James Dennert, MD
Psychiatry · San Jose
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 6
- 2 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · County of Santa Clara · 1,000 clinicians in this group
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Hospitals listed: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
6 plans · 2 carriers
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6 of 6 plans
| Anthem Full Dual Advantage Aligned (HMO D-SNP) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Anthem Medicare Advantage (HMO-POS) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Classic (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN MyChoice (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
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 itOverall 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.
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 2.572 | Worse | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.563 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.256 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.369 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.25 (0.3 to 2.2) · 1,535 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.07 (0.76 to 1.38) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 214.59 (167.38 to 261.8) · 108 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2.8 · 41 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6 · 141 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 10.2 · 124 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 8.3 · 501 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 14.9 · 653 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10.1 · 348 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3 · 4,502 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.24 (0.04 to 0.43) · 9,014 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.34 (0.15 to 0.52) · 9,216 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 4.54 (2.51 to 6.58) · 1,421 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.54 (0 to 3.2) · 288 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.11 (0.66 to 3.56) · 1,446 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 11.61 (4.09 to 19.14) · 294 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 7.29 (3.39 to 11.2) · 299 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.9 (0.45 to 3.36) · 333 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.23 (0 to 0.78) · 7,538 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 5.4 · 94 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.735 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 2.573 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.6 · 185 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 22.1 · 951 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 56.3 · 128 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 6.4 · 644 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 1.3 · 699 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.3 · 921 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.7 (3.9 to 8.1) · 226 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 12.6 (9.4 to 16.5) · 226 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.4 · 94 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 11.4 · 54 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.3 · 242 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.2 (9.9 to 17.4) · 702 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.7 to 1.4) · 195 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (4,032 patients answered, 29% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 2 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 70% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 73% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained | 57% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 82% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 82% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 74% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 67% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 71% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 69% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 80% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 43% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 70% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 44% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 83% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$2,978
Medicare paid this office $2,978 for 24 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation | 24 | $2,978 | $115 |
Who their Medicare patients are
24 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 63 · Under 65 50% · Women 54% · Health risk score 1.53. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical psychiatry clinician is at 1.35.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Depression 50%.
The office billed $21,466, Medicare allowed $4,232 and paid $2,978; for 26 services of 1 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 | 24 | 26 | 63 | 1.53 | $21,466 | $2,978 |
| 2022 | 13 | 60 | 50 | 1.61 | $11,464 | $4,199 |
| 2021 | 40 | 107 | 52 | 1.38 | $24,250 | $9,310 |
| 2020 | 36 | 119 | 51 | 1.20 | $25,277 | $10,204 |
| 2019 | 43 | 143 | 51 | 1.83 | $25,910 | $10,090 |
| 2018 | 27 | 86 | 48 | 1.07 | $17,370 | $6,149 |
| 2017 | 65 | 176 | 47 | 1.28 | $36,075 | $13,350 |
| 2016 | 59 | 156 | 50 | 1.57 | $34,383 | $12,028 |
| 2015 | 148 | 555 | 49 | 1.32 | $124,362 | $46,947 |
| 2014 | 207 | 999 | 50 | 1.31 | $188,291 | $73,341 |
| 2013 | 204 | 710 | 51 | 1.29 | $158,318 | $59,140 |
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
2021: 3 services
| Telehealth consultation, emergency department or initial inpatient, typically 70 minutes or more communicating with the patient via telehealth | 27 | $4,346 | $150 |
