Ahmad A Kadhim, MD
Internal Medicine · Phoenix
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- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
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- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Banner - University Hospital Based Physicians LLC · 343 clinicians in this group
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California Medical Board record
Licence A166082 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2019 · expires 2027-10-31 · University of Baghdad College of Medicine.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 92.3 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
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.
- Banner - University Medical Center PhoenixPhoenix, AZAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Banner Health, which runs 33 hospitals in 6 statesPatients rate it 2 of 5 · 68% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 3 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite: 1.3 (1.08 to 1.53), Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate: 3.98 (2.74 to 5.22) · 1,159 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 14.75 (10.66 to 18.85) · 1,189 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.096, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.611, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.246, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.351, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 1 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 3 the same, 1 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 7 the same, 2 worse of 10 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.3 (1.08 to 1.53) | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 3.98 (2.74 to 5.22) · 1,159 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 14.75 (10.66 to 18.85) · 1,189 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.096 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.611 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.246 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.351 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.35 (0.5 to 2.2) · 1,697 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 183.2 (149.21 to 217.19) · 201 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 1.8 · 95 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.3 · 52 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 10.9 · 85 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 8.2 · 238 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 12.4 · 268 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 11.6 · 623 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.2 · 3,853 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.22 (0.03 to 0.41) · 6,090 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.27 (0.08 to 0.45) · 6,659 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 2.96 (1.32 to 4.6) · 2,728 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 3.2 (2 to 4.4) · 2,515 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 7.09 (4.27 to 9.91) · 1,186 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 2.01 (0.62 to 3.39) · 587 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.63 (0.16 to 1.11) · 5,710 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.518 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.042 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.8 · 237 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.6 · 790 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | -5.1 · 106 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -5.7 · 290 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 48 · 270 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.9 · 730 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 7 (4.9 to 9.9) · 154 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 10 (7.4 to 13.3) · 154 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 11.3 · 128 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 18.7 · 227 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13 (9.8 to 17.1) · 567 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1.2 (0.9 to 1.6) · 405 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (1,209 patients answered, 15% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 2 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 2 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 3 |
| Room was "always" clean | 63% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 75% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 74% |
| Staff "always" explained | 56% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 81% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 79% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 70% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 72% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 80% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 68% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 70% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 73% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 71% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 49% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 68% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 41% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 83% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$15,590
Medicare paid this office $15,590 for 141 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 69 | $8,789 | $127 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 68 | $6,403 | $94 |
Who their Medicare patients are
141 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 71 · Under 65 15% · 85 and older 9% · Women 48% · Also on Medicaid 38% · Health risk score 2.76. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1.76.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 53% · Chronic kidney disease 53% · Coronary heart disease 46% · Heart failure 38% · Atrial fibrillation 38% · Depression 36% · COPD 35% · Stroke 23% · Cancer 21% · Dementia 21%.
The office billed $61,058, Medicare allowed $20,399 and paid $15,590; for 142 services of 6 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 | 141 | 142 | 71 | 2.76 | $61,058 | $15,590 |
| 2023 | 152 | 154 | 73 | 2.44 | $69,236 | $17,437 |
| 2022 | 81 | 82 | 71 | 2.97 | $36,162 | $10,793 |
| 2021 | 171 | 175 | 71 | 2.95 | $78,178 | $23,350 |
| 2020 | 195 | 197 | 70 | 3.28 | $82,360 | $25,468 |
| 2019 | 172 | 178 | 72 | 3.21 | $77,989 | $23,530 |
| 2018 | 316 | 329 | 71 | 3.10 | $139,373 | $41,671 |
| 2017 | 377 | 399 | 71 | 2.62 | $171,436 | $52,508 |
| 2016 | 370 | 392 | 69 | 2.91 | $137,315 | $51,606 |
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: 2 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 91 | $11,707 | $127 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 56 | $5,459 | $96 |
2022: 4 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 28 | $4,235 | $151 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 15 | $2,118 | $141 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 17 | $1,811 | $107 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 50 minutes | 12 | $1,255 | $105 |
2021: 4 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 75 | $11,566 | $154 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 31 | $4,223 | $136 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 50 minutes | 31 | $3,269 | $105 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 28 | $2,989 | $107 |
2020: 5 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 52 | $8,324 | $157 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 41 | $6,027 | $147 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 49 | $5,358 | $109 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 50 minutes | 38 | $4,114 | $108 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes | 11 | $891 | $81 |
2019: 5 services
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 62 | $8,794 | $140 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 39 | $6,182 | $159 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 40 | $4,184 | $105 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 50 minutes | 22 | $2,226 | $101 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 11 | $1,920 | $175 |
2018: 5 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 83 | $13,192 | $155 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 76 | $10,763 | $138 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 93 | $9,890 | $105 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 50 minutes | 44 | $4,609 | $105 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 12 | $1,946 | $162 |
2017: 5 services
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 119 | $17,913 | $146 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 82 | $13,392 | $159 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 83 | $8,909 | $107 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 50 minutes | 80 | $8,511 | $105 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 17 | $2,843 | $167 |
2016: 5 services
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 137 | $20,319 | $144 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 56 | $9,239 | $159 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 73 | $7,749 | $105 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 50 minutes | 65 | $6,928 | $105 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 25 | $4,395 | $176 |
Medicaid work
$44,854 in 2024
Medicaid paid $44,854 for 437 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 30 people in a month for one service.
Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 203 | $22,594 |
| 1ST HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MODERATE MDM 55 MINUTES | 234 | $22,261 |
| 2024 | 437 | 2 | 30 | $44,854 |
| 2023 | 464 | 2 | 29 | $49,117 |
| 2022 | 104 | 3 | 21 | $9,572 |
| 2021 | 387 | 4 | 28 | $40,910 |
| 2020 | 220 | 4 | 21 | $18,210 |
| 2019 | 135 | 3 | 24 | $12,328 |
| 2018 | 485 | 4 | 24 | $36,597 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 264 | $31,033 |
| 1ST HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MODERATE MDM 55 MINUTES | 200 | $18,085 |
2022
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 36 | $4,430 |
| INITIAL OBSERVATION CARE | 40 | $2,656 |
| INITIAL OBSERVATION CARE | 28 | $2,486 |
2021
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 157 | $19,271 |
| INITIAL OBSERVATION CARE | 168 | $14,288 |
| INITIAL OBSERVATION CARE | 48 | $5,714 |
| 1ST HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MODERATE MDM 55 MINUTES | 14 | $1,638 |
2020
| INITIAL OBSERVATION CARE | 112 | $8,317 |
| 1ST HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MODERATE MDM 55 MINUTES | 40 | $3,602 |
| INITIAL OBSERVATION CARE | 40 | $3,535 |
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 28 | $2,756 |
2019
| 1ST HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MODERATE MDM 55 MINUTES | 69 | $5,481 |
| INITIAL OBSERVATION CARE | 46 | $4,089 |
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 20 | $2,758 |
2018
| 1ST HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MODERATE MDM 55 MINUTES | 164 | $12,304 |
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 106 | $11,741 |
| INITIAL OBSERVATION CARE | 116 | $7,158 |
| INITIAL OBSERVATION CARE | 99 | $5,395 |
Money from drug and device companies
$15 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | None | $15 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 | None | $130 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | None | $106 |
| 2019 | 1 | 4 | None | $113 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Janssen Scientific Affairs | Tremfya | $15 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Janssen Scientific Affairs | Meals · 2025-11-18 | Tremfya | $15 |
See earlier years (2022, 2020, 2019)
2022: $130
| Gilead Sciences | Epclusa | $130 | 3 payments
|
2020: $106
| Janssen Pharmaceuticals | Xarelto | $106 | 1 payment
|
2019: $113
| Janssen Pharmaceuticals | Xarelto | $113 | 4 payments
|
Professional record
- NPI
- 1083971014
- Licence
- AZ 50491, CA A166082, NM MD2019-0907California A166082: Current · expires 2027-10-31
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Hospitalist (208M00000X); Internal medicine (207R00000X)
- Mailing address
- 325 Distel Cir, Los Altos, CA, 94022
- NPI first listed
- 2012-04-16
- NPI last updated
- 2022-11-03
- NPI record certified
- 2022-11-03
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 9201 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ, 85037