Belal Ishrat Hakim, MD
Nephrology · San Jose
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 12
- 4 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · County of Santa Clara · 1,000 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: 552559 · 752582 · Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
12 plans · 4 carriers
A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Hakim’s office at (408) 885-5000 to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.
12 of 12 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 |
| Central Health Classic Care Plan III (HMO) | Central Health Medicare Plan | Listed | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Central Health Dual Access Plan (HMO D-SNP) | Central Health Medicare Plan | Listed | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Central Health Embrace Care Plan (HMO C-SNP) | Central Health Medicare Plan | Listed, may be out of date | Sep 15, 2025 |
| Central Health Embrace Choice Plan (HMO C-SNP) | Central Health Medicare Plan | Listed | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Central Health Valor Care Plan (HMO) | Central Health Medicare Plan | Listed | Aug 15, 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 |
| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A151716 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2017 · expires 2027-07-31 · Tufts University School of Medicine.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
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
$47,184
Medicare paid this office $47,184 for 99 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Dialysis services, 1 physician visit per month (20 years or older) | 21 | $20,150 | $188 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 39 | $6,493 | $71 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 17 | $5,307 | $106 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 24 | $3,260 | $116 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 13 | $1,769 | $77 |
Who their Medicare patients are
99 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 67 · Under 65 31% · Women 40% · Health risk score 7.72. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical nephrology clinician is at 4.01.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 75% · Chronic kidney disease 75% · Heart failure 62% · Coronary heart disease 48% · Atrial fibrillation 36% · Depression 28% · Stroke 26% · Dementia 22% · COPD 21%.
The office billed $462,119, Medicare allowed $60,274 and paid $47,184; for 350 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
| 2024 | 99 | 350 | 67 | 7.72 | $462,119 | $47,184 |
| 2023 | 124 | 404 | 68 | 7.31 | $462,971 | $47,899 |
| 2022 | 43 | 123 | 69 | 4.68 | $45,874 | $10,353 |
| 2020 | 39 | 128 | 71 | 4.08 | $111,410 | $12,010 |
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: 6 services
| Dialysis services, 1 physician visit per month (20 years or older) | 19 | $14,274 | $188 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 58 | $8,856 | $70 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 31 | $7,877 | $106 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 34 | $4,440 | $117 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 18 | $2,969 | $156 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 11 | $1,500 | $88 |
2022: 2 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 15 | $3,837 | $65 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 12 | $1,735 | $145 |
2020: 4 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 14 | $2,970 | $96 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 18 | $2,860 | $67 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 15 | $2,643 | $176 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 13 | $1,288 | $99 |
Medicaid work
$1,477 in 2024
Medicaid paid $1,477 for 352 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 31 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.
| End-stage renal disease (ESRD) related services monthly, for patients 20 years of age and older; with 1 face-to-face visit by a physician or other qualified health care professional per month | 236 | $927 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 86 | $448 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 30 | $102 |
| 2024 | 352 | 3 | 31 | $1,477 |
| 2023 | 460 | 5 | 27 | $5,860 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| End-stage renal disease (ESRD) related services monthly, for patients 20 years of age and older; with 1 face-to-face visit by a physician or other qualified health care professional per month | 147 | $2,496 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 92 | $1,560 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 157 | $1,058 |
| 1ST HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MODERATE MDM 55 MINUTES | 52 | $624 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 12 | $123 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$67,991
Pharmacies billed $67,991 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 869) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical nephrology clinician is at 0%.
754 generic and 115 brand-name prescriptions · $67,991 in drug cost.
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.
| Jardiance | 22 | $14,878 | $676 |
| Veltassa | 18 | $10,300 | $572 |
| Lokelma | 12 | $8,659 | $722 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 66 | $6,866 | $104 |
| Calcium Acetate | 88 | $6,234 | $71 |
See all 16 drugs
| Jardiance | 22 | $14,878 | $676 |
| Veltassa | 18 | $10,300 | $572 |
| Lokelma | 12 | $8,659 | $722 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 66 | $6,866 | $104 |
| Calcium Acetate | 88 | $6,234 | $71 |
| Cinacalcet | 27 | $1,712 | $63 |
| Furosemide | 76 | $491 | $6 |
| Hydralazine | 53 | $407 | $8 |
| Losartan | 61 | $313 | $5 |
| Carvedilol | 79 | $305 | $4 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 108 | $285 | $3 |
| Doxazosin Mesylate | 18 | $189 | $11 |
| Gabapentin | 13 | $56 | $4 |
| Metoprolol | 20 | $53 | $3 |
| Tamsulosin | 11 | $52 | $5 |
| Atorvastatin | 11 | $21 | $2 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 869 | 82 | 0% (0) | 13% | $67,991 |
| 2023 | 365 | 71 | 0% (0) | 10% | $42,164 |
| 2020 | 47 | 19 | 0% (0) | None | $3,064 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 8 drugs
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 23 | $5,626 | $245 |
| Calcium Acetate | 27 | $1,494 | $55 |
| Losartan | 46 | $1,334 | $29 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 49 | $886 | $18 |
| Furosemide | 44 | $634 | $14 |
| Hydralazine | 24 | $403 | $17 |
| Carvedilol | 29 | $311 | $11 |
| Metoprolol | 12 | $257 | $21 |
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.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1144681065
- Licence
- CA A151716California A151716: Current · expires 2027-07-31
- Trained
- Tufts University School of Medicine, 2016
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207RN0300X (207RN0300X); Internal medicine (207R00000X); Student in a training program (390200000X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
- NPI first listed
- 2016-03-20
- NPI last updated
- 2022-07-06
- NPI record certified
- 2022-07-06
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 751 S Bascom Ave, San Jose, CA, 95128