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Shiva Ganji, MD

Hospitalist · Salinas

NPI 1134340037

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Offices
2

Offices

2 locations · Svmhs Clinics · Permanente Medical Group Inc

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Hospitals listed: Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose · Salinas Valley Health Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

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California Medical Board record

Licence C147047 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2017 · expires 2028-06-30 · University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, Kurnool 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.

  • Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San JoseSan Jose, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Kaiser Permanente, which runs 41 hospitals in 3 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 66% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.258, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
  • 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
See every measure and the patient survey for Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 3 measures. Safety: 1 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 2 the same, 0 worse of 2 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.258BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.3 (0.22 to 2.37) · 181 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.89 (0.43 to 1.34)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths14.2 · 27 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths11.6 · 271 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.8 · 2,952 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.27 (0.04 to 0.5) · 894 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.26 (0.05 to 0.48) · 908 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.19 (0.67 to 5.72) · 176 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.63 (0 to 3.34) · 61 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.23 (0.53 to 3.92) · 168 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths8.11 (0 to 17.58) · 68 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths4.85 (0.67 to 9.03) · 63 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.74 (0.22 to 3.26) · 51 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.43 (0 to 1.53) · 630 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4 · 48 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections1No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.843No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.88No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.611No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15 · 171 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.9 · 571 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits147.1 · 28 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits21 · 639 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.6 · 48 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.7 · 157 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025

What patients said (1,294 patients answered, 21% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication2
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines2
Discharge information3
Overall hospital rating2
Quietness1
Recommend hospital3
Share of patients giving the best answer at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose
Room was "always" clean71%
Nurses "always" communicated well70%
Doctors "always" communicated well79%
Staff "always" explained54%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information85%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge85%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand71%
Doctors "always" listened carefully79%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect85%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)61%
Staff "always" explained new medications67%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand67%
Nurses "always" listened carefully66%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect78%
"Always" quiet at night37%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital66%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects41%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms85%
See every measure and the patient survey for Salinas Valley Health Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 1 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 1 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 9 the same, 1 worse of 10 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Salinas Valley Health Medical Center
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.247BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.32 (0.34 to 2.3) · 1,159 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.98 (0.68 to 1.29)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths198.42 (143.23 to 253.6) · 62 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.7 · 112 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6.9 · 160 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths12.2 · 203 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths10.7 · 573 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths13 · 536 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths12.1 · 239 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.9 · 2,377 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.18 (0 to 0.37) · 7,593 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.24 (0.05 to 0.43) · 7,999 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.97 (1.83 to 6.1) · 1,428 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.7 (0.16 to 3.24) · 456 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.31 (0.87 to 3.76) · 1,325 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths9.78 (3.73 to 15.83) · 461 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.23 (1.52 to 8.95) · 453 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.65 (0.17 to 3.13) · 279 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.48 (0 to 1.11) · 6,011 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections1.487No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections1.082No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.432No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.373No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.5 · 197 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits22.2 · 491 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits18.2 · 224 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits8 · 660 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits-0.3 · 569 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits18.1 · 485 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.9 (4.2 to 8.4) · 244 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits11 (8.4 to 14.3) · 244 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits10.9 · 86 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.3 · 158 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.4 (9.9 to 17.9) · 197 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1.2 (0.9 to 1.5) · 489 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (1,383 patients answered, 16% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Salinas Valley Health Medical Center
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication3
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Salinas Valley Health Medical Center
Room was "always" clean79%
Nurses "always" communicated well81%
Doctors "always" communicated well78%
Staff "always" explained66%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information88%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge87%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand75%
Doctors "always" listened carefully76%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect84%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)73%
Staff "always" explained new medications78%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand78%
Nurses "always" listened carefully78%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect88%
"Always" quiet at night46%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital74%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects53%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms88%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$11,591

Medicare paid this office $11,591 for 84 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 50 minutes46$6,237$87
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes17$2,236$132
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes12$1,280$107
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes11$927$66
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less15$912$61

Who their Medicare patients are

84 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Women 60% · Also on Medicaid 55% · Health risk score 3.31. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical hospitalist clinician is at 2.49.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 75% · Chronic kidney disease 61% · Heart failure 57% · Coronary heart disease 43% · Atrial fibrillation 39% · Depression 31% · Dementia 29% · COPD 26% · Stroke 24% · Cancer 18%.