| Follow-up inpatient consultation, intermediate, physicians typically spend 25 minutes communicating with the patient via telehealth | 11 | $1,156 | $55 |
| Follow-up inpatient consultation, limited, physicians typically spend 15 minutes communicating with the patient via telehealth | 14 | $649 | $28 |
2020: 2 services
| Telehealth consultation, emergency department or initial inpatient, typically 70 minutes or more communicating with the patient via telehealth | 31 | $5,461 | $156 |
| Follow-up inpatient consultation, limited, physicians typically spend 15 minutes communicating with the patient via telehealth | 20 | $1,094 | $30 |
2019: 3 services
| Telehealth consultation, emergency department or initial inpatient, typically 70 minutes or more communicating with the patient via telehealth | 25 | $4,784 | $150 |
| Follow-up inpatient consultation, limited, physicians typically spend 15 minutes communicating with the patient via telehealth | 23 | $1,704 | $29 |
| Follow-up inpatient consultation, intermediate, physicians typically spend 25 minutes communicating with the patient via telehealth | 17 | $1,583 | $55 |
2018: 1 service
| Telehealth consultation, emergency department or initial inpatient, typically 70 minutes or more communicating with the patient via telehealth | 13 | $2,442 | $144 |
2017: 6 services
| Telehealth consultation, emergency department or initial inpatient, typically 70 minutes or more communicating with the patient via telehealth | 34 | $5,690 | $146 |
| Telehealth consultation, emergency department or initial inpatient, typically 50 minutes communicating with the patient via telehealth | 19 | $2,158 | $98 |
| Follow-up inpatient consultation, intermediate, physicians typically spend 25 minutes communicating with the patient via telehealth | 11 | $1,044 | $52 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 25 | $992 | $28 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 14 | $889 | $52 |
| Follow-up inpatient consultation, limited, physicians typically spend 15 minutes communicating with the patient via telehealth | 11 | $422 | $28 |
2016: 5 services
| Telehealth consultation, emergency department or initial inpatient, typically 70 minutes or more communicating with the patient via telehealth | 27 | $5,477 | $148 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 15 | $1,379 | $53 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 32 | $1,328 | $29 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 12 | $1,222 | $76 |
| Telehealth consultation, emergency department or initial inpatient, typically 50 minutes communicating with the patient via telehealth | 12 | $1,195 | $100 |
2015: 6 services
| Telehealth consultation, emergency department or initial inpatient, typically 70 minutes or more communicating with the patient via telehealth | 79 | $16,014 | $150 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 47 | $9,586 | $78 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 50 | $8,589 | $151 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 62 | $5,746 | $52 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 44 | $3,353 | $70 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 62 | $2,841 | $29 |
2014: 7 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 75 | $21,493 | $77 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 101 | $17,801 | $148 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 91 | $8,435 | $80 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 77 | $7,649 | $53 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 48 | $7,075 | $29 |
| Telehealth consultation, emergency department or initial inpatient, typically 70 minutes or more communicating with the patient via telehealth | 38 | $6,988 | $149 |
| Telehealth consultation, emergency department or initial inpatient, typically 30 minutes communicating with the patient via telehealth | 37 | $3,310 | $75 |
2013: 6 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 119 | $20,068 | $145 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 70 | $18,883 | $75 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 98 | $8,776 | $77 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 58 | $5,322 | $52 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 21 | $1,300 | $28 |
| Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation | 13 | $1,223 | $87 |
Medicaid work
$731 in 2024
Medicaid paid $731 for 12 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 12 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.
| PSYCH DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION | 12 | $731 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 12 | $731 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1 | 14 | $2,151 |
| 2020 | 101 | 4 | 16 | $5,759 |
| 2019 | 69 | 1 | 16 | $3,119 |
| 2018 | 159 | 3 | 20 | $2,506 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2021
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 17 | $2,151 |
2020
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 37 | $4,166 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE SF/LOW MDM 25 MINUTES | 28 | $857 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 17 | $736 |
| Telehealth consultation, emergency department or initial inpatient, typically 70 minutes or more communicating with the patient via telehealth | 19 | $0 |
2019
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 69 | $3,119 |
2018
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE SF/LOW MDM 25 MINUTES | 61 | $1,158 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 14 | $871 |
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 84 | $478 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1144325663
- Licence
- IA 24481
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Medicaid ID
- IA 1198382
- Taxonomy
- Psychiatry (2084P0800X)
- Mailing address
- Po Box 4925, Des Moines, IA, 50305
- NPI first listed
- 2006-09-13
- NPI last updated
- 2010-02-24
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.