Karen E Kunzel, MD

4 locations · University Healthcare Alliance · 334 clinicians in this group

Hospitals listed: Good Samaritan Hospital · Stanford Health Care. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

12 plans · 1 carrier

Licence G69747 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 1990 · expires 2028-03-31 · University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. Board flags: Probation - Licensee Placed on Probation, Limitations on Practice.

Public record actions

Respondent made no admissions but was charged with gross negligence, repeated negligent acts, incompetence, and unprofessional conduct in the care and treatment of one patient. Acceptance of this stipulated settlement is not an admission of guilt. Effective 07/31/2024, revoked, stayed, placed on thirty-five months' probation until anticipated end date of 06/29/2027. Terms and conditions include, but are not limited to, completing an education course; completing a clinical competence assessment program; submitting proof of notification of Decision and Accusation to required parties; prohibited from supervising physician assistants and advanced practice nurses; reimbursing the Board its costs of investigation and enforcement in the amount of $35,863.80; submitting quarterly declarations of compliance with all conditions of probation; complying with the Board's probation unit; prohibited from engaging in the practice of medicine in Respondent's or patient's place of residence, unless the patient resides in a skilled nursing facility or other similar licensed facility; and paying costs associated with probation monitoring.

2 hospitals

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

• Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose, CAAcute Care Hospital · Proprietary · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of HCA Healthcare, which runs 185 hospitals in 19 statesPatients rate it 2 of 5 · 67% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 2 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.337, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
• Stanford Health CareStanford, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsHome of Stanford Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 83% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.317, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.446, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.241, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024

$26,990

Medicare paid this office $26,990 for 192 people.

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

Procedures Medicare counted

Who their Medicare patients are

192 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Women 100% · Health risk score 0.72. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical obstetrics & gynecology clinician is at 0.88.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 62% · Depression 16% · Coronary heart disease 15% · Diabetes 14% · Cancer 14% · Chronic kidney disease 11% · Atrial fibrillation 10%.

The office billed $103,259, Medicare allowed $33,641 and paid $26,990; for 403 services of 27 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 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.

$38,836

Pharmacies billed $38,836 in 2024.

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

314 generic and 81 brand-name prescriptions · $38,836 in drug cost · 26 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 prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

$154 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

1184689911

Licence

CA G69747California G69747: Current · expires 2028-03-31

Trained

University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 1989

Group

University Healthcare Alliance

Video visits

Lists video visits

Gender

Female