The office billed $35,274, Medicare allowed $15,775 and paid $11,591; for 130 services of 5 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
202484130763.31$35,274$11,591
2023259560752.83$140,636$51,933
2022175552732.21$389,004$45,962
2021198561752.35$433,913$49,991
2020265936742.33$685,853$80,791
2019292862742.47$681,750$79,051
2018226606732.16$464,580$53,357
2017203532712.80$328,938$48,092
2016235530703.24$121,131$45,055
2015259580723.05$139,435$47,451
2014316692713.05$174,861$60,444
2013149421663.52$57,295$29,394

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 50 minutes184$38,582$96
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes37$5,221$137
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less69$4,452$65
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes25$1,559$54
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes11$1,048$95

2022: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes119$25,925$83
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes37$6,170$162
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes65$5,584$85
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes31$4,018$58
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes12$1,043$27

2021: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes123$23,088$86
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes104$9,711$90
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes54$9,504$161
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes51$5,063$58

2020: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes172$41,959$87
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes134$13,144$89
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes67$11,325$169
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes70$8,261$61
Advance care planning, first 30 minutes15$1,007$67
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less11$683$62

2019: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes198$37,013$85
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes171$15,810$89
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes89$15,171$165
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes52$5,232$60
Advance care planning, first 30 minutes19$1,312$66

2018: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes131$19,548$85
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes133$12,425$88
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes63$10,813$161
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes64$6,600$59
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less17$1,020$60

2017: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes102$18,583$84
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes60$9,777$163
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes61$6,949$59
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes64$5,923$87
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes12$2,988$187
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less11$716$60

2016: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes104$14,001$85
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes78$11,879$60
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes33$5,461$165
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes25$5,437$181
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes28$2,464$88
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less15$905$60

2015: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes134$17,816$84
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes92$14,510$60
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes25$4,384$175
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes25$3,877$155
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes28$2,461$85
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes16$1,803$113
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less12$732$61

2014: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes168$23,196$83
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes102$12,691$59
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes51$8,514$164
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes32$6,264$174
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes34$2,932$86
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes16$1,719$107
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less19$1,143$60

2013: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes103$16,003$58
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes31$4,548$81
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes15$2,404$160
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less34$2,008$59
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes16$1,681$105

Medicaid work

$624 in 2024

Medicaid paid $624 for 15 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 14 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 HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES15$624
Medicaid work by year
202415114$624
2023401227$16,047
2022395231$20,462
2021703431$30,064
2020886439$36,292
2019647332$26,641
2018532429$19,025
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES355$14,260
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; 30 minutes or less on the date of the encounter46$1,787

2022

Largest Medicaid services in 2022
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES354$18,401
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter41$2,061

2021

Largest Medicaid services in 2021
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES502$21,387
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter125$6,253
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES64$1,992
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; 30 minutes or less on the date of the encounter12$432

2020

Largest Medicaid services in 2020
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES601$23,723
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter216$9,645
1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 7527$1,684
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES42$1,240

2019

Largest Medicaid services in 2019
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES450$16,789
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter149$6,825
1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 7548$3,027

2018

Largest Medicaid services in 2018
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES290$9,385
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter194$7,357
1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 7528$1,530
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES20$752

Money from drug and device companies

$87 in 2021

Industry payments by year
202111None$87
201923None$180

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
Novo NordiskRybelsus$87
1 payment
  • Meals for Rybelsus · 2021-08-03 · $87
See the published payment
Every published payment
Novo NordiskMeals · 2021-08-03Rybelsus$87
See earlier years (2019)

2019: $180

Payments by company in 2019
Novo NordiskOzempic$100
1 payment
  • Meals for Ozempic · 2019-06-04 · $100
Lilly USAJardiance$80
2 payments
  • Meals for Jardiance · 2019-06-05 · $68
  • Meals for Jardiance · 2019-06-05 · $12

Professional record

NPI
1134340037
Licence
CA C147047, MD D0069499California C147047: Current · expires 2028-06-30
Group
Svmhs Clinics · Permanente Medical Group Inc
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Medicaid ID
MD 417948000
Taxonomy
Hospitalist (208M00000X); Internal medicine (207R00000X)
Mailing address
100 Wilson Rd Ste 100, Monterey, CA, 93940
NPI first listed
2007-05-01
NPI last updated
2023-02-21
NPI record certified
2023-02-21

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