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Kavita Palapati, MD

Internal Medicine · Stanford

NPI 1225059926

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2 locations · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
DualConnect (HMO D-SNP)Santa Clara Family Health PlanListedSep 1, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A76381 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2001 · expires 2027-02-28 · Nagarjuna University, Siddhartha Medical College.

No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
76.5 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

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.

  • Stanford Health Care Tri-ValleyPleasanton, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 74% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.178, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.237, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 9 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.178BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.237BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths0.79 (0 to 1.73) · 1,041 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.79 (0.5 to 1.08)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths145.81 (96.5 to 195.12) · 72 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths2.9 · 55 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths8.6 · 92 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths12.5 · 96 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths9.5 · 395 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 391 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10.1 · 162 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3 · 1,736 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.16 (0 to 0.37) · 4,425 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.22 (0.02 to 0.41) · 4,771 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.45 (1.46 to 5.44) · 1,403 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.5 (0.05 to 2.94) · 645 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths1.81 (0.38 to 3.24) · 1,279 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths8.53 (3.2 to 13.85) · 639 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.15 (1.89 to 8.41) · 648 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.61 (0.14 to 3.07) · 370 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.16 (0 to 0.83) · 4,160 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4 · 74 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.369No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections1.112No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits13.1 · 110 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.1 · 437 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits-5.8 · 94 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-19.3 · 456 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits-0.3 · 402 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15.8 · 358 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits6.8 (4.7 to 9.6) · 198 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits10.1 (7.5 to 13.6) · 198 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.3 · 80 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits10.9 · 46 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.3 · 92 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.4 (9.6 to 16.2) · 1,532 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1 (0.8 to 1.2) · 929 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (1,268 patients answered, 26% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
Cleanliness3
Nurse communication3
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness2
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
Room was "always" clean65%
Nurses "always" communicated well77%
Doctors "always" communicated well79%
Staff "always" explained58%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information88%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge88%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand74%
Doctors "always" listened carefully78%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect86%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)70%
Staff "always" explained new medications72%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand73%
Nurses "always" listened carefully74%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect84%
"Always" quiet at night42%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital74%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects44%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms89%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$98,769

Medicare paid this office $98,769 for 412 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes178$40,891$104
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes169$25,619$149
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes141$14,918$104
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes102$12,332$70
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes21$2,196$105
See all 6 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes178$40,891$104
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes169$25,619$149
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes141$14,918$104
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes102$12,332$70
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes21$2,196$105
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes12$2,149$179

Who their Medicare patients are

412 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 77 · Under 65 7% · 85 and older 26% · Women 53% · Also on Medicaid 37% · Health risk score 2.56. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1.76.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 74% · Coronary heart disease 54% · Heart failure 44% · Diabetes 43% · Depression 34% · Atrial fibrillation 33% · COPD 31% · Dementia 26% · Cancer 18% · Stroke 18%.

The office billed $436,884, Medicare allowed $126,013 and paid $98,769; for 930 services of 9 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 by year
2024412930772.56$436,884$98,769
2023364900772.50$380,589$90,231
20224141,073772.35$477,043$112,869
2021313796782.30$351,962$86,485
2020381878762.38$379,761$96,326
2019375872782.48$362,519$93,279
2018297715762.38$278,460$71,030
2017316739782.03$285,897$74,598
2016199486762.51$186,502$48,752
20153792772.01$35,698$9,418

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

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes117$28,555$106
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes159$21,960$70
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes136$21,078$149
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes137$14,602$104
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes11$1,294$118
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less13$970$75

2022: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes225$59,871$90
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes135$24,754$174
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes120$11,564$96
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes49$7,516$153
Follow-up observation care per day, typically 35 minutes23$2,241$90
Hospital observation care on day of discharge29$1,807$62

2021: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes151$42,902$93
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes98$18,419$181
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes90$8,822$96
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes49$7,903$161
Hospital observation care on day of discharge34$2,387$68
Follow-up observation care per day, typically 35 minutes16$1,866$93

2020: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes182$44,061$94
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes123$23,832$188
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes117$11,695$97
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes48$7,744$155
Hospital observation care on day of discharge36$2,297$64
Follow-up observation care per day, typically 35 minutes19$1,729$91
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes12$1,259$66

2019: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes179$41,150$91
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes98$18,164$182
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes67$11,477$162
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes103$10,476$97
Follow-up observation care per day, typically 35 minutes26$3,020$94
Hospital observation care on day of discharge39$2,537$65
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes19$1,437$65
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less14$935$67

2018: 10 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes137$32,030$89
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes68$12,169$174
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes91$8,678$94
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes27$4,336$161
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes27$2,321$63
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes14$2,249$161
Hospital observation care on day of discharge32$2,051$64
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less25$1,603$64
Follow-up observation care per day, typically 35 minutes14$1,363$91
Hospital observation care on day of discharge12$769$64

2017: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes155$32,523$91
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes89$15,863$172
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes102$9,665$93
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes40$6,694$159
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes38$3,479$63
Hospital observation care on day of discharge49$3,086$62
Follow-up observation care per day, typically 35 minutes13$1,109$85

2016: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes101$25,680$89
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes53$9,606$172
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes53$5,048$93
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes24$3,759$157
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes14$1,240$62
Hospital observation care on day of discharge18$1,203$63

2015: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes23$5,219$90
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes12$2,275$175
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes12$1,130$94

Medicaid work

$7,632 in 2024

Medicaid paid $7,632 for 200 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 23 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.

