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Amisha D Desai, MD

Internal Medicine · San Jose

NPI 1124254214

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Clear
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Plans that list them
1
1 carrier
Office
1
Since medical school
17 years
New York Medical College, 2009

Offices

1 location · County of Santa Clara · 1,000 clinicians in this group

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Plans that list them

1 plan · 1 carrier

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Anthem Full Dual Advantage Aligned (HMO D-SNP)Anthem Blue CrossListedOct 3, 2026

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
80.6 / 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.

  • Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Local · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 70% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 2 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 2.572, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.563, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.256, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.369, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 1 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 10 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.

Every scored measure at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections2.572WorseOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.563BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.256BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.369BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.25 (0.3 to 2.2) · 1,535 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.07 (0.76 to 1.38)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths214.59 (167.38 to 261.8) · 108 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths2.8 · 41 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6 · 141 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths10.2 · 124 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths8.3 · 501 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths14.9 · 653 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10.1 · 348 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3 · 4,502 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.24 (0.04 to 0.43) · 9,014 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.34 (0.15 to 0.52) · 9,216 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths4.54 (2.51 to 6.58) · 1,421 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.54 (0 to 3.2) · 288 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.11 (0.66 to 3.56) · 1,446 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths11.61 (4.09 to 19.14) · 294 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths7.29 (3.39 to 11.2) · 299 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.9 (0.45 to 3.36) · 333 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.23 (0 to 0.78) · 7,538 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths5.4 · 94 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.735No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections2.573No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.6 · 185 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits22.1 · 951 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits56.3 · 128 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits6.4 · 644 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits1.3 · 699 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.3 · 921 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.7 (3.9 to 8.1) · 226 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits12.6 (9.4 to 16.5) · 226 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.4 · 94 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits11.4 · 54 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.3 · 242 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.2 (9.9 to 17.4) · 702 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1 (0.7 to 1.4) · 195 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (4,032 patients answered, 29% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Cleanliness3
Nurse communication3
Doctor communication3
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information2
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness2
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Room was "always" clean70%
Nurses "always" communicated well73%
Doctors "always" communicated well76%
Staff "always" explained57%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information82%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge82%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand71%
Doctors "always" listened carefully74%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect82%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)67%
Staff "always" explained new medications71%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand71%
Nurses "always" listened carefully69%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect80%
"Always" quiet at night43%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital70%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects44%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms83%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$39,423

Medicare paid this office $39,423 for 128 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes97$18,527$70
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes58$6,800$113
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes64$6,657$104
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes27$4,365$106
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes12$1,873$156

Who their Medicare patients are

128 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 72 · Under 65 17% · 85 and older 16% · Women 36% · Also on Medicaid 84% · Health risk score 3.21. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1.76.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 53% · Chronic kidney disease 50% · Coronary heart disease 44% · Heart failure 39% · Depression 38% · Dementia 34% · COPD 30% · Atrial fibrillation 30% · Stroke 27% · Cancer 18%.

The office billed $409,685, Medicare allowed $49,800 and paid $39,423; for 456 services of 11 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
2024128456723.21$409,685$39,423
2023136550733.41$456,837$48,099
2022102362713.33$349,845$41,203
2021123474713.51$445,475$55,583
2020114398693.24$361,014$44,915
2019147555704.24$383,641$52,679
2018145481703.01$266,516$45,272
201794344713.66$182,989$31,477
201661223723.29$116,531$20,290
2014269792693.20$201,252$64,370
2013299992703.27$245,828$79,905

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

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes111$26,385$73
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes75$8,220$108
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes43$5,142$117
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes20$4,799$112
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes17$2,777$163

2022: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes67$22,937$111
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes54$6,530$117
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes37$5,837$146
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes12$1,888$76

2021: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes83$29,967$112
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes65$10,109$149
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes57$7,327$120
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 50 minutes16$2,566$151
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes15$1,576$79
Hospital observation care on day of discharge16$1,324$83

2020: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes74$26,128$111
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes44$6,364$145
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes46$4,854$106
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 50 minutes13$1,936$149
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes11$1,689$73
Hospital observation care on day of discharge12$948$79

2019: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes91$29,668$94
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes64$6,356$99
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes50$5,901$118
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 50 minutes29$3,638$121
Hospital observation care on day of discharge24$1,560$65
Follow-up observation care per day, typically 35 minutes13$1,532$96
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes16$1,458$66

