Michelle Elizabeth Pezzani, MD
Hospice/Palliative Care · San Jose
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 1
- 1 carrier
- Office
- 1
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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| Anthem Medicare Advantage (HMO-POS) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence G83953 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 1997 · expires 2027-07-31 · Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Board flags: Citation Resolved.
Public record actions
| 2024-08-19 | Citation | Section 802.1 of the California Business and Professions Code · $750 · resolved 2024-08-28 |
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
$374
Medicare paid this office $374 for 16 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Who their Medicare patients are
16 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 72 · 85 and older 0% · Health risk score 0.98. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical hospice and palliative care clinician is at 2.98.
The office billed $8,145, Medicare allowed $608 and paid $374; for 18 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 | 16 | 18 | 72 | 0.98 | $8,145 | $374 |
| 2023 | 129 | 244 | 79 | 1.64 | $77,058 | $20,597 |
| 2022 | 105 | 186 | 78 | 1.49 | $79,948 | $20,057 |
| 2021 | 125 | 247 | 79 | 2.45 | $89,987 | $23,003 |
| 2020 | 44 | 125 | 75 | 3.34 | $32,007 | $8,863 |
| 2019 | 52 | 129 | 78 | 2.93 | $36,723 | $11,098 |
| 2018 | 249 | 654 | 81 | 2.28 | $203,489 | $62,028 |
| 2017 | 243 | 696 | 78 | 2.19 | $192,840 | $60,502 |
| 2016 | 210 | 592 | 78 | 2.64 | $168,417 | $53,005 |
| 2015 | 236 | 764 | 80 | 2.24 | $213,094 | $70,717 |
| 2014 | 183 | 688 | 79 | 2.23 | $190,876 | $57,575 |
| 2013 | 198 | 628 | 79 | 2.23 | $183,002 | $52,919 |
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: 4 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 36 | $3,492 | $71 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 21 | $3,281 | $106 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 17 | $1,774 | $104 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 11 | $909 | $76 |
2022: 5 services
| Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity | 25 | $7,019 | $260 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 22 | $2,318 | $66 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 18 | $2,253 | $90 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 11 | $1,167 | $106 |
| Amplifed dna or rna probe detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (covid-19) antigen | 12 | $606 | $51 |
2021: 7 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 52 | $6,025 | $64 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 27 | $3,790 | $90 |
| Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity | 11 | $2,963 | $269 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 23 | $2,835 | $123 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 11 | $2,189 | $182 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 12 | $1,202 | $100 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 15 | $673 | $34 |
2020: 2 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 20 | $3,272 | $68 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 25 | $1,575 | $37 |
2019: 3 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 30 | $3,181 | $66 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 20 | $3,125 | $95 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 14 | $1,394 | $100 |
2018: 6 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 90 | $17,975 | $94 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 83 | $15,105 | $180 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 109 | $14,436 | $65 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 69 | $7,187 | $98 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 14 | $2,266 | $162 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 25 | $1,084 | $35 |
2017: 7 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 123 | $18,867 | $65 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 71 | $13,415 | $181 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 69 | $11,371 | $92 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 83 | $8,957 | $97 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 38 | $1,956 | $35 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 11 | $1,810 | $165 |
| Hospital observation care on day of discharge | 20 | $1,327 | $66 |
2016: 7 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 99 | $14,485 | $64 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 70 | $12,618 | $180 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 50 | $10,276 | $93 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 69 | $7,001 | $97 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 18 | $2,917 | $162 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 32 | $1,601 | $35 |
| Hospital observation care on day of discharge | 16 | $988 | $62 |
2015: 7 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 121 | $20,343 | $68 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 79 | $15,076 | $188 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 57 | $12,034 | $97 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 95 | $10,311 | $101 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 25 | $4,355 | $174 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 43 | $2,187 | $36 |
| Hospital observation care on day of discharge | 20 | $1,383 | $69 |
2014: 7 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 105 | $17,998 | $64 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 61 | $12,107 | $92 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 57 | $10,497 | $178 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 83 | $8,399 | $97 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 52 | $2,741 | $35 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 12 | $1,973 | $164 |
| Hospital observation care on day of discharge | 14 | $913 | $65 |
2013: 7 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 99 | $13,724 | $62 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 63 | $10,538 | $167 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 60 | $10,431 | $90 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 81 | $8,189 | $94 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 16 | $2,555 | $160 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 50 | $2,460 | $33 |
| Hospital observation care on day of discharge | 11 | $700 | $64 |
Medicaid work
$526,971 in 2024
Medicaid paid $526,971 for 9,775 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 99 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.
| Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive | 1,026 | $526,410 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 1,444 | $352 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 47 | $105 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 43 | $70 |
| Short return visit | 96 | $33 |
| Urinalysis, by dip stick or tablet reagent for bilirubin, glucose, hemoglobin, ketones, leukocytes, nitrite, pH, protein, specific gravity, urobilinogen, any number of these constituents; non-automated, without microscopy | 39 | $1 |
| Pain severity quantified; pain present (COA) (ONC) | 422 | $0 |
| Pain severity quantified; no pain present (COA) (ONC) | 232 | $0 |
| Medication list documented in medical record (COA) | 1,569 | $0 |
| Review of all medications by a prescribing practitioner or clinical pharmacist (such as, prescriptions, OTCs, herbal therapies and supplements) documented in the medical record (COA) | 1,231 | $0 |
| Most recent systolic blood pressure less than 130 mm Hg (DM) (HTN, CKD, CAD) | 1,128 | $0 |
| Most recent systolic blood pressure 130-139 mm Hg (DM) (HTN, CKD, CAD) | 319 | $0 |
| 2024 | 9,775 | 18 | 99 | $526,971 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$17,285
Pharmacies billed $17,285 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
430 generic and 48 brand-name prescriptions · $17,285 in drug cost · 83 antibiotic prescriptions to 77 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.
| Albuterol Sulfate Hfa | 21 | $705 | $34 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 27 | $135 | $5 |
| Metformin | 27 | $93 | $3 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 13 | $69 | $5 |
| Ibuprofen | 18 | $66 | $4 |
See all 13 drugs
| Albuterol Sulfate Hfa | 21 | $705 | $34 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 27 | $135 | $5 |
| Metformin | 27 | $93 | $3 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 13 | $69 | $5 |
| Ibuprofen | 18 | $66 | $4 |
| Azithromycin | 20 | $66 | $3 |
| Losartan | 11 | $58 | $5 |
| Naproxen | 15 | $46 | $3 |
| Atorvastatin | 15 | $45 | $3 |
| Omeprazole | 11 | $34 | $3 |
| Lisinopril | 17 | $31 | $2 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 11 | $23 | $2 |
| Prednisone | 11 | $7 | $1 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 478 | 212 | None | 10% | $17,285 |
| 2023 | 137 | 38 | None | 23% | $26,658 |
| 2022 | 73 | 26 | None | None | $5,116 |
| 2021 | 45 | 19 | None | None | $5,164 |
| 2019 | 52 | 14 | 0% (0) | None | $1,481 |
| 2018 | 154 | 52 | None | 12% | $9,575 |
| 2017 | 199 | 71 | None | 9% | $7,766 |
| 2016 | 159 | 60 | None | 19% | $8,805 |
| 2015 | 161 | 66 | None | 19% | $8,028 |
| 2014 | 178 | 59 | None | 10% | $7,228 |
| 2013 | 134 | 56 | None | 13% | $8,386 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 1 drug
| Eliquis | 18 | $11,075 | $615 |
2018: 2 drugs
| Cefuroxime | 11 | $139 | $13 |
| Furosemide | 13 | $67 | $5 |
2017: 1 drug
| Ampicillin-Sulbactam | 29 | $1,295 | $45 |
2016: 1 drug
| Metronidazole | 11 | $85 | $8 |
2015: 1 drug
| Unasyn | 11 | $1,803 | $164 |
2014: 2 drugs
| Levofloxacin | 17 | $252 | $15 |
| Metronidazole | 14 | $115 | $8 |
Money from drug and device companies
$17 in 2019
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals | Nubeqa | $17 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals | Meals · 2019-08-12 | Nubeqa | $17 |
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 83.6 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1205922440
- Licence
- CA G83953California G83953: Current · expires 2027-07-31
- Trained
- St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1993
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Internal medicine (207R00000X)
- Mailing address
- 2500 Grant Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94040
- NPI first listed
- 2006-10-05
- NPI last updated
- 2020-12-04
- NPI record certified
- 2020-12-04
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.