Largest Medicaid services in 2024
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES188$6,867
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter12$765
Medicaid work by year
2024200223$7,632
202355318$2,609
2022183218$4,337
2021194217$6,360
202025112$412
201984216$2,635
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES25$1,128
1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 7518$907
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter12$574

2022

Largest Medicaid services in 2022
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES169$3,748
1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 7514$589

2021

Largest Medicaid services in 2021
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES182$5,728
1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 7512$632

2020

Largest Medicaid services in 2020
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES25$412

2019

Largest Medicaid services in 2019
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES71$1,933
1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 7513$702

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$9,523

Pharmacies billed $9,523 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 7% of their Part D prescriptions (18 of 249) in 2024. A higher opioid share than 9 in 10 peers; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1%.

217 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $9,523 in drug cost · 39 antibiotic prescriptions to 31 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.

Largest Part D drug costs
Atorvastatin16$253$16
Pantoprazole12$168$14
Levothyroxine14$128$9
Amlodipine Besylate14$103$7
Oxycodone15$70$5
See all 6 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Atorvastatin16$253$16
Pantoprazole12$168$14
Levothyroxine14$128$9
Amlodipine Besylate14$103$7
Oxycodone15$70$5
Carvedilol11$52$5

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
20242491067% (18)None$9,523
2023197908% (16)14%$17,402
2022224868% (17)None$15,358
202122291NoneNone$14,100
202022979NoneNone$15,667
2019379763% (12)None$23,376
2018200836% (12)None$13,536
201716472NoneNone$5,384
201619756NoneNone$10,953
201511917None21%$6,967
2014239150% (0)21%$8,700
201340928None21%$17,493

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Eliquis15$8,633$576
Furosemide13$66$5
Oxycodone12$52$4

2022: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Pantoprazole11$124$11
Furosemide14$59$4
Oxycodone13$50$4

2021: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Pantoprazole22$191$9
Carvedilol11$70$6
Furosemide14$54$4

2020: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Furosemide15$51$3
Amlodipine Besylate11$35$3

2019: 11 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Gabapentin22$386$18
Atorvastatin26$271$10
Potassium Chloride21$199$9
Furosemide27$180$7
Montelukast16$175$11
Metoprolol14$171$12
Levothyroxine17$163$10
Clopidogrel19$147$8
Famotidine19$128$7
Risperidone12$116$10
Prednisone14$52$4

2018: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Prednisone18$133$7

2017: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Furosemide12$34$3

2016: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Methenamine Hippurate12$1,248$104
Polyethylene Glycol 335027$582$22
Omeprazole12$145$12

2015: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Methenamine Hippurate12$1,160$97
Polyethylene Glycol 335024$585$24
Valproic Acid12$530$44

2014: 10 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Travatan Z11$1,318$120
Polyethylene Glycol 335034$1,153$34
Methenamine Hippurate12$1,068$89
Levetiracetam23$844$37
Valproic Acid12$308$26
Lactulose12$300$25
Omeprazole15$195$13
Levothyroxine12$185$15
Metoclopramide11$172$16
Lisinopril11$66$6

2013: 14 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Levetiracetam34$1,763$52
Travatan Z12$1,223$102
Polyethylene Glycol 335022$992$45
Escitalopram12$577$48
Atorvastatin12$469$39
Valproic Acid12$443$37
Fluticasone Propionate25$434$17
Montelukast24$433$18
Metoclopramide14$223$16
Levothyroxine25$214$9
Omeprazole12$125$10
Lorazepam21$90$4
Diazepam12$62$5
Simvastatin11$56$5

Money from drug and device companies

$91 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202511None$91
201911None$22

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp)Lifevest$91
1 payment
  • Meals for Lifevest · 2025-01-23 · $91
See the published payment
Every published payment
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp)Meals · 2025-01-23Lifevest$91
See earlier years (2019)

2019: $22

Payments by company in 2019
Roche DiagnosticsCd Cobas Reagents$22
1 payment
  • Meals for Cd Cobas Reagents · 2019-04-25 · $22

Professional record

NPI
1225059926
Licence
CA A76381California A76381: Current · expires 2027-02-28
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
Yes
Taxonomy
Internal medicine (207R00000X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed
2006-07-21
NPI last updated
2024-04-22
NPI record certified
2024-04-22

This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.

Extra NPI addresses: 2500 Merced St, San Leandro, CA, 94577