Kavitha Hubbard, MD

2 locations · Central Coast Nephrology Medical Corporation · 11 clinicians in this group

Hospitals listed: Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula · Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital · Salinas Valley Health Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

13 plans · 1 carrier

Licence A79279 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2002 · expires 2028-02-29 · Tufts University School of Medicine.

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

3 hospitals

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

• Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Montage HealthPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 84% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite: 1.48 (1.22 to 1.74), Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate: 3.12 (1.69 to 4.56) · 1,095 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 19.24 (14.17 to 24.3) · 1,118 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Postoperative sepsis rate: 9.62 (6.42 to 12.82) · 1,086 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.39, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
• Hazel Hawkins Memorial HospitalHollister, CACritical Access Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency department
  No overall ratingNo measure marked better or worse than the national rate
• Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare SystemPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 74% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.247, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025

$502,488

Medicare paid this office $502,488 for 301 people.

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

Who their Medicare patients are

301 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Under 65 10% · 85 and older 17% · Women 61% · Also on Medicaid 44% · Health risk score 1.91. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical nephrology clinician is at 4.01.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 75% · Diabetes 60% · Coronary heart disease 34% · Heart failure 28% · Atrial fibrillation 17% · Depression 17% · COPD 15% · Cancer 10% · Dementia 9% · Stroke 7%.

The office billed $1,285,928, Medicare allowed $642,445 and paid $502,488; for 39,192 services of 51 kinds; $459,227 of it was for drugs given in the office and $43,261 for care.

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 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.

$2,521 in 2024

Medicaid paid $2,521 for 62 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 19 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.

$112,347

Pharmacies billed $112,347 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 956) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical nephrology clinician is at 0%.

823 generic and 133 brand-name prescriptions · $112,347 in drug cost · 19 antibiotic prescriptions to 18 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.

Year by year

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

$894 in 2025

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

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

NPI

1124058805

Licence

CA A79279California A79279: Current · expires 2028-02-29

Group

Central Coast Nephrology Medical Corporation

Video visits

Lists video visits

Gender

Female