2018: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes85$23,765$94
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes65$6,814$99
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes38$4,339$111
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 50 minutes19$2,319$122
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes27$2,084$58
Hospital observation care on day of discharge16$1,137$67

2017: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes48$12,972$93
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes40$5,182$65
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes21$3,663$174
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes34$3,274$96
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes28$3,181$114

2016: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes29$8,426$93
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes25$3,794$64
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes17$3,064$180
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes24$2,334$97

2014: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes131$34,536$83
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes97$8,762$87
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes49$8,374$58
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes64$5,287$80
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes27$4,413$163
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes11$1,218$111
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less15$882$59

2013: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes164$47,515$82
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes61$7,872$57
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes93$7,832$83
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes46$7,303$159
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes49$3,939$79
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less41$2,296$56
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes19$1,999$105

Medicaid work

$10,224 in 2024

Medicaid paid $10,224 for 752 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 29 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.

Largest Medicaid services in 2024
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES529$6,426
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter117$1,875
1ST HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MODERATE MDM 55 MINUTES90$1,850
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES16$73
Medicaid work by year
2024752429$10,224
2023888337$7,694
2022456320$9,200
2021616324$11,974
2020554325$12,078
2019847332$17,662
2018883435$16,205
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES650$4,849
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter143$1,519
1ST HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MODERATE MDM 55 MINUTES95$1,326

2022

Largest Medicaid services in 2022
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES312$6,258
1ST HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MODERATE MDM 55 MINUTES70$1,762
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter74$1,179

2021

Largest Medicaid services in 2021
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES414$6,764
1ST HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MODERATE MDM 55 MINUTES102$2,928
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter100$2,282

2020

Largest Medicaid services in 2020
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES344$6,635
1ST HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MODERATE MDM 55 MINUTES116$3,176
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter94$2,267

2019

Largest Medicaid services in 2019
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES551$11,232
1ST HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MODERATE MDM 55 MINUTES134$3,635
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter162$2,795

2018

Largest Medicaid services in 2018
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES552$9,434
1ST HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MODERATE MDM 55 MINUTES146$3,320
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter147$2,376
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES38$1,075

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$19,526

Pharmacies billed $19,526 in 2024.

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

155 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $19,526 in drug cost · 29 antibiotic prescriptions to 19 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 prescribing by year
202419559NoneNone$19,526
202319964NoneNone$25,032
202216158NoneNone$16,551
202123267NoneNone$11,144
202016750NoneNone$14,189
201923075NoneNone$30,130
201824167NoneNone$26,124
201716358NoneNone$7,168
201627682None27%$18,116
201532491NoneNone$32,517
2014336735% (18)None$35,345
2013371814% (16)21%$26,090

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2021: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Midodrine12$491$41
Atorvastatin28$304$11
Pantoprazole14$190$14
Furosemide18$128$7

2020: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Furosemide12$49$4

2019: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Furosemide14$121$9
Pantoprazole12$104$9
Prednisone11$43$4

2018: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Gabapentin12$292$24
Carvedilol11$61$6

2017: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Furosemide16$41$3

2016: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Digox13$448$34
Metoprolol12$109$9
Furosemide15$90$6
Amlodipine Besylate15$75$5

2015: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Piperacillin-Tazobactam29$7,441$257
Advair Diskus14$4,727$338
Furosemide14$103$7
Amlodipine Besylate13$49$4
Metoprolol11$46$4

2014: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Eliquis20$5,956$298
Piperacillin-Tazobactam12$3,568$297
Carvedilol17$176$10
Metoprolol21$96$5
Furosemide17$69$4
Prednisone14$68$5
Lisinopril15$66$4

2013: 9 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Clopidogrel18$824$46
Hydralazine15$658$44
Carvedilol34$538$16
Clonidine11$213$19
Amlodipine Besylate11$113$10
Metoprolol19$104$5
Levothyroxine11$84$8
Furosemide17$79$5
Lisinopril16$75$5

Professional record

NPI
1124254214
Trained
New York Medical College, 2009 · 17 years ago
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
Yes
Taxonomy
Student in a training program (390200000X)
Mailing address
4150 V St, Suite 3116, Sacramento, CA, 95817
NPI first listed
2009-06-03
NPI last updated
2009-06-03

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