclaim · 2019Their institution$2,370
Medtronic, Inc. · Reclaim · 2021Their institution$474

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
76.5 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI
1013052513
Licence
CA C141001, PA MD422908California C141001: Current · expires 2027-04-30
Trained
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, 2001
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Psychiatry (2084P0800X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
NPI first listed
2007-02-21
NPI last updated
2024-04-29
NPI record certified
2024-04-29

This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.