Walter Thomas Wiswell, MD
Emergency Medicine · San Jose
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Permanente Medical Group Inc · 10,928 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
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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.
- 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 itOverall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.258, 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.
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.258 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.3 (0.22 to 2.37) · 181 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.89 (0.43 to 1.34) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 14.2 · 27 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 11.6 · 271 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.8 · 2,952 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.27 (0.04 to 0.5) · 894 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.26 (0.05 to 0.48) · 908 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.19 (0.67 to 5.72) · 176 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.63 (0 to 3.34) · 61 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.23 (0.53 to 3.92) · 168 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 8.11 (0 to 17.58) · 68 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 4.85 (0.67 to 9.03) · 63 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.74 (0.22 to 3.26) · 51 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.43 (0 to 1.53) · 630 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 4 · 48 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 1 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.843 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.88 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.611 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 15 · 171 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.9 · 571 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 147.1 · 28 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 21 · 639 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.6 · 48 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.7 · 157 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
What patients said (1,294 patients answered, 21% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 2 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 2 |
| Quietness | 1 |
| Recommend hospital | 3 |
| Room was "always" clean | 71% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 70% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained | 54% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 85% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 85% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 79% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 85% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 61% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 67% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 67% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 66% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 78% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 37% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 66% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 41% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 85% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$3,965
Medicare paid this office $3,965 for 31 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 21 | $1,520 | $72 |
Who their Medicare patients are
31 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 64 · Women 58% · Also on Medicaid 65% · Health risk score 1.61. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 2.01.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 65% · Diabetes 52%.
The office billed $25,526, Medicare allowed $5,778 and paid $3,965; for 33 services of 6 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 | 31 | 33 | 64 | 1.61 | $25,526 | $3,965 |
| 2023 | 42 | 42 | 68 | 1.74 | $17,406 | $2,100 |
| 2022 | 37 | 39 | 72 | 1.93 | $20,037 | $3,452 |
| 2021 | 31 | 34 | 70 | 2.27 | $16,170 | $3,016 |
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: 2 services
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 18 | $1,369 | $76 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 19 | $626 | $33 |
2022: 1 service
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 26 | $2,183 | $84 |
2021: 1 service
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 20 | $1,785 | $89 |
Medicaid work
$24,436 in 2024
Medicaid paid $24,436 for 209 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 27 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.
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 190 | $23,275 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 19 | $1,161 |
| 2024 | 209 | 2 | 27 | $24,436 |
| 2023 | 184 | 3 | 23 | $1,515 |
| 2022 | 226 | 3 | 24 | $2,586 |
| 2021 | 140 | 2 | 21 | $1,466 |
| 2020 | 43 | 1 | 15 | $335 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 137 | $1,197 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 28 | $198 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT STRAIGHTFORWARD MDM | 19 | $119 |
2022
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 177 | $2,400 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT STRAIGHTFORWARD MDM | 31 | $141 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 18 | $45 |
2021
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 66 | $1,064 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT STRAIGHTFORWARD MDM | 74 | $402 |
2020
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 43 | $335 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$5,017
Pharmacies billed $5,017 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 8% of their Part D prescriptions (21 of 259) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 12%.
237 generic and 22 brand-name prescriptions · $5,017 in drug cost · 55 antibiotic prescriptions to 53 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.
| Cefpodoxime Proxetil | 15 | $315 | $21 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 19 | $221 | $12 |
| Ondansetron Odt | 28 | $181 | $6 |
| Ibuprofen | 17 | $138 | $8 |
| Oxycodone | 18 | $110 | $6 |
See all 7 drugs
| Cefpodoxime Proxetil | 15 | $315 | $21 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 19 | $221 | $12 |
| Ondansetron Odt | 28 | $181 | $6 |
| Ibuprofen | 17 | $138 | $8 |
| Oxycodone | 18 | $110 | $6 |
| Prednisone | 12 | $80 | $7 |
| Meloxicam | 14 | $79 | $6 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 259 | 168 | 8% (21) | 8% | $5,017 |
| 2023 | 353 | 223 | 7% (26) | None | $7,732 |
| 2022 | 333 | 197 | 14% (46) | 7% | $8,552 |
| 2021 | 235 | 162 | 16% (37) | 11% | $4,708 |
| 2020 | 59 | 43 | None | None | $2,191 |
| 2019 | 57 | 47 | None | None | $1,010 |
| 2018 | 41 | 33 | None | None | $362 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 10 drugs
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 31 | $359 | $12 |
| Albuterol Sulfate Hfa | 16 | $314 | $20 |
| Ondansetron Odt | 41 | $259 | $6 |
| Lactulose | 12 | $233 | $19 |
| Ibuprofen | 24 | $193 | $8 |
| Cefadroxil | 15 | $188 | $13 |
| Prednisone | 18 | $114 | $6 |
| Oxycodone | 19 | $105 | $6 |
| Omeprazole | 13 | $81 | $6 |
| Meloxicam | 11 | $73 | $7 |
2022: 9 drugs
| Ondansetron Odt | 43 | $279 | $6 |
| Lactulose | 11 | $219 | $20 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 16 | $209 | $13 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 26 | $199 | $8 |
| Oxycodone | 29 | $173 | $6 |
| Cephalexin | 11 | $120 | $11 |
| Ibuprofen | 13 | $107 | $8 |
| Prednisone | 15 | $103 | $7 |
| Tamsulosin | 11 | $101 | $9 |
2021: 5 drugs
| Ondansetron Odt | 47 | $323 | $7 |
| Oxycodone | 32 | $185 | $6 |
| Cephalexin | 18 | $168 | $9 |
| Prednisone | 13 | $113 | $9 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 12 | $101 | $8 |
2018: 1 drug
| Cephalexin | 11 | $62 | $6 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1215469382
- Trained
- Creighton University School of Medicine, 2017
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Student in a training program (390200000X)
- Mailing address
- 1818 Valencia Dr, Jacksonville, FL, 32207
- NPI first listed
- 2017-03-29
- NPI last updated
- 2021-12-21
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
This office lists an electronic records